[CQ-Contest] CQ Zone trivia

[N4ZR]

Apologies to all - it's been a while since I looked at the cty.dat file, 
and I misread. Bob is correct.  Here's the actual entry.  The big block 
of prefixes is the exceptions, not the rule.

China: 24:  44:  AS:   36.00:  -102.00:    -8.0:  BY:
#   BY: BY0A(23)[42],BY0B(23)[42],BY0C(23)[42],BY0D(23)[42],BY0E(23)[42],
BY0F(23)[42],BY0G(23)[42],BY0H(23)[42],BY0I(23)[42],BY0J(23)[42],
BY0K(23)[42],BY0L(23)[42],BY2A[33],BY2B[33],BY2C[33],BY2D[33],
BY2E[33],BY2F[33],BY2G[33],BY2H[33],BY2I[33],BY2J[33],BY2K[33],
BY2L[33],BY2M[33],BY2N[33],BY2O[33],BY2P[33],BY3G(23)[33],
BY3H(23)[33],BY3I(23)[33],BY3J(23)[33],BY3K(23)[33],BY3L(23)[33],
BY6Q[43],BY6R[43],BY6S[43],BY6T[43],BY6U[43],BY6V[43],BY6W[43],
BY6X[43],BY7A[43],BY7B[43],BY7C[43],BY7D[43],BY7E[43],BY7F[43],
BY7G[43],BY7H[43],BY7Q[43],BY7R[43],BY7S[43],BY7T[43],BY7U[43],
BY7V[43],BY7W[43],BY7X[43],BY8A[43],BY8B[43],BY8C[43],BY8D[43],
BY8E[43],BY8F[43],BY8G[43],BY8H[43],BY8I[43],BY8J[43],BY8K[43],
BY8L[43],BY8M[43],BY8N[43],BY8O[43],BY8P[43],BY8Q[43],BY8R[43],
BY8S[43],BY8T[43],BY8U[43],BY8V[43],BY8W[43],BY8X[43],BY9A[43],
BY9B[43],BY9C[43],BY9D[43],BY9E[43],BY9F[43],BY9G(23)[43],
BY9H(23)[43],BY9I(23)[43],BY9J(23)[43],BY9K(23)[43],BY9L(23)[43],
BY9M(23)[43],BY9N(23)[43],BY9O(23)[43],BY9P(23)[43],BY9Q(23)[43],
BY9R(23)[43],BY9S(23)[42],BY9T(23)[42],BY9U(23)[42],BY9V(23)[42],
         BY9W(23)[42],BY9X(23)[42];

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 11/18/2019 5:54 PM, Bob Shohet, KQ2M wrote:
> Unless I have misunderstood something, China is in zone 24, but a 
> small part of China is also in Zone 23.   I have heard several UA0Y 
> hams (and several DXpeditions) on from zone 23, the most active of 
> whom has been UA0YAY.  I am not aware of any part of India being in 
> Zone 23.
> 73
> Bob  KQ2M
> *From:* N4ZR <mailto:n4zr at comcast.net>
> *Sent:* Monday, November 18, 2019 4:44 PM
> *To:* cq-contest at contesting.com <mailto:cq-contest at contesting.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ Zone trivia
> According to the CTY.DAT file, which is as close to a universal arbiter
> as you'll get, probably, none of India is in CQ Zone 23, and China is
> all zone 23.  The situation with ITU zones is more complicated.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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>
> On 11/18/2019 2:00 PM, wigi at kl0r.com wrote:
> > I seem to remember that there is a quirk in how the CQ zones are 
> drawn, and that there's some very small part of China that is in Zone 
> 22, or some very small part of India that is in Zone 23. Am I correct? 
> Or has this been changed?
> >
> > I was interested enough to go looking at this, and depending on the 
> map you use, it looks like some very northern part of India is in Zone 
> 23 (but that isn't how I remembered it). If you look at the CQ WAZ 
> list, it clearly states that is not the case - China is not listed as 
> part of Zone 22, and India is not listed as part of Zone 23. But some 
> maps show that.
> >
> > I then referred to the arbiter of all knowledge, Google... and when 
> you click on the map in the area of interest, it says "unavailable".
> >
> > I suspect that since even Google doesn't know what is there, that 
> we're talking about some uber-remote part of the Himalayas that is 
> uninhabited... and so for a contest, who cares? But I am a bit of a 
> map geek, so I kinda care.
> >
> > Any info on that?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > 73, Wigi
> > KL0R
> >
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