[CQ-Contest] CQ Asks Contesters to E-mail All Logs

[k8do]

Rich,
Does that mean that you have also suspended mail delivery to CQ Magazine and
are refusing to open subscriptions with checks inside?  If not, why not? Or,
is your staff more expendable than the contest volunteers?

I'm being a bit confrontational here to make a point... The instant you
start doing what you have just announced, you are accomplishing another blow
towards the final outcome that the terrorists desire... The destruction of
our way of life and a return to the dark ages where homicidal religious
fanatics, and roving gangs of thugs are in control, and we cower on fear of
them...

I have expended quite a bit of time (that I don't really have to spare) and
money toward getting my station ready for the CQWW contests this year... I
have to tell you frankly, given your announcement my desire to participate
is, suddenly, just about zero...  I'm going to have to think this through
carefully as you have  left a bitter taste in my mouth...

Respectfully;
Denny - K8DO
Dr. Dennis O'Connor
Hemlock, MI
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Moseson" <w2vu at cq-amateur-radio.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 2:24 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] CQ Asks Contesters to E-mail All Logs


>
> 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."
>
> "We are not giving in to terrorism," added CQ magazine Editor Rich
Moseson,
> W2VU. "We are facing a very real and fast-growing threat and we are taking
> reasonable precautions to protect our staff and volunteers."
>
> 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.
> -----------
> Thank you and I hope to see you in the CQWW this weekend.
>
> 73,
> Rich W2VU
> Editor, CQ
>
>
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