I’m in agreement with everyone here, especially Jim. If you work me, and you
_do_ log a 3, you will lose the Q. I am now in Louisiana, which is not in zone
3.
Remember, hams tend to move around a lot, and lots of hams are leaving CA. The
FCC allows us to keep our calls wherever we go.
73,
Jack, W6FB
> On Sep 25, 2023, at 8:43 PM, jimk8mr--- via CQ-Contest
> <cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
>
> What is an obviously incorrect zone? If I work you in CQWW and you log my
> "obviously" correct by QRZ.com zone from Ohio, you'll lose the QSO since I'll
> be in zone 5 in Florida. But you will have lots of company.
> I haven't followed it that closely, but I sense that a guy who leaves half a
> millisecond before sending his TU message will likely have me wrong. The guys
> who take a second are busy typing in the zone I sent.
> Now if G4XYZ sends zone 27, I will correct that to zone 14.
>
> 73 - Jim K8MR
>
>
> On Monday, September 25, 2023 at 09:13:51 PM EDT, john
> <reillyjf@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> When you receive an obviously incorrect Zone (like the guy is from CA
> and sends something other than 3), do you log what he sends, or the
> correct Zone? You could be screwed either way, but logging the correct
> Zone seems the lesser of the evils.
> - John, N0TA
>
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