[RTTY] UA9s in zone 16/17?

[Robert Chudek - KØRC]

Goetz,

A good question! I log what the station is sending.

But I think I have been "dinged" in the past because the DX station was sending the "wrong" information (sending CQ Zone instead of ITU Zone number, for example) and the log checking software was looking for the expected zone number.

A separate message to the contest sponsor asking this question would be most prudent (not buried in the soapbox comments of a submitted log).

Maybe the station just moved to a new QTH in Zone 17 and the paperwork has not caught up with the situation! I suspect this situation could get more complex if the station gives reports on Saturday as Zone 17 and discovers the mistake and changes the report to Zone 16 on Sunday.

Someone with intimate knowledge of log checking should comment regarding how far they go to accommodate these types of situations.

MMDV (My mileage does vary)

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN



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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:54:49 -0000
From: DJ3IW G?tz <goetzlin at t-online.de>
Subject: [RTTY] UA9s in zone 16/17?
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Hi,
what do you CQWW RTTY contesters do about the various UA9s
(RA9 RW9 etc.etc.) who send zone 17 while cty.dat (and CQ
scoring in past years) puts them into zone 16?

73 de Goetz, DJ3IW