Some of us manage to use the databases and still catch changes when they
come in, even from the folks who work so hard to trip us up. Since
there's nothing to be gained from changing your check every year, I have
to conclude when someone changes one digit every year they're just being
snarky.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 11/8/2010 9:27 PM, Zack Widup wrote:
> 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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