[Dxbase] Thoughts on Z60WW frm the CQWW Contest this past weekend - Joe wa6axe

[Joe WA6AXE]

ALL:

I have now had two users ask about the Z60WW used during this past weekend's CQWW Contest.

Since Z6 is NOT a VALID Prefix  (not issued by the ITU) -- and since the ARRL has already
said that the Z6 is not valid for DXCC -- I would handle it as:

Log the QSO and change the PREFIX column to  YU .... This will let you MAP the Z6 to the YU entity ..
This is really a mess!!  Then I would mark THAT QSO and any Z6 QSO as INVALID (in the logbook's VALID
column) ... 

Since Kosovo is NOT a new DXCC entity - I will not be listing it in the Primary Prefix table ---

Remember that they people over in Kosovo - simply grabbed the Z6 prefix for their own - since
it was not currently published as issued by the ITU to anyone else .. this still makes the Z6 prefix
INVALID .. no matter what..

Like I said before - a real mess!!!  But, the above is how I (personally) would handle it "if" I
had worked the Z60WW ...

Think of this one -- LIKE the  1B prefix that some of the Cyprus hams use (not valid) -- and the
1X prefix used by some of the Checnya hams ... same category for Z6!!

73 Joe wa6axe