To ARRL Contest Participants, We are pleased to announce that through the extraordinary efforts of Bruce Horn, WA7BNM, together with Trey Garlough, N5KO, Ward Silver, N0AX, and the ARRL IT Team, the
Hi Bart, Does this mean that there will be no more mailed certificates in the future? 73, --Alex KR1ST (FN21fk) _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailing list VHFcontestin
That's how I read it. Plus a further watering down of the "value" of a certificate by awarding more of them. I assume that soon any entrant will be awarded a certificate in some category (SOLP, Icom
Author: Jim via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 13:26:50 -0400
It does not bother me that mailed certificates may be a thing of the past. I get a mailed certificate in nearly every VHF contest, sometimes for things like being the 432 MHz low power winner in Ohio
The wording on the web page does indeed indicate this: "Certificates are available to all contest entrants who submitted a log before the due date for a category other than a checklog." I just checke
I'll admit, I'm a fan of paper. I like QSL cards and if I'm lucky enough to earn one, a contest award certificate. These changes are disheartening. I like the suggestion about adding a line in a Cabr
Author: Paul Kiesel via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 20:07:49 +0000 (UTC)
Unbelievable... Subject: [VHFcontesting] ARRL Contest Branch makes online certificates available To: "VHF Contesting" <vhfcontesting@contesting.com> Date: Thursday, July 12, 2018, 5:44 AM To ARRL Con
Author: "Kevin H. Phillips" <kh-phillips@9-5usa.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 15:15:29 -0500
Until now, it was reasonable to assume that if you saw an ARRL contest certificate that the person put in a reasonable effort and got a good result. Now you have to read the fine print as it could be
It sure is nice to get a piece of paper to fill up the wall but giving paper out for making 1 contact seems a bit to generous. Although I sure do like winning the 3ghz New England area a few years ag
But you at least won the section. Yes, you were surely the only one in the category -- I've done that myself (SO3B in the June, I think, a few years back). Now they're saying EVERY participant gets a
I don't believe that 3830 has anything to do with ARRL; it's just a place to post your claimed score publicly supported by a separate entity. Frankly, I don't get all the griping about the league 'di