Remember also that VUCC does allow you a "radius" for your operating
location. Putting the 6-digit grid you're operating FROM might raise an
uneducated card checker's eyebrows, but you can always show them the
rules...
Unless I'm thinking of the wrong award. I only looked this stuff up once,
and decided I wasn't interested.
Nate WY0X
-----Original Message-----
From: vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of kb7dqh@donobi.net
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 3:37 PM
To: Sebastian
Cc: VHF Contesting Reflector
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] VUCC Card Checking Question
Still doesn't hurt to use the 6 digit grid... My biggest "pet peeve" when
receiving QSL's, especially after a contest rove, is the sending station 9
times out of 10 neglects to indicate which grid _I_ was in when the QSO
was made. In order to properly confirm, I have to dig thru several pages
of contest log in the hopes of finding the QSO so the person sending me
the card gets credit for the appropriate grid square!!!! More to the
point, these usually are SASE, some even have prefilled QSO information,
requiring me to sign and return... BUT without that critical bit of
information, it sits in the QSL "inbox" until I can "getaroundtuit"...
Something to think about when the portable guys go out to light up those
rare ones!!!
Eric
KB7DQH
> If you are having QSOs on 6 meters and up, then you should have your
> grid square on the card. When I questioned the card checker I used
> for VUCC about this, I was told to write the grid somewhere on the
> card myself if it didn't appear. Once the 'grid checker' compares the
> cards to the forms, they can valid them using whatever method they
> feel is right.
>
> I made this same omission on my original order of cards, but my new
> ones have the grid in a pretty large font, since most of my operating
> is on 6 meters and up.
>
> I personally would just use EM95.
>
> 73 de W4AS
> Sebastian
>
> On Jan 29, 2009, at 3:24 PM, Tom Berry wrote:
>
>> I am in grid EM95uu. It never occured to me to put it on my QSL.
>>
>> What should I do - put EM95 or EM95uu ?
>>
>> Would I simply put Grid : EM95uu somewhere on the card?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Tom AA4VV
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