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Re: [CQ-Contest] Check numbers again

To: "Zack Widup" <w9sz@prairienet.org>,"Cq-Contest Reflector" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Check numbers again
From: "Gerry Hull" <gerry@w1ve.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 13:41:02 -0500
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I WAS single-op and used the club year.  So was the op at W1MX.
It doesn't matter.  We can pontificate all day about it, but it's just
info in the exchange.

73, Gerry, W1VE

On 11/5/07, Zack Widup <w9sz@prairienet.org> wrote:
>
> I seriously thought about using some made-up number this year but decided
> I LIKE to use my real year!
>
> Here's a technical question for the purists:  Say you're using a club
> station and callsign.  But you're going single-op. Do you use your year
> or the club's year?
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
> On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, John Geiger wrote:
>
> > Hi Jeff,
> >
> > That is what I said when the discussion came up
> > before.  What is the purpose of saying the check is
> > the last 2 digits of the year first licensed, if they
> > don't intend on enforcing it?  Why not say, the check
> > is any 2 digit number you make up.
> >
> > Heck, instead of sending U for the PREC, I should have
> > send A even though I was in the U category, since it
> > is a shorter exchange, and the PREC you send in no way
> > affects the scoring for the other station.
> >
> > 73s John AA5JG
> >
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