So, a possibly stupid question, but I have to ask.
VK1XXX goes for a portable operation in Perth., What callsign do they use?
In other words, why does VK5 always mean CQ Zone 30? Does VK1XXX use VK5XXX
if they're in Southern Australia? (Sort of how UK hams change prefix from G
to GI to GJ to GU, etc.
Logbook of the World is pretty good about rejecting bad zone numbers, so
I'm surprised this one was missed.
73,
-Rick
On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 5:00 PM Dan Violette <dank...@socal.rr.com> wrote:
> Alan,
>
> Of course, you can look on the LoTW website for this QSO and see what
> VK5DOC
> has entered on his certificate. I also suspect you accepted your logged
> zone and did not correct with LoTW.
>
> Dan KI6X
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net <dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net> On
> Behalf Of Alan Zack
> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2022 10:28 PM
> To: 'WA7AA' <wa...@comcast.net>; dx4win@mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] VK5 DX Zones
>
> Yes, the LOTW entry shows Z29 in the confirmation. I don't remember now but
> am guessing after downloading the confirmation ADIF file from and entering
> it into my DX4WIN file either it automatically changed it to Z29 to match
> his info or I was directed to do so when I ran the search for IMPORT to
> find
> differences between what I had logged and what LOTW had in its records.
> Usually the only differences are in GRID numbers. Anyway, mystery solved,
> not a problem with my country file.
> Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
> 73
>
> Alan Zack
> Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of WA7AA
> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2022 06:54 PM
> To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] VK5 DX Zones
>
> On 11-Jun-22 19:55, Alan Zack wrote:
> > How does DX4WIN determine DX Zones? By the country list? I have the
> > latest country list in my DX4WIN I just received my 2021 DX Marathon
>
> > UBN results back and I got dinged for entering VK5DOC for Z29. The
> > VK5DOC qrz.com page does not show what zone he is in. When I logged
> > him in my DX4WIN log it was entered as Z29, not Z30. The QSO is
> > confirmed with LoTW. It shows him in Z29, not Z30.
> >
> > When I asked John K9EL, the contest manager, why I was dinged for a
> > wrong entry for Z29 here was his reply:
> > I also use DX4Win and if I enter VK5DOC, it says Zone 30.
> > I have never heard that any VK5 stations can be in Zone 29. I have
> > been doing this contest since 2008.
> >
> > John may very well be right but why would my version of DX4WIN show
> > Z29 and his show Z30? I only have one entry for VK5DOC on
> 07/03/2021.
> > In my log for Z29 I have many VK6, VK8, and VK9 stations but only
> one
> > VK5, the VK5DOC shows as Z29.
> >
>
> Entering VK5DOC over here correctly assumes zone 30. If your log has him as
> 29, it's possible that you created an exception in the database by
> overriding 30 with 29. He may have given you a wrong number - he wouldn't
> be
> the first one. The other possibility is that he incorrectly set up his TQSL
> station information with a wrong zone and you overrode the default zone in
> the log by accepting the LOTW value.
> LOTW works on the GIGO system - virtually no station info verification
> exists.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> WA7AA
>
>
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