[CQ-Contest] IARU

[Tim Makins]

The CIRAF Zone map is not the same as the Amateur one - CIRAF only have
zones up to 84, whilst Amateurs go to 90.

France is in Zone 27, not 28 or 37.

73s Tim EI8IC
http://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/maps/ituzone.html


----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Hunt" <zl2br at ihug.co.nz>
To: "CQ Contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 4:49 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] IARU


> All those 3 maps show variations when compared to the ITU CIRAF
> Broadcasting Zones map as published by the ITU:
>
> http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/terrestrial/broadcast/hf/refdata/maps/index.html
>
> The zone boundaries very rarely follow physical or political boundaries,
many
> countries are in multiple zones, ie. France is zone 27, 28 & 37 !
>
> Obviously this could lead to some confusion, so best guide would be to use
> the table of ITU zones as shown on the ARRL web site:
>
> http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/prefixtable.html
>
> There is also an explanation of the zones for US and Canada:
>
> http://www.arrl.org/contests/vev0vy.html#wkna
>
> 73, Frank ZL4BR
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------
> On 29 Jun 2006 Kenneth E. Harker wrote:
>
> >      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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