[CQ-Contest] CQ WW DX Contests

[Alan Higbie]

I recall hearing about N5ZO operating from a sliver of California that was
in Zone 6 out in the ocean. I understood that there is some anomaly out
there….and that he was /mm.  I might not have this exactly correct. But,
you never know.
~ Alan K0AV

On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 7:36 PM Jack Brindle via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:

> The change occurred in the mid 1970s. This is also when additional station
> licenses went away. W6FB is licensed to me at my address in Louisiana. I am
> not portable, so there is no reason to sign /5. There is no prohibition
> against getting a new vanity call outside the district you may be living
> in. Thus even though you may live in PA, you can get W0AA if that call is
> available, without any need to add /3...
>
> Every contest I look at my LCRs. For those contests that show how others
> logged my info incorrectly (like the CQ contests), I almost always find 6
> or 7 stations that logged me in CA even though I don’t send that. Worse, in
> contests that use ARRL sections, folks want to put me in LAX, not LA.
>  That becomes really funny when they have no propagation to 6-land, but
> seem to expect that a 6 must be in CA.
>
> As for Trey, if I hear him sign his call with a zone of 31, I would assume
> he is visiting KH6TU and not slow him down by asking for his QTH. I have
> huge respect for George, but I disagree with his statement. Just because
> someone isn’t where I may expect them to be doesn’t mean they are
> elsewhere. I don’t want to tick them off and mess up their rate by asking
> for their QTH or some other repeat unless I really need it. Just log what
> they send and move on.
>
> As for W6FB, I’ve been here 2 and a half years, and am not moving back to
> CA. If you hear me, the odds are I am in LA (just copy what I send!). My
> info is correct (except for Lat/Lon which is about 200 miles off) in the
> CTY country files - I didn’t even have to ask Jim to add it. He does an
> outstanding job with administering those files!
>
> 73,
> Jack, W6FB
> Back home in Lake Charles, LA
>
> > On Sep 26, 2023, at 6:25 PM, Barry Jacobson <bdj at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
> > --
> > Barry Jacobson
> > WA2VIU
> > bdj at alum.mit.edu <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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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