The search by call feature includes the certificate links now. Missed that
page when I was updating the site last night. Doh!
Fastest way to find your certs is to
1. Go to http://www.cqwpx.com/score_db.htm
2. Enter your call in the Search by Call box. [This will list any entry
where your call appears either as the station call or operator.]
3. Click on the [Cert] link for the entry you want to generate a certificate
for.
Note: The page only shows certificate links for scores from 2007 and 2008.
Thanks to everyone for their great feedback (and suggestions)!
Randy, K5ZD
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Chudek - K0RC [mailto:k0rc@citlink.net]
> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 7:00 PM
> To: Jack Brindle; CQ-Contest cq-contest
> Cc: RandyThompson
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] On-line WPX certificates
>
> "First off, DON'T search for your call at the URL provided.
> That takes you to a listing of the various WPX contests you
> have entered, but there is no cert link."
>
>
> That was the first place I went last night and as you said,
> there are no "cert" links on the page that comes back to you.
> If I can make a recommendation to Randy, it would be to have
> the links on this page too.
>
> Overall I like this method of delivering awards. The 7QP was
> the first contest sponsor that I found using this method. In
> addition, those guys were very quick to post the results of
> their QSO Party, within a few months after the log deadline.
>
> There is one more reason I personally like to have the PDF
> file. I received two certificates on the same day a few years
> ago. It had been raining for a couple of days. My
> certificates were on the bottom of the heap and were
> thoroughly soaked.
> The driving rain had worked its way into my roadside mailbox
> at the end of the driveway. Of course none of the "bills"
> were damaged. They were resting comfortably on top of course,
> above the high water mark.
>
> 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jack Brindle" <jackbrindle@earthlink.net>
> To: "CQ-Contest cq-contest" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Cc: "RandyThompson" <k5zd@charter.net>
> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 10:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] On-line WPX certificates
>
>
> >I had difficulties finding the cert link also. I did find
> it, and also
> > found the instructions to be a bit ambiguous. First off,
> DON'T search
> > for your call at the URL provided. That takes you to a
> listing of the
> > various WPX contests you have entered, but there is no cert
> link. What
> > you want to do is, at that first screen, select the contest
> you would
> > like to see, select it, then hit either the the "CW" or
> "SSB" button.
> > That brings you to a large table with line scores, each has a "cert"
> > link. You can then search for your call, hit the cert link and get
> > your certificate.
> >
> > So, it takes a bit of looking around, but the links and certificates
> > are definitely there. The certificate looks pretty cool also. Thanks
> > guys!
> >
> > A suggestion that might help a bit would be to add the ability to
> > create the certificates from the results of a call search at that
> > first URL. I have a feeling the contents of the certificate
> depend on
> > the info in the contest table, and that info may not be
> present when a
> > straight callsign search is performed, but if it can be done, this
> > would eliminate some of the confusion.
> >
> > Again thanks. It really is cool. I bet K1TN wishes he had all these
> > tools way back when he was checking contests in Newington (yes, I
> > still remember, Jim).
> >
> > On May 18, 2009, at 6:44 AM, Julius Fazekas wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Jim,
> >>
> >> Follow the link, do a search for your call. That will bring up a
> >> screen with all the WPX events you've participated in (not sure how
> >> far back it goes, at least to 2006)
> >>
> >> To the right of each line, there is a column for certificates. If
> >> there is one available it will be highlighted/linked. Select that
> >> and it will take you to a PDF of the certificate.
> >>
> >> Not all entries have links.
> >>
> >> In some ways it is much nicer, you can print it on what ever you
> >> like and whatever size you want, use it in presentations.
> >>
> >> The Ontario QSO Party has done this in the past too.
> >>
> >> Considering costs for the sponsor to mail all of these, and those
> >> who might not want/need another certificate. I think this a is a
> >> great option.
> >>
> >> You can use all your awards as screen saver motivational tools ;o)
> >>
> >> 73,
> >> Julius
> >>
> >> Julius Fazekas
> >> N2WN
> >>
> >> Tennessee Contest Group
> >> http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html
> >>
> >> Tennessee QSO Party: Sunday, 6 Sept 2009
> >> http://www.tnqp.org/
> >>
> >> Elecraft K2/100 #4455
> >> Elecraft K3/100 #366
> >>
> >>
> >> --- On Mon, 5/18/09, James Cain <jamesdavidcain@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> From: James Cain <jamesdavidcain@gmail.com>
> >>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] On-line WPX certificates
> >>> To: "Thompson, Randy" <k5zd@charter.net>
> >>> Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
> >>> Date: Monday, May 18, 2009, 7:17 AM
> >>> Hi Randy: On-line certificates --
> >>> great idea!
> >>>
> >>> I don't see the "CERT link," at the URL you provided,
> >>> though.
> >>>
> >>> What's next? Plaques and trophies on demand? Can holograms
> >>> be e-mailed?
> >>>
> >>> Those with full bore Adobe Acrobat will be able to edit and
> >>> enhance their certificates with things like "K1TN, High
> >>> Single Operator Low Power CW, Milky Way Galaxy. (I know this
> >>> would go a long way in enhancing my fragile self esteem!)
> >>>
> >>> Your post doesn't say, in so many words, that certificates
> >>> will no longer be sent from WPX HQ. Is this the case?
> >>> Certainly seems logical to me, and "green," too.
> >>>
> >>> You and your helpers have enhanced the WPX experience
> >>> through your web efforts and I think it will encourage
> >>> participation and log entries.
> >>>
> >>> WPX CW is the best weekend of the year for a pee wee
> >>> station like mine so I'll try to put in a good effort. It
> >>> will be interesting to gauge 2009 participation in one of
> >>> those rare years when the contest isn't held on Memorial Day
> >>> weekend in the Colonies.
> >>>
> >>> I wish I knew a local from whom I could borrow a prefix
> >>> with more dB than "K2." Maybe CQ could open a "Prefix Bank"
> >>> of people willing to rent their obscure prefixes for the
> >>> weekend.
> >>>
> >>> Speaking of the Colonies, the term "bank holiday" is
> >>> British, I know, but it has negative connotations for those
> >>> of us who had parents who survived the Great Depression.
> >>> (That would be the 1930s for you young people on the
> >>> reflector.)
> >>>
> >>> Jim Cain, K1TN/2
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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