[CQ-Contest] CQ WW DX Contests

[Barry Jacobson]

No clue why the old format W6FB/5 is no longer used. And sometimes I think
I hear W5/W6FB, in reverse. I am kind of a Rip Van Winkle because was
inactive for a while and things are quite different.

Barry WA2VIU

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Barry Jacobson
WA2VIU
bdj at alum.mit.edu
@bdj_phd

On Tue, Sep 26, 2023, 5:57 PM Jack Brindle via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:

> I’m in agreement with everyone here, especially Jim. If you work me, and
> you _do_ log a 3, you will lose the Q. I am now in Louisiana, which is not
> in zone 3.
> Remember, hams tend to move around a lot, and lots of hams are leaving CA.
> The FCC allows us to keep our calls wherever we go.
>
> 73,
> Jack, W6FB
>
> > On Sep 25, 2023, at 8:43 PM, jimk8mr--- via CQ-Contest <
> cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:
> >
> > What is an obviously incorrect zone? If I work you in CQWW and you log
> my "obviously" correct by QRZ.com zone from Ohio, you'll lose the QSO since
> I'll be in zone 5 in Florida. But you will have lots of company.
> > I haven't followed it that closely, but I sense that a guy who leaves
> half a millisecond before sending his TU message will likely have me wrong.
> The guys who take a second are busy typing in the zone I sent.
> > Now if G4XYZ sends zone 27, I will correct that to zone 14.
> >
> > 73  -  Jim   K8MR
> >
> >
> >    On Monday, September 25, 2023 at 09:13:51 PM EDT, john <
> reillyjf at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > When you receive an obviously incorrect Zone (like the guy is from CA
> > and sends something other than 3), do you log what he sends, or the
> > correct Zone? You could be screwed either way, but logging the correct
> > Zone seems the lesser of the evils.
> >   - John, N0TA
> >
> >
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