[CQ-Contest] New Contest Country Files - 23 October 2005

[Tom McAlee]

EI5DI wrote:

> You seem to be saying that, regardless of what zone a station gives or 
> what we hear, we should log the zone the software indicates - assuming, of 
> course, the software interprets callsigns/zones the way CQ expects.


That is correct, sort of.  Log whatever you want for the zone; it doesn't 
matter.  The program that does the scoring removes everything except the 
band and callsign.  It figures out the zone on its own.  This is how K3EST 
explained the process at a seminar last year.

However, for your own records/scoring you'll probably want to know what 
zones you've worked.  If you log a 16 as a 17 then don't work another 17, 
you don't really have the zone 17 multiplier you think you have (thats what 
Dave, K1TTT, was saying)

Tom, NI1N

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul O'Kane" <pokane at ei5di.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] New Contest Country Files - 23 October 2005


> You seem to be saying that, regardless of what zone a station
> gives or what we hear, we should log the zone the software
> indicates - assuming, of course, the software interprets
> callsigns/zones the way CQ expects.
>
> It follows then that there is absolutely no point in exchanging
> zones on-air in CQWW - not to mention RST :-)
>
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI