[CQ-Contest] Disapointed again !

[Randy Thompson]

On Wednesday, June 11, 1997 12:19 PM, Ray Rocker [SMTP:rocker at datasync.com] 
wrote:
> > It's the second time this kind of disagrement happened. I had a
> > look on http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/97/idxcw-claimed.html
> > which is the page for ARRL DX CW '97 claimed scores and surprise ...
> > no F6FGZ entry. I saw also some other callsigns missing !
> > BE SURE YOUR LOG HAS BEEN PROCESSED !!
>
> Let me guess: you e-mailed your log to contest at arrl.org.
>
> contest at arrl.org has been USELESS to me as a log submission route.
> Time and time again, logs I have e-mailed there have disappeared
> into the void. (And no, they did not bounce.)
>
> The last straw was CW SS, when my first ever 1000 QSO result failed
> to show up in the results.
>
> --
As one who has criticized the ARRL's contest administration more than once, 
in this case I have to support them.  I have had excellent luck with e-mail 
submissions and have received an e-mail confirmation for each one.  There 
are lots of bad things that can happen when e-mailing large files around.

Some suggestions:

- If you don't get a confirmation, send the entry again (or at least follow 
up asking if they received it).

- Check the high claimed scores.  Of course we haven't had high claimed 
scores for the past 5 years or so, but it appears that they may have 
returned.  If your log isn't there, react quickly.  Often the time between 
the high claims and the final results is very short.

73,

Randy, K5ZD

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>From William M. Edwards" <edwardsw at bga.com  Thu Jun 12 00:25:06 1997
From: William M. Edwards" <edwardsw at bga.com (William M. Edwards)
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 97 23:25:06
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Disapointed again !
Message-ID: <199706120417.XAA11552 at zoom.bga.com>

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Let me guess: you e-mailed your log to contest at arrl.org.

contest at arrl.org has been USELESS to me as a log submission route. 
Time and time again, logs I have e-mailed there have disappeared
into the void. (And no, they did not bounce.)

The last straw was CW SS, when my first ever 1000 QSO result failed
to show up in the results. 
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If I remember correctly, they acknowledged receipt of my logs.  For future reference, if you don't
soon receive a reply confirming receipt, you should follow up.


73,
Will Edwards, W5IX (ex WA5WZA)
edwardsw at bga.com



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