Signature Date on Contest 610V

[tad.danley at mail.nextel.com]

     Jim:
     
     If you receive a call that I did not request, there should be no 
     problem with dating the application with today's date.  However, if 
     you get a call that is higher on my list than the one I end up with, I 
     can envision litigation!
     
     73 and GOOD LUCK!
     Tad, NZ3I
      


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Subject: Signature Date on Contest 610V
Author:  jreid at aloha.net (Jim Reid) at INTERNET
Date:    9/19/96 5:10 PM


Many have counseled that Express Mail sent today or 
on Friday will be date stamped in by the Mellon Bank 
as Sept. 23rd,  opening date of Gate 2.  However, the 
610V forms asks us to date the application on the 
date we sign the 610V form.  If I date the 
application with today or tomorrow's date, ie,
19th or 20th,  will the app. be rejected?  Or 
should I just go ahead and date it Sept. 23,  1996, 
the opening day?
     
Typical question about a government form!
     
73,  Jim, AH6NB
     


>From seay at alaska.net (Del Seay)  Fri Sep 20 14:08:06 1996
From: seay at alaska.net (Del Seay) (Del Seay)
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 06:08:06 -0700
Subject: Resolutions
References: <9609200340.AA00714 at popalex1.linknet.net> <3242234C.BAA at scruznet.com>
Message-ID: <32429736.67FC at alaska.net>

Garry Shapiro wrote:
> 
> Charles Young wrote:
> >
> >
> > A masochist is one who works high power CW knowing that in order to win a
> > section certificate he must beat a station (W5WMU)  and operator who will
> > come in  #1, #2 or #3 in the USA (and probably #1), instead of entering low

I don't know about all of this - But -
Any state such as LA, where the zoo lists the animals and the best
ways to cook them, has my approval!
de KL7HF


> > power, QRP, or multioperator where a certificate would be easier to win.
> 
> I define that as an "optimist."
> 
> The masochist is the person who pleads "beat me."
> The sadist says "nooooooo."
> >
> 
> --
> Garry Shapiro, NI6T
> Editor, The DXer
> newsletter of the Northern California DX Club

>From broz at csn.net (John Brosnahan)  Fri Sep 20 15:00:08 1996
From: broz at csn.net (John Brosnahan) (John Brosnahan)
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 08:00:08 -0600
Subject: ARRL DX CW results.
Message-ID: <199609201400.IAA24195 at lynx.csn.net>

At 04:53 AM 9/20/96 PDT, you wrote:
>Well it happed to me also... I (would have) placed first in Western New 
> York (and probably fared decently against the pack, I did not compare 
> all the scores)  BUT they say my log is not there.......A hell of a 
> lot of work for nothing.....
>
>/joe k8fc



Must have been a bad time for the contest guys at ARRL during the
transition after Warren left.  I know mistakes can happen (having
done the ARRL DX records for NCJ for a few years and perpetuating
some of the errors for a couple of those years--even after being told of 
them) but it doesn't seem so bad when it is the other guy who gets
left out.

But when your own score gets left out, and there is a guest op who
doesn't get recognition for an fine effort during very bad conditions, then
it does seem to sting a little.

For the record (since it wasn't in QST):

1996 ARRL DX CW single band 40M

W0UN (W0UA, op)   807 qsos,   93 mults,   225,153  points

Only a 4th place USA finish but the conditions for that weekend were 
some of the worst I have heard for a major contest--at least from 0-land.

In this case I did send in the log via email and did have a confirmation
of receipt from Billy.  Mistakes do happen, especially during times
of turmoil, but now that he has some new help maybe things will
go a little smoother next time.  If Billy has any suggestions on ways
to submit logs to make them easier to handle I would be happy to
do whatever it takes to make his a little job easier.

73  John



John Brosnahan  W0UN
24115 WCR 40
La Salle, CO 80645

"Radio Contesting IS a Contact Sport"