[Dx4win] VK5 DX Zones

[Alan Zack]

Yes, the LOTW entry shows Z29 in the confirmation. I don't remember
now but am guessing after downloading the confirmation ADIF file from
and entering it into my DX4WIN file either it automatically changed it
to Z29 to match his info or I was directed to do so when I ran the
search for IMPORT to find differences between what I had logged and
what LOTW had in its records. Usually the only differences are in GRID
numbers. Anyway, mystery solved, not a problem with my country file.
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
73 

Alan Zack
Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ

-----Original Message-----
From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of WA7AA
Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2022 06:54 PM
To: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] VK5 DX Zones

On 11-Jun-22 19:55, Alan Zack wrote:
> How does DX4WIN determine DX Zones? By the country list? I have the 
> latest country list in my DX4WIN I just received my 2021 DX Marathon

> UBN results back and I got dinged for entering VK5DOC for Z29. The 
> VK5DOC qrz.com page does not show what zone he is in. When I logged 
> him in my DX4WIN log it was entered as Z29, not Z30. The QSO is 
> confirmed with LoTW. It shows him in Z29, not Z30.
>   
> When I asked John K9EL, the contest manager, why I was dinged for a 
> wrong entry for Z29 here was his reply:
> I also use DX4Win and if I enter VK5DOC, it says Zone 30.
> I have never heard that any VK5 stations can be in Zone 29.  I have 
> been doing this contest since 2008.
>   
> John may very well be right but why would my version of DX4WIN show
> Z29 and his show Z30? I only have one entry for VK5DOC on
07/03/2021.
> In my log for Z29 I have many VK6, VK8, and VK9 stations but only
one 
> VK5, the VK5DOC shows as Z29.
>   

Entering VK5DOC over here correctly assumes zone 30. If your log has
him as 29, it's possible that you created an exception in the database
by overriding 30 with 29. He may have given you a wrong number - he
wouldn't be the first one. The other possibility is that he
incorrectly set up his TQSL station information with a wrong zone and
you overrode the default zone in the log by accepting the LOTW value.
LOTW works on the GIGO system - virtually no station info verification
exists.

Hope this helps.

WA7AA