I think you're right! Thanks!
73, Wigi, KL0R
-----Original Message-----
From: N2GC@aol.com <N2GC@aol.com>
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2019 1:35 PM
To: wigi@kl0r.com
Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ Zone trivia
Wigi,
You are probably thinking of UA0Y that is in zone 23 and not 18.
Mike N2GC
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> On Nov 18, 2019, at 4:20 PM, wigi@kl0r.com wrote:
>
> I seem to remember that there is a quirk in how the CQ zones are drawn, and
> that there's some very small part of China that is in Zone 22, or some very
> small part of India that is in Zone 23. Am I correct? Or has this been
> changed?
>
> I was interested enough to go looking at this, and depending on the map you
> use, it looks like some very northern part of India is in Zone 23 (but that
> isn't how I remembered it). If you look at the CQ WAZ list, it clearly states
> that is not the case - China is not listed as part of Zone 22, and India is
> not listed as part of Zone 23. But some maps show that.
>
> I then referred to the arbiter of all knowledge, Google... and when you click
> on the map in the area of interest, it says "unavailable".
>
> I suspect that since even Google doesn't know what is there, that we're
> talking about some uber-remote part of the Himalayas that is uninhabited...
> and so for a contest, who cares? But I am a bit of a map geek, so I kinda
> care.
>
> Any info on that?
>
> Thanks!
>
> 73, Wigi
> KL0R
>
>
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