You Gotta be kidding....
Do you think it really matters?????
Ted
On Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:28:18 -0500 Andrew <ac6wi@comcast.net> writes:
> Hmm, this raises an interesting question for me..... I've never
> participated in Sweepstakes, but if I decided to give out a few
> points,
> would I use the year I was first licensed in the UK (1991) or the
> year I
> was first licensed in the US (1996)?
>
> Vy 73,
>
> Andrew AC6WI / GI0NWG
>
>
> On 08/11/10 22:33, Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:
> > Aw, c'mon Zack. "First licensed" means first licensed, period.
> >
> > It's bad enough we have people picking random numbers because they
> can get
> > away with it. Let's not muddy the waters further.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> > [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Zack
> Widup
> > Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 9:28 PM
> > To: CQ Contest
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SS CW question
> >
> > The rules don't specify for the check the year you were first
> licensed as a
> > WHAT. I suppose I could legally use the year I was first licensed
> as a
> > Novice, as a General, as an Extra, or maybe even the year I was
> first
> > licensed as W9SZ. They are all different.
> > But I've been sticking with the same year for a long time. It's
> engrained
> > into me so I just automatically send it now.
> > :-)
> >
> > 73, Zack W9SZ
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Radio K0HB <kzerohb@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> The thing that sets SS apart from other QSO-fests like CQWW is
> that the
> >> exchange is not a predictable "fye nye foe" and that software
> cannot
> >> auto-populate the log. It is a test of Radioman Skills (tm).
> >>
> >> With that in mind, some of us have bad memories and cannot
> reliably be
> >> counted on to send the same number as we sent you last year,
> thus
> >> confounding those who depend on databases to avoid actually
> copying what
> > we
> >> actually send.
> >>
> >> 73, de Hans, K0HB
> >> --
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> >> --
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> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: John Geiger
> >> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 11:05 PM
> >> To: Joe ; KI9A@aol.com ; cq-contest@contesting.com
> >> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SS CW question
> >>
> >> Joe,
> >>
> >> I agree completely on the check issue. The rules are pretty plain
> on what
> >> the check is. If it was any number you choose, the rules would
> say "The
> >> check is any number you choose"
> >>
> >> 73s John AA5JG
> >>
> >>
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