[Dxbase] DXBase and Z6

Mon Oct 28 15:09:39 EDT 2013

True, CQ does count Kosovo as a country multiplier for their awards (if I
were a betting man, I would bet that is why Marty (Z68BH) was so "popular"
in the CQ SSB World Wide this past weekend).
Unfortunately, Kosovo is neither a UN member or has it been assigned an
official ITU prefix. Until either happen, it is in limbo; hopefully (if and
when either of the prior occur), the ARRL will "backdate" the contacts many
of us have made. Dick (W1KSZ) may well be right in the ARRL will only count
contacts after the "official date" of recognition. Only time will tell; so
WFWL!!
Obviously, everything is in a state of limbo, and that causes problems in
logging contacts! The solution I gave is the easiest; one could into the
DXBase database, open country prefixes, and add Kosovo to it. Add Z6 as the
prefix, country as Kosovo, and use the same Lat/Lon, CQ zone, ITU zone,
Continent, and TZDIFF as Serbia. One would have to leave the ARRL-ID blank
and maybe mark it as Deleted. Obviously it would be a "bogus" country
showing up in the country list.
Am sure everyone knows the same "issues" exist with T10VB (Transnistria)
that Vladimir (UA4WHX) "activated" in early Sept. It doesn't count for
anything, so log the call to ER and uncheck the Mixed and Mode boxes in the
VALID column.
Dick K8ZTT
-----Original Message-----
From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Richard Solomon
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 10:09 AM
To: dxbase at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] DXBase and Z6
Actually, it does count, at least for CQ Awards.
But, it will not count for DXCC until it gets listed on the DXCC Country
list, and then only for Q's made on that date or later.
73, Dick, W1KSZ
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Dick WIlliams <k8ztt at centurylink.net>wrote:
> Yes,
>> Kosovo does not count for anything (at least not yet). Since it is 
> technically part of Serbia, for now, map it to "YU". Then move over 
> to the "VALID" column in DXBase and uncheck both Mixed and Mode. 
> There will now be a "red" box there (just to make it "intuitively 
> obvious to the most casual of observers" to alert you to the fact the 
> contact does not count for anything.
>> If and when the "world" and ARRL decide to count Kosovo as a new 
> country (and QSOs prior to recognition count), you can easily change 
> the country prefix to what will be assigned, and then re-check both 
> Mixed and Mode in the VALID column.
>> Dick K8ZTT
>> -----Original Message-----
> From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:
> dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Rod Greene W7ZRC
> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 7:30 AM
> To: Joe WA6AXE; dxbase at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Dxbase] DXBase and Z6
>> Anyone have the details on how to log Z6? I did a quick look via QRZ 
> and Google and know it is Kosovo. Don't know if it's a legal entity 
> for DXCC, etc. or not. Would like to get the correct logging info for 
> DXB if anyone can help. I worked Marti - Z68BH.
>> Thanks and 73, Rod/w7zrc
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