The definitive list for CQ zones is found here:
http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/cq_awards/cq_waz_awards/cq_waz_list.html
Parts of BY3 and BY9, and all of BY0 is in zone 23.
Does anyone know the history of the WAZ list, and how CQ decided on the
boundaries for each zone? In the US several call districts like 4, 7, and
8 are divided between 2 zones.
73 John W5TD
On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 6:54 PM Bob Shohet, KQ2M <kq2m@kq2m.com> wrote:
> Unless I have misunderstood something, China is in zone 24, but a small
> part of China is also in Zone 23. I have heard several UA0Y hams (and
> several DXpeditions) on from zone 23, the most active of whom has been
> UA0YAY. I am not aware of any part of India being in Zone 23.
>
> 73
>
> Bob KQ2M
>
>
> From: N4ZR
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2019 4:44 PM
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ Zone trivia
>
> According to the CTY.DAT file, which is as close to a universal arbiter
> as you'll get, probably, none of India is in CQ Zone 23, and China is
> all zone 23. The situation with ITU zones is more complicated.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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> On 11/18/2019 2:00 PM, wigi@kl0r.com wrote:
> > I seem to remember that there is a quirk in how the CQ zones are drawn,
> and that there's some very small part of China that is in Zone 22, or some
> very small part of India that is in Zone 23. Am I correct? Or has this been
> changed?
> >
> > I was interested enough to go looking at this, and depending on the map
> you use, it looks like some very northern part of India is in Zone 23 (but
> that isn't how I remembered it). If you look at the CQ WAZ list, it clearly
> states that is not the case - China is not listed as part of Zone 22, and
> India is not listed as part of Zone 23. But some maps show that.
> >
> > I then referred to the arbiter of all knowledge, Google... and when you
> click on the map in the area of interest, it says "unavailable".
> >
> > I suspect that since even Google doesn't know what is there, that we're
> talking about some uber-remote part of the Himalayas that is uninhabited...
> and so for a contest, who cares? But I am a bit of a map geek, so I kinda
> care.
> >
> > Any info on that?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > 73, Wigi
> > KL0R
> >
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