[CQ-Contest] Inequity of Zone Checking

[Ted Bryant]

"...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..."

- No, if everyone is *copying what is sent* these are non-issues.  Only
those who blindly accept what the logging software guesses are at peril.
That is their own risk.


73, Ted W4NZ (in zone 4)



-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of kr2q at optimum.net
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 6:34 AM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Inequity of Zone Checking


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
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