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Re: [CQ-Contest] Is it time to redraw the CQ zone map?

To: Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Is it time to redraw the CQ zone map?
From: Jorge Diez - CX6VM <cx6vm.jorge@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 08:16:47 -0300
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well

and I want QSOs points from CX to other countries worth 6 points !!  hi hi
hi  :-)

73,
Jorge

El vie, 5 dic 2025 a las 8:03, Ron Notarius W3WN via CQ-Contest (<
cq-contest@contesting.com>) escribió:

> With all due respect... no.
>
> It ain’t perfect.  Never has been, never will be.  But... also, it ain’t
> broke.  Don’t “fix” it.
>
> 73, Ron W3WN
>
> > On Dec 4, 2025, at 9:18 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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-- 
73,
Jorge
CX6VM/CW5W
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