[Elecraft] OT CONUS

[Walter Underwood]

The U.S. Board on Geographic Names defines “conterminous United States”.

Conterminous United States: The 48 States and the District of Columbia, that is, the United States prior to January 3, 1959 (Alaska Statehood) wholly filling an unbroken block of territory and excluding Alaska and Hawaii. Although the official reference applies the term "conterminous," many use the word "contiguous," which is almost synonymous and better known.

https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-constitutes-united-states-what-are-official-definitions

wunder
K6WRU
Walter Underwood
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http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)

> On Jan 2, 2019, at 6:40 AM, n6lrv at outlook.com wrote:
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> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/CONUS> Contiguous not continental.
> CONUS - Wiktionary<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/CONUS>
> (chiefly military) Acronym of The contiguous United States; the 48 states excluding Alaska and Hawaii
> en.wiktionary.org
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> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Jim - WS6X <ws6x.ars at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2019 3:59 AM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] OT CONUS
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> While we're making things perfectly clear...
> Why does CONUS exclude AK? I had not heard that AK slid off the North
> American continental plates. You could try "lower 48" or "contiguous 48" if
> that's what you intend.
> HNY!
> Jim - WS6X
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