[CQ-Contest] IARU

Kenneth E. Harker kenharker at kenharker.com
Thu Jun 29 14:45:33 EDT 2006


     So, there have been several posts referencing maps or lists of 
information about ITU zones:

JF9EXF: http://www4.plala.or.jp/nomrax/ITU/
ICOM:   http://www.icomamerica.com/downloads/WorldMap_ITU_LR.pdf
K3RXK:  http://www.spacetoday.org/k3rxk/ITUzones.html

There are incosistencies between these sources in a few places, and mostly 
it is the ICOM map that seems to be in error:

* ICOM and JF9EXF show the boundaries between zones 1 and 2 as longitude 
  139W, which would put some of KL7 in zone 2, but the K3RXK description 
  says all of KL7 is in zone 1.

* The ICOM map shows the boundary between zones 7 and 8 to be longitude 92W.
  JF9EXF and K3RXK shows the boundary to be the Mississippi River with all 
  of Louisiana and Minnesota in zone 7.

* The ICOM map shows the boundary between zones 18 and 19 as longitude 30E.
  JF9EXF and K3RXK shows the boundary to be the political boundary between
  Finland (OH) and European Russia (R).

* The ICOM map shows Nigeria (5N) in zone 47, but JF9EXF and K3RXK put 
  it in zone 46.

* The ICOM map shows the boundary between zones 55 and 59 as latitude 29S.
  JF9EXF and K3RXK agree that all of South Australia is in zone 59, not 
  zone 55.

Did I miss anything?

-- 
Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
kenharker at kenharker.com
http://www.kenharker.com/



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