It’s virtually always going to be someone who is giving out a few Qs to
“help.” There won’t be a log turned in. During CQWW RTTY, some station in
CA gave me zone 6. Had it been SSB, I would have told him his correct zone,
but, since I don’t have a clue how to send anything but canned messages on
RTTY, I just logged the correct zone and moved on.
Had the exchange been something unique, I would have logged what was sent.
If someone sends me a state, I would log what was sent.
The rules say to send your zone. If you send the wrong zone, you are not
sending your zone, so I feel an incorrect zone can be corrected.
Chuck W5PR
On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 9:38 AM Jeff Blaine <KeepWalking188@ac0c.com> wrote:
> Let's change this question slightly.
>
> For the CQ WW RTTY contest where a zone and state are given, and we
> assume the guy has put in the state correctly but for some reason he's
> sending the wrong zone, what is the best way to log the contest Q? And
> no, I don't consider explaining to the guy his zone and state don't
> match is an in-contest solution.
>
> Seems like you could log what the guy sends.
>
> Or - log the sent state along with the "correct" zone for that state.
>
> Or - not log the Q at all and assume it's going to be busted by the log
> check.
>
> 73/jeff/ac0c
> alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
> www.ac0c.com
>
> On 9/26/2023 8:20 PM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
> > Since N0TA wrote his question right after the CQWW RTTY contest he may be
> > referring to that CQ WW contest. The exchange for US stations includes
> the
> > state so it would be obvious if the incorrect zone is sent. It is
> possible
> > that his RTTY decoder did not accurately decode the number but some
> people
> > do sent the wrong number, often a serial number. I am sure that every
> > contester runs into this. Regardless of which CQWW N0TA is referring to,
> if
> > a US station is sending 599 02 it would be obviously incorrect. If you
> log
> > what is sent, would you expect to get the zone 2 multiplier?
> >
> > John KK9A - W4AAA in 2023 CQWW RTTY
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Art Boyars K3KU wrote:
> >
> >
> > Besides all the advice to copy what is sent,
> >
> > "When you receive an obviously incorrect Zone (like the guy is from CA
> and
> > sends something other than 3)..."
> >
> > how do you know he is in California?
> >
> > Nowadays lots of people keep their old call signs when they move to a
> > different district (e.g., W6OAT, N6TR)
> >
> > And nowadays lots of people are sitting at home, operating remote in a
> > different district using their home call signs. "Portable" indicator no
> > longer required.
> >
> > And some people are doing both, and winding up where they belong (WA2BCK)
> > :>)
> >
> > I guess I'm showing my age.
> >
> > 73, Art K3KU
> >
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