Hello EI8IC,
Friday, July 23, 2004 Tim Makins, EI8IC wrote to CQ-Contest@contesting.com:
TME> I have been investigating the dividing line between CQ Zone 16/17
TME> in UA9S/T. Most of the ham loggers and zone lists, including CQ's
TME> own errror-filled list on their web site put UA9S in CQ zone 16
TME> and UA9T in CQ zone 17.
This is not true. That's what CQ WAZ rules say:
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
http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/wazrules.html
As you can see UA9T is not mentioned at all. As long as we use to say
we (UA9S,T,W) are in zone 17, and logger developers agree with that,
CQ WAZ awards sponsors should take it and correct the zones boundaries
ASAP :)
TME> CQ zone 17. Mentally zone 16 is a EUROPEAN zone. So if an Asian
TME> station (note that all UA9's are in Asia) says he/she is in zone 16 it
TME> makes the receiving station to hesitate. That's why we all persist we
--
73...Art RX9TX 23-Jul-04 13:23 UTC
"I either want less corruption, or more chance to participate in it."
[Ashleigh Brilliant]
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