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Re: [CQ-Contest] Check in SS

To: Ken Widelitz <widelitz@gte.net>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Check in SS
From: Haddon/N6ZFO <hounds1234@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:24:11 -0800
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Ken Widelitz wrote:

>If my check were 00 it would suck on CW, so maybe I would use 55.
>Except for the rules.

Recent NCCC relfector discussion on this topic was extensive;
people taking sides, mentioning driver's license, dog license,
etc etc.

One of our more practical members, K6VVA, did the simple thing - he
asked.  The response from ARRL contest branch was reported, by
the Locust, as:

"> The year used is really immaterial - some people pick a number out of the
> air, etc.  You can use your year, the club's year, etc... A year is used
> since the SS exchange in general matches the NTS message header. "

Like it or not, that's it.

73 Bill n6zfo


I'll say this - my check, 65, as a phone check sucks. It sounds like 55 and
I get lots of requests for repeats. On phone I would like my check to be 00.

If my check were 00 it would suck on CW, so maybe I would use 55.

Except for the rules.

I'll bet it would make for at least a few QSOs worth of difference over 24
hours of operating.

73, Ken, K6LA / VY2TT

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