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1. [CQ-Contest] Multiple QP Contests / Standard County Codes (score: 1)
Author: "Bob, W3IDT" <w3idt@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:28:22 -0400
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
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2020-09/msg00097.html (7,929 bytes)

2. Re: [CQ-Contest] Multiple QP Contests / Standard County Codes (score: 1)
Author: Dave Edmonds <dave@pkministrywebs.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 15:28:41 -0400
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
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2020-09/msg00099.html (8,740 bytes)

3. Re: [CQ-Contest] Multiple QP Contests / Standard County Codes (score: 1)
Author: Stan Zawrotny <k4sbz.stan@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 16:20:43 -0400
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
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2020-09/msg00100.html (10,854 bytes)

4. Re: [CQ-Contest] Multiple QP Contests / Standard County Codes (score: 1)
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
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2020-09/msg00102.html (9,998 bytes)

5. Re: [CQ-Contest] Multiple QP Contests / Standard County Codes (score: 1)
Author: "W4NZ Ted Bryant" <w4nz@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 21:48:15 -0400
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
/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2020-09/msg00103.html (9,475 bytes)


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