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Here is the official notification from CQ to the various contest clubs.
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Richard Moseson=20
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 5:27 PM
Subject: Special Announcement From CQ magazine
Hello, OM/YL:
You have been identified as a webmaster/officer of a contest-related =
amateur radio club. If we are incorrect, please accept our apologies in =
advance and delete this message. If we are correct, we would appreciate =
your posting the following information regarding the upcoming CQ WW DX =
Contest on your webpage or otherwise sharing it with your club members.
Many thanks and 73,
Rich Moseson, W2VU, Editor
Dick Ross, K2MGA, Publisher
CQ Amateur Radio magazine
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CQ Asks Contesters to E-Mail All Logs=20
Due to security concerns, CQ Communications Inc. is asking all =
participants in CQ-sponsored amateur radio contests to submit their logs =
electronically. All logs for the CQ World Wide DX Contest, the CQ WPX =
Contest, the CQ World Wide 160-Meter Contest, the CQ World Wide VHF =
Contest and the CQ/RTTY Journal RTTY contests should be submitted via =
e-mail per instructions in the rules for each contest. In light of =
recent events regarding hazardous items sent through the mail, logs =
received through the mail at the CQ offices will be held unopened until =
all potential health risks have been evaluated. CQ says it cannot =
guarantee that logs submitted by postal mail will be opened. Contesters =
who want to be sure their scores will be counted must submit by e-mail.
"We regret the need to inconvenience those contesters who do not have =
access to internet-connected computers, or who choose to log by hand and =
submit those hand-written logs," explained CQ Communications President =
Dick Ross, K2MGA. "But our logs come from all over the world. While the =
risk that amateurs might be involved in any sort of terroristic activity =
is extremely small, mail en route may be subject to tampering. We cannot =
ask our staff members or contest committee volunteers to possibly expose =
themselves to dangerous packages sent through the mail."
CQ requests that this information be disseminated widely so as many =
contesters as possible will be aware of this rules change before the SSB =
weekend of the CQ World Wide DX Contest on October 27-28.=20
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Alternatives for contesters without computer logging programs or e-mail =
access:
1) Get a computer logging program. There are many excellent and =
reasonably-priced programs available. Many may be downloaded on the =
Internet so there is no shipping delay. Some basic logging programs are =
even available as "freeware."
2) Transcribe your log into an ASCII text (.txt) file on a word =
processing program. Using the format on the log sheet, enter each item =
for each contact, separated by a tab. Separate each contact with a =
carriage return (enter key). Save onto a floppy disk and e-mail (many =
public libraries have computers with e-mail capabilities) to the address =
listed in the contest rules. Be sure to include the required information =
about your station in a covering e-mail message.=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20
title=3Dw2vu@cq-amateur-radio.com =
href=3D"mailto:w2vu@cq-amateur-radio.com";>Richard=20
Moseson</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 17, 2001 5:27 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Special Announcement From CQ magazine</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hello, OM/YL:<BR><BR>You have been identified as a=20
webmaster/officer of a contest-related amateur radio club. If we are =
incorrect,=20
please accept our apologies in advance and delete this message. If we =
are=20
correct, we would appreciate your posting the following information =
regarding=20
the upcoming CQ WW DX Contest on your webpage or otherwise sharing it =
with your=20
club members.<BR><BR>Many thanks and 73,<BR><BR>Rich Moseson, W2VU,=20
Editor<BR>Dick Ross, K2MGA, Publisher<BR>CQ Amateur Radio=20
magazine<BR><BR>----------------<BR><FONT face=3D"Arial, Helvetica">CQ =
Asks=20
Contesters to E-Mail All Logs <BR><BR>Due to security concerns, CQ=20
Communications Inc. is asking all participants in CQ-sponsored amateur =
radio=20
contests to submit their logs electronically. All logs for the CQ World =
Wide DX=20
Contest, the CQ WPX Contest, the CQ World Wide 160-Meter Contest, the CQ =
World=20
Wide VHF Contest and the CQ/RTTY Journal RTTY contests should be =
submitted via=20
e-mail per instructions in the rules for each contest. In light of =
recent events=20
regarding hazardous items sent through the mail, logs received through =
the mail=20
at the CQ offices will be held unopened until all potential health risks =
have=20
been evaluated. CQ says it cannot guarantee that logs submitted by =
postal mail=20
will be opened. Contesters who want to be sure their scores will =
be=20
counted must submit by e-mail.<BR>“We regret the need to =
inconvenience those=20
contesters who do not have access to internet-connected computers, or =
who choose=20
to log by hand and submit those hand-written logs,” explained CQ =
Communications=20
President Dick Ross, K2MGA. “But our logs come from all over the =
world. While=20
the risk that amateurs might be involved in any sort of terroristic =
activity is=20
extremely small, mail en route may be subject to tampering. We cannot =
ask our=20
staff members or contest committee volunteers to possibly expose =
themselves to=20
dangerous packages sent through the mail.”<BR>CQ requests that =
this information=20
be disseminated widely so as many contesters as possible will be aware =
of this=20
rules change before the SSB weekend of the CQ World Wide DX Contest on =
October=20
27-28. <BR>
<DIV align=3Dcenter>------<BR></DIV>Alternatives for contesters without =
computer=20
logging programs or e-mail access:<BR>1) Get a computer logging program. =
There=20
are many excellent and reasonably-priced programs available. Many may be =
downloaded on the Internet so there is no shipping delay. Some basic =
logging=20
programs are even available as “freeware.”<BR>2) Transcribe =
your log into an=20
ASCII text (.txt) file on a word processing program. Using the format on =
the log=20
sheet, enter each item for each contact, separated by a tab. Separate =
each=20
contact with a carriage return (enter key). Save onto a floppy disk and =
e-mail=20
(many public libraries have computers with e-mail capabilities) to the =
address=20
listed in the contest rules. Be sure to include the required information =
about=20
your station in a covering e-mail message. <BR></FONT></BODY></HTML>
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