Fred Handscombe wrote: > Hello Gary > > I am sorry but you have been assured wrongly!!! > > On behalf of RSGB, and based on some very detailed research by G3KMA > and G3HTA, I wrote a paper on the definition of ITU Zones for amateur > use for the IARU Region 1 conference some year back. > > This paper was eventually adopted by ALL IARU Regions which includes > the USA! > > I quote > > W9 (IL, WI west of 90W) in ITU zone 7 > W9 (IL, WI east of 90W) in ITU zone 8 > > ITU zones are used by the ITU for broadcast purposes and have been > used for Amateur Radio for contests and awards. They are defined > largely by lines of latitude and longitude (not state boundaries!) > > ARRL had previously published a version of the ITU zone boundaries > which conveniently bent around some state boundaries but this was > superceded by my papaer adopted by all IARU regions including ARRL
Hence my earlier message where I said: "I see that "some parts" of IL are in ITU Zone 7. I know of a way to replace all of the "6's" with something else using Access, but how to determine what "6" should be "7" and which should be "8" eludes me." ARRL does have this correct on their website now. > > There many other exceptions where national boundaries are crossed by > ITU zones and some countries like UA/0 have many ITU zones in them. > > 73 Fred > G4BWP > Editor RSGB Prefix Guide - available from ARRL and other outlets ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
