[WT-support] US zone guessing in CQWW

[Tom Wylie]

I support zone guessing but it is the responsibility of the operator to 
ensure the correct zone is entered.

tom
gm4fdm (GM5A)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Franck, F4CIB" <f4cib at ref-union.org>
To: <support at win-test.com>
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: [WT-support] US zone guessing in CQWW


> Hi,
> Had also same "issue" last week-end & at times I had also the state 
> instead of the CQ zone... Master related ?
> On the other hand, that means that you really have to pay attention to 
> what is sent & what you log... especially, with the fact what it sounds 
> that prefix is not dedicated to a zone as it use to be... So would be 
> really pertinent to add this feature ?
>
> Out of topic but just to let people know:
> Win-test is a real gage of ruggedness, I had a power failure during the 
> contest, and none of the QSO was lost which was not the case of the pile 
> :(
> Great job guys !
>
> 73 de Franck, F4CIB (F6KNB SOSB15 last WE)
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ben DL6RAI" <wintest at dl6rai.muc.de>
> To: "Wintest Support Mailing List" <support at win-test.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 5:14 PM
> Subject: [WT-support] US zone guessing in CQWW
>
>
>> 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)
>> -- 
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