And put J3 in to Zone 9.
On Thu, Dec 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM John Geiger via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
> Add some more population to Zone 2. I am guessing it's the least
> populated zone by far.
>
> Maybe the mountain time zone east of the rocky mountains should be in zone
> 4 also.
>
> 73 John AF5CC
>
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>
> -------- Original Message --------
> On 12/4/25 11:40 AM, Barry W2UP <w2up.co@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Since gerrymandering has been a thing in the US lately, perhaps it
> should
> > apply to the CQ zone map as well.
> >
> > Consider the primary US zones, 3, 4, and 5. Zone 5 is roughly 500 miles
> > wide. Zone 4 is roughly 1600 miles wide, and zone 3 is about 1000 miles
> > wide. Is it fair that OH and CO are in the same zone? Ohio's EU
> opening,
> > while not quite as favorable, is much more like that of the eastern
> > seaboard than OH vs CO (I've operated CQWW from both states.)
> Drastically
> > different DX condx from one side to the other. Perhaps the zones
> should be
> > realigned as follows:
> > zone 5 - eastern time zone.
> > zone 4 - central time zone.
> > zone 3 - pacific and mountain time zones.
> >
> > While I haven't looked at the rest of the world, consider one example -
> > zone 15. Is it fair that the OH's and 9A's are in the same zone,
> > considering the vastly different propagation (auroral zone and
> > dramatically shorter daylight hours for OH's during WW)? Perhaps zone
> 40
> > should be extended east, way up north.
> >
> > Let the floodgates open.
> >
> > Barry W2UP
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