[CQ-Contest] Inequity of Zone Checking

[kr2q at optimum.net]

The following statements are my own opinion and should not be construed as anything
official or representative of any contest committee with which I may be associated.

>From an international standpoint, for CQWW, it would be grossly unfair to check the copied
zones.  For stations NOT working USA qso's, one can, with 99+% certainty, "know" the zone
based on the callsign.  For stations working USA qso's, there is no such certainty - just a 
probability based on "most W1's are in zone 5 and most W6's are in zone 3."  

That means that USA entrants can almost never "get the zone wrong" while "DX" working USA
can very likely "get the zone wrong."

In terms of scoring, this would be a gross inequity, with most "dings" for copying the wrong
zone going to non-USA stations.  Very different than adjudicating for copying callsigns
incorrectly.

In terms of SCORING, why would the sponsor ever accept what the entrant logged?  As we
recently saw with T2V, wrong zones can be sent....but should NOT be counted.  If KR2Q
was active and sending 59923, it would be expected that everyone would LOG 59923 but 
clearly the sponsor should NOT count that QSO for zone 23. 

In case there is any confusion (IMHO), LOG what was sent but let the scoring be calculated
on reality.

REMINDER:  Please see disclaimer at the beginning.

de Doug KR2Q