[Dxbase] Question about ITU Zones and Russia

[George Johnson]

Joe,
My vote is the "central city".  Let the "other areas" of the prefix ID 
their zone for a callsign by callsign update of the "correct" ITU zone.

This topic also stimulates another issue I have mentioned in the past.  We 
could use a "table update" utility similar to the log import utility to 
take some kind of text file and update these MS Access tables.  This case 
by case, year by year, manual update is error prone and could be made more 
effective.  The idea would be to use a "table update" utility which would 
accept a simple "text file" with the data appropriate to the table being 
updated.  This "text file" could then be set up, maintained, and even 
posted on the DXBase web site as a "current item" for use by all DXBase 
users.  Issues like the zone data, specific callsign data etc could easily 
be added and noted on the reflector to help synchronize all users (in 
between DXBase updates).  I bet we could even find some volunteers to help 
maintain that information much like AD1C does for the *.cty files for the 
contesters.

I guess that was $0.04 worth...  2 cents for each...
73 and thanks for your good work,
George .. W1ZT

At 07:42 PM 8/8/2004, Joseph Glockner wrote:
>To all,
>
>I would like to get your thoughts when it comes to the
>ITU Zones within Russia .. specifically,
>
>if the ITU Zone listed for a certain call area (i.e.:  UA0X)
>"should be" the ITU Zone where the "Main City" is located at --
>in the case of UA0X the Central City is named Palana - and this city
>is physically in    ITU Zone 35  ?
>
>Or ---
>
>have the ITU Zone that is "first in the sequence"? In case
>case of UA0X .. that call area "spans"  ITU Zones 25, 26 and 35 ..
>So, in this case the ITU Zone would be 25  ?
>
>Or ---
>
>something totally different.. Your thoughts ?
>
>
>73 Joe WA6AXE
>
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