[Dx4win] VK5 DX Zones

[John K9EL]

I work very hard to make sure the DX Marathon is scored properly.   VK5 has
always been in Zone 30.  I am a representative of CQ as well, so my scoring
database is very accurate.


73, John K9EL
DX Marathon Manager

-----Original Message-----
From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net <dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
Behalf Of Alan Zack
Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2022 9:55 PM
To: DX4WIN Group <Dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [Dx4win] VK5 DX Zones

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.
 
It is a mystery to me.
 
73 Alan K7ACZ
 
 
Alan Zack
Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ
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