At 10:22 PM 10/24/2005, Tom McAlee wrote:
>EI5DI wrote:
>
>> You seem to be saying that, regardless of what zone a station gives or
>> what we hear, we should log the zone the software indicates - assuming, of
>> course, the software interprets callsigns/zones the way CQ expects.
>
>
>That is correct, sort of. Log whatever you want for the zone; it doesn't
>matter. The program that does the scoring removes everything except the
>band and callsign. It figures out the zone on its own. This is how K3EST
>explained the process at a seminar last year.
>
>However, for your own records/scoring you'll probably want to know what
>zones you've worked. If you log a 16 as a 17 then don't work another 17,
>you don't really have the zone 17 multiplier you think you have (thats what
>Dave, K1TTT, was saying)
>
>Tom, NI1N
In other words, CQWW is just a callsign copying contest. But we knew that,
didn't we?
73, Pete N4ZR
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