Bob,
"55 is cool and fast" and there are still a bunch of us who were first
licensed in 1955 when we got on with 15-20 watts to a piece of wire with what
was
then (and still are) lousy receivers, throwing knife switches and knobs to
go from receive to transmit.. Things were low tech and slow but the few
contacts possible while fighting against Radio Moscow on 40 meters were
exciting,
pounding surplus J-38s (bought for 50 cents at the Army/Navy store) during
that "golden age." The check is informative for the history and tradition
that
it conveys.
Jerry
W3DMB
CK 55
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In a message dated 11/7/2007 12:29:44 PM Eastern Standard Time,
bparry@rgv.rr.com writes:
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Contest Rules - was Check numbers again
I fail to see what difference it makes to anyone else what check a person
decides to send or not. If the rule is enforced or not - so what?
In the SS exchange it is designed to represent the # of words in a radio
gram message header - it is not intended to pass along the precise year a
person was first licensed for some other purpose. The league picking the
last two of your year of licensing is just a convenient number to fill that
spot. Aside from that, what is the issue? Are we looking to DQ someone
because of this? Who? Why?
Does anyone really think there is an advantage to any series of two numbers?
It just doesn't matter. With QRM and QSB you can never be assured of
error-free copy no matter what numbers get sent. 55 is cool and fast, but I
wasn't even born then.
That said, I always send my real check which is 73.
I think it is the worst 2-digit check possible, because most people are so
used to hearing 73, they think that maybe they made a mistake copying it. I
have been asked for repeats of my check more than for any other SS exchange
data item in 35 years of SS CW contests.
73,
Bob W5OV
CK 73
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