Robert Penneys wrote:
>
> Does he give the check year for his own license, or the club's?
Back in the "old days" we used the U of IL club station (W9YH) in SS a
bunch. We always signed the clubs check. I think it was 1914 - that
ALWAYS threw 'em off...
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>From edwardsw@bga.com (William M. Edwards) Thu Nov 14 17:36:00 1996
From: edwardsw@bga.com (William M. Edwards) (William M. Edwards)
Subject: SS ck, club call??
Message-ID: <199611141736.LAA08739@zoom.bga.com>
Robert Penneys writes:
>
> In the spirit of the now threads that will not die...
> NY3C wants to use the N.E.R.D.S. new club call, W3TT, on the Sweepstakes.
> Does he give the check year for his own license, or the club's?
>
> I figure the latter.
>
> Tnx, Bob
>
I posed the same question to Billy Lunt a year ago. Here is his response:
Billy Lunt writes:
> Will,
>
> Usually the check is the year first licensed for the person holding the
> callsign that you are using in SS. This is not always the case. Sometimes it
> is from one of the operators. In any case the check is part of the exchange
> and should be the same throughout the contest. Do not change the check as
> you change operators. This will only confuse others.
>
> 73,
>
> Billy Lunt, KR1R
> Contest Manager, ARRL
> 860-594-0252
> blunt@arrl.org
> contest@arrl.org
Hope this helps.
73,
Will Edwards, WA5WZA
edwardsw@bga.com
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