[WT-support] US zone guessing in CQWW

Ben DL6RAI wintest at dl6rai.muc.de
Mon Oct 31 17:14:09 CET 2005


Contesters:

During last weekend's CQWW SSB, I realized that WT's CQ zone
guessing on US stations is wrong if the US station is outside 
the 1,2,3,4-call area.

A test brings up the following:

    Call     WT's Guess        Correct
    W1AAA  =>   05               ok
    W2AAA  =>   05               ok
    W3AAA  =>   05               ok
    W4AAA  =>   05               ok
    W5AAA  =>   05              WRONG
    W6AAA  =>   05              WRONG
    W7AAA  =>   05              WRONG
    W8AAA  =>   05              WRONG
    W9AAA  =>   05              WRONG
    W0AAA  =>   05              WRONG

Being a 10+ years CT user, I am used to CT's guessing and when 
I hear W8AAA say "5904" I just press the enter key. Knowing that
some of the US stations are actually located in the "wrong" zone,
still around 90% fit the pattern shown above.

I would like to ask the WT developers to implement the correct 
guessing. What do you think?

73 Ben, DL6RAI
(one of DQ4W, 5600 QSOs M-2)
-- 
DL6RAI


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