I can certainly understand their concern, but what the devil
are they going to do about renewal submissions? Make them
internet only/credit card only accepted?
Duane Budd
w5ben@arrl.net
-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-admin@contesting.com
[mailto:rtty-admin@contesting.com]On
Behalf Of Eddie Schneider
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 15:47 PM
To: _Digital-Dx
Cc: RttyReflector
Subject: [RTTY] Long but Important.
If you know anyone who may be considering submitting a paper
or floppy disk
log for the CQ\RJ WW RTTY contest to CQ Communications Inc.
in Hicksville,
NY please pass this message on to them.
Tnx, Eddie W6/G0AZT
From: Richard Moseson <w2vu@home.com>
To: <cq-l@cq-amateur-radio.com>
Subject: [cq-l] CQ Asks Contesters to E-Mail All Logs
To: <rtty@contesting.com>
Date: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 3:07 PM
To all amateurs active in CQ-sponsored contests:
Due to security concerns, CQ Communications Inc. is asking
all participants
in CQ-sponsored amateur radio contests to submit their logs
electronically.
All logs for the CQ World Wide DX Contest, the CQ WPX
Contest, the CQ World
Wide 160-Meter Contest, the CQ World Wide VHF Contest and
the CQ/RTTY
Journal RTTY contests should be submitted via e-mail per
instructions in
the rules for each contest. In light of recent events
regarding hazardous
items sent through the mail, logs received through the mail
at the CQ
offices will be held unopened until all potential health
risks have been
evaluated. CQ says it cannot guarantee that logs submitted
by postal mail
will be opened. Contesters who want to be sure their scores
will be
counted must submit by e-mail.
"We regret the need to inconvenience those contesters who do
not have
access to internet-connected computers, or who choose to log
by hand and
submit those hand-written logs," explained CQ Communications
President Dick
Ross, K2MGA. "But our logs come from all over the world.
While the risk
that amateurs might be involved in any sort of terroristic
activity is
extremely small, mail en route may be subject to tampering.
We cannot ask
our staff members or contest committee volunteers to
possibly expose
themselves to dangerous packages sent through the mail."
CQ requests that this information be disseminated widely so
as many
contesters as possible will be aware of this rules change
before the SSB
weekend of the CQ World Wide DX Contest on October 27-28.
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Alternatives for contesters without computer logging
programs or e-mail
access:
1) Get a computer logging program. There are many excellent
and
reasonably-priced programs available. Many may be downloaded
on the
Internet so there is no shipping delay. Some basic logging
programs are
even available as "freeware."
2) Transcribe your log into an ASCII text (.txt) file on a
word processing
program. Using the format on the log sheet, enter each item
for each
contact, separated by a tab. Separate each contact with a
carriage return
(enter key). Save onto a floppy disk and e-mail (many public
libraries have
computers with e-mail capabilities) to the address listed in
the contest
rules. Be sure to include the required information about
your station in a
covering e-mail message.
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