You can view "year first licensed" sort of like "year first born". You
wouldn't ask "first born as what?" That would be ridiculous, so why ask
"first licensed as what...novice, general...etc?"
FWIW...73, Geo
George Wagner, K5KG
Sarasota, FL
In a message dated 11/9/2010 6:10:28 A.M. Canada Central Standard Ti,
wn3vaw@verizon.net writes:
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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> -----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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