It's not always quite that simple. Having the wrong zone in the CTY file can
cause your logger to send the wrong zone in the exchange for the first 15
qso's, causing your log to get scored in the wrong zone.
Don't ask me how I know :)
Tor
N4OGW/5 zone 8
--- On Thu, 7/2/09, Jimk8mr@aol.com <Jimk8mr@aol.com> wrote:
> From: Jimk8mr@aol.com <Jimk8mr@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] REQUEST: ITU zone info for CTY country files
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 10:16 PM
> Or just send your ITU zone with your
> radio during the contest, and let the
> other guy copy what you send.
>
> 73 - Jim K8MR
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 7/2/2009 8:25:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight
> Time,
> jjreisert@alum.mit.edu
> writes:
>
> Please set up your logging software for the IARU
> contest coming up
> July 11/12. Try to log your own callsign, and
> see if the correct ITU
> zone comes up. If it does NOT, please let me
> know via a private
> E-mail. All I need is your callsign as you sign it on
> the air
> (i.e. AD1C or K5ZD/1) and your correct ITU zone. If
> your call appears
> in the Super Check Partial database enough times, then I'll
> add it to
> the country file.
>
> I need to do this soon, since the IARU contest is
> only a little over a
> week away.
>
>
> **************Dell Summer Savings: Cool Deals on Popular
> Laptops – Shop
> Now!
> (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222696924x1201468348/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Faltfarm.mediaplex.com%2Fad%2Fck%2F12309%2D81939%2D1629%2D1)
> _______________________________________________
> CQ-Contest mailing list
> CQ-Contest@contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
>
_______________________________________________
CQ-Contest mailing list
CQ-Contest@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
|