[CQ-Contest] Inequity of Zone Checking

[Joe]

Or then how about stations like me.  A W9 station 99% of it is in Zone 
8, and some software automatically make this assumption,  But there are 
a few of us that are in zone 7.

I always send zone 7 because that is where I am.  But what does the CC 
think?

Joe WB9SBD

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On 11/30/2011 6:54 PM, RT Clay wrote:
> I am curious how zone checking is done for the IARU contest- there qso's with the "incorrect" zone ARE removed from you log. Often casual contest participants don't know their IARU zone or send their CQ zone instead. I suspect these same stations also rarely send in their logs. And there are more IARU zones than CQ zones.
>
> Suppose a W4 station who appears to be located on the west coast USA calls me and sends his zone as "3". Should I
>
> a) log what was sent
> b) log "6" because the station is west coast
> c) log "8" because ARRL log checking might assume W4 is east coast if he doesn't send in a log
> d) spend 10 minutes trying to explain the difference between IARU and CQ zones at 5 WPM cw?
>
> :)
>
>
> Tor
> N4OGW
>
> --- On Wed, 11/30/11, W0MU Mike Fatchett<w0mu at w0mu.com>  wrote:
>
>> From: W0MU Mike Fatchett<w0mu at w0mu.com>
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Inequity of Zone Checking
>> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>> Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 3:04 PM
>> What the station sends does not
>> determine the zone he is in.  So If I
>> sent zone 9 from J6M what zone would the stations that
>> worked me get
>> credit for.
>>
>> The object is to work the zones and countries.  You
>> should send your
>> zone as many people may not know your zone.  This has
>> roots far back
>> into the days of logging prior to computers.  It has
>> become moot with
>> computer logging.  I agree that we should copy what is
>> being sent but
>> some common sense needs to be applied here just like in
>> driving a car.
>>
>>
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