[SECC] cqww zone preload

[Andrew Goss]

I got my first CQWW CW log report today (and the SSB one a month ago). I lost three contacts because I mistyped 0 and O, and then a few more because of my usual challenges with cw at high speed (especially S and I). Great to see what I need to work on.
During the SSB contest I noticed that many people assumed I was in zone 4 -- their logger probably preloaded 4 and they didn't hear zone 5. I corrected many ops, said my zone multiple times, etc., but there were still a lot of stations that lost credit with me because they logged me as zone 4. But the problems were much worse in the CW portion. The list of stations loosing credit for contacting me was really, really long. Their mistake, I know, but an easy one to make. Plus, it did slow me down, having to repeat my zone number so many times. 

My question is: does anyone know where that preloaded zone comes from? I just checked in N1MM+, and AA5JF still came up as zone 4. Is it linked to the number 5 in my call sign, or is it referencing some database that has me last competing in the CQWW from zone 4? Or something else? Can I have it fixed somehow? Any suggestions?
Andy AA5JF
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