PLENTY good reason to send an email to questions@cqww.com for a waiver
before you head down. Tell them contest then sight seeing, then travel
home, then process. I don't think they'll blink an eye. But they want the
huge bulk of the stuff in hand in 5 days so they can get started. They'll
fold in DXpedition logs with no satellite connections when they can get
them.
73, Guy.
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Robert Brandon <rb@austin.rr.com> wrote:
> I generally think shortening the deadline is a good thing. But five days
> seems short. Maybe not so much for single ops -- I usually send in my log
> first thing the morning after the contest.
>
> But I have had some pretty snarled up logs after multi-ops -- computer time
> not in sync, not all QSOs replicated, lots of operator notes to sort
> through, etc. I processed our M/M log from HC8N years ago, and had a
> number
> of manual steps to go through to get them split out, then merged again. I
> was happy to have been able to enjoy the Galapagos after the contest and
> leave the log crunching task until I got home.
>
> Robert K5PI
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Timo Klimoff
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 9:21 AM
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] [Gmc] CQ contest submission deadlinegetting
> shorter....
>
>
>
> >As I have heard it, all one of those DXpedition contest entries need do is
> to send in an email note IN ADVANCE of the contest advising you will be out
> of contact, give your schedule of return and submission and they will give
> >you a waiver to match your circumstances. 73, Guy.
>
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Alan Higbie <alan.higbie@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >> Such a short deadline assumes, for example, (1) that every contest
> >> expedition will have functioning internet access; (2) that every
> >> contestant will be able to stay focused on the contest and not be
> >> drawn back into some hectic work-travel schedule.
>
> But honestly guys,
> when you last heard about (contest) DX-pedition without the
> internet-connection? (Maybe someone in IOTA Contest ..)
>
> 73, Timo OH1NOA, OJ0M
>
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