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Re: [CQ-Contest] Who copies things any more?

To: Barry <w2up@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Who copies things any more?
From: Stu Phillips <stu@k6tu.net>
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 17:12:03 +0000
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Just to be clear, there is no zone, state or pre-fill information in the Super 
Check Partial database - just call signs.

Zone information for some US calls appears in the Country file but only for the 
most popular (read active) calls from SCP whose CQ zone is other than would be 
apparent from their call sign.  CTY files are available (as I suspect most 
folks know) from:

http://www.country-files.com/

Stu K6TU


Sent from my iPad

On Apr 9, 2016, at 7:17 AM, Barry <w2up@comcast.net<mailto:w2up@comcast.net>> 
wrote:

Yup.  I haven't lived in zone 5/PA for 7 years, and still see quite a few 
miscopied zone/state errors in my LCRs.  I am listed as a zone/state exception 
in the SCP file.  How hard is it to update it at least once a decade?  :-)

Barry W2UP

On 4/9/2016 06:47, Jim Stahl via CQ-Contest wrote:
A major congratulations of the CQWW crew for getting out the 2015 CQWW CW (and 
SSB) results out in such a timely manner!

My log checking report was a very interesting reflection of the role of 
computers in today’s contesting world. I operated QRP from our new winter QTH 
in Florida (actually at a waterfront park, not our condo). But to the computer 
world, I’m in zone 4, presumably back in Ohio. Out of my 536 valid QSOs, 196 
“copied” me in zone 4! An additional six guys who miscopied my call also put me 
there.

I expected a lot of such errors, as I could tell from the rhythm of the QSO 
that a lot of people had not taken the extra second to type a “5”. But the 
number of miscopies, or more precisely non-copies, greatly exceeded 
expectations.

I’ll be back in zone 4 in another week, so don’t move me permanently to zone 5. 
Just copy what I send !


73  -  Jim    K8MR
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