One solution to the multiple State QPs and same-named counties problem is to use STANDARD CENSUS / ANSI COUNTY (numeric) codes. Gives a little challenge to copy the codes correctly: I live in MD 031
Hi Bob I didnt know about these county codes. Im imagining this exchange while working K8MR/m at 42 wpm. Most of the QP county codes are similar to the county name, but there are exceptions... like s
I understand wanting to give every county a unique code so as to avoid confusion when the same name is used in another state. However, using some code that has no relationship to the name is just add
Author: K8MR via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 23:58:10 +0000 (UTC)
Try explaining county codes to a random guy, who is not in the contest, calling in on phone. A more worthwhile effort would to be get county abbreviations to have a standard format, i.e. the first th
The county hunters have already solved this problem with their MARAC County codes, a 4-character abbreviation for each US county. Add the state abbreviation and you get: TN HAMI, for example. You can