--- "L. Sica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Lou,
Thanks for trying to keep me honest. > 1) UA9S and UA9W calls are in Zone 16. The list currently has them going > into Zone 17. Both DXAtlas and your own list at > http://www.ad1c.com/HamRadio/russia_a.htm verify Zone 16 is correct. I'm really torn over these. The majority of them claim to be in Zone 17, though physically they are more likely in Zone 16. I believe they want to be in Zone 17 to get the extra inter-continent points for working Europe in the CQWW contest. Yes, there are some guys who claim Zone 16, but most of the QSLs even say Zone 17. I recently changed all of these to Zone 17, so they would agree with *most* logs and *most* QSL cards. > 2) The list currently tries to resolve Soviet-era Special Event Callsigns > with an "E" prefix on a call by call basis. But they can be deciphered like > this: Take the call EO9ACS. The "republic"/oblast can be figured out by > taking the first letter after the prefix (the "A"), followiing it by the > number in the prefix (the "9"), and then by the second letter after the > prefix. This gives you A9C. Look up UA9C in an old Soviet prefix list, and > you get Asiatic Russia and the proper Oblast/Region. That is true in many cases, but not all cases. I can probably find some exceptions for you, but none off the top of my head. I have been using information I found on this web page: http://www.qsl.at/common/listen.html They have actual QSL cards in hand, and a detailed list, by prefix, of every one (look for "Prefix List Soviet Union, CIS"). This resource has proven invaluable. It looks like I messed up on EU0G, I'll have to check to find out why I changed this. I have been meaning to incorporate this work into DX4WIN, but it's a BIG task! I'll make note of the correction. 73 - Jim AD1C ===== Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.com PGP Fingerprint: D8E2 3D78 339F A7F1 8C13 1193 B5D1 4FB6 79D1 70DC From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue May 25 16:13:36 2004 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Date: Tue May 25 16:17:21 2004 Subject: [Dx4win] 6.03 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Has the 6.03.1 version already released? 73 DX de PY2YP - Cesar www.py2yp.ws From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue May 25 16:18:13 2004 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (L. Sica) Date: Tue May 25 16:21:53 2004 Subject: [Dx4win] New Country List References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Thanks for trying to keep me honest. Honest? Who's honest? ;-) ;-) I was just trying to keep you accurate ;-) > I'm really torn over these. The majority of them claim to be in Zone 17, > though physically they are more likely in Zone 16. I believe they want to be > in Zone 17 to get the extra inter-continent points for working Europe in the > CQWW contest. Yes, there are some guys who claim Zone 16, but most of the QSLs > even say Zone 17. I recently changed all of these to Zone 17, so they would > agree with *most* logs and *most* QSL cards. According to the WAZ list: Zone 16. Eastern Zone of Europe: UR-UZ, EU-EW, ER, UA1, UA3. UA4, UA6, UA9 (S,W). US, UC, UO, and R1M (M V, Island) Zone 17. Western Zone of Siberia: EZ, EY, EX, UA9 (A, C, F, G. J. K, L. M, Q. X) UK, UN-UQ, UH, UI and UJ-UM I wonder what a WAZ checker would qualify a UA9S or UA9W card for, even if the card DID say Zone 17? And what if they're portable? Are Russian rules as liberal as US rules, where you can use a callsign that designates one being in a region/area/district they really aren't? > That is true in many cases, but not all cases. I can probably find some > exceptions for you, but none off the top of my head. I have been using > information I found on this web page: > > http://www.qsl.at/common/listen.html > > They have actual QSL cards in hand, and a detailed list, by prefix, of every > one (look for "Prefix List Soviet Union, CIS"). This resource has proven > invaluable. It looks like I messed up on EU0G, I'll have to check to find out > why I changed this. I have been meaning to incorporate this work into DX4WIN, > but it's a BIG task! I'll make note of the correction. They aren't always right, either. They say EU0G s/b Asiatic Russia, but I have a card in hand that says that's Armenia. I think the rule I gave works for sure pre-1991, it's that 1991-1995 "transition period" that's a big mess. Thanks again for all your work on this, and thanks for helping me find that Mt Athos Q on 20m! 73 de Lou AC0X
