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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> -----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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