[CQ-Contest] Your thoughts on this one

[Jim Stevens]

I also received a similar e-mail.  So I am reading with interest all of your
thoughts.

73, Jim K4MA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Notarius WN3VAW" <wn3vaw at fyi.net>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 12:32 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Your thoughts on this one


> Is this for real?  I mean to say, I have no doubts that the email was
> received by K4XS, but is there any way to verify the accuracy of the email
> itself?
>
> If it is on the level, I would probably confirm the QSO data... after the
> entry deadline for the contest has taken place.  I would also suggest that
> the log entry from the "XYZ" group be sent in with a note explaining what
> happened so that the stations worked would not be penalized due to missing
> information from the "XYZ" gang.
>
> I hate like heck to risk discouraging youthful operators, but asking for a
> "fill" post contest like this has to be against the spirit, if not the
> letter, of the contest rules.  I'm nothing but sympathetic, but, well, no
> one ever said life is fair and sometimes them's the breaks.
>
> And... the reason I question whether or not this is on the level... well,
> one of my favorite contests has a special award for "first time" entrants
> who are not "experienced" contesters, and there has been at least one time
> where a winner in this category was, allegedly, someone actually quite
> experienced who operated under a club call to hide his identity (and no, I
> don't know all the details, so it would be unfair for me to comment
> further).  Some people will go to any length to get that plaque or
> certificate; a feeling I can understand, having been burned more than a
few
> times on technicalities in one contest or another, but that don't make it
> right, either.
>
> 73, ron wn3vaw
>
> What would the world be like if Gary Kildall hadn't gone hang gliding?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Cqtestk4xs at aol.com
> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 22:18:11 EST
> To: CQ-Contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Your thoughts on this one
>
> I received the following email today.  What would you guys do?......Names
> and
> calls changed to protect the innocent.
>
> Subj:    Phone Sweepstakes
> Date:   11/30/02 8:27:30 PM Greenwich Standard Time
>
>
> Hi...
>
>    We need your help.
>
>     During the recent ARRL Phone Sweepstakes you made contact with the
> XYZ Radio Club, Jr located near Anytown.
>
>     XYZ is an amateur radio club just for kids and we had the
> pleasure of making a contact with you using our club call: W1XYZ   We
> had six kids ranging in age from 7 through 14 yrs old participating in
> the contest.  The kids made most of the contacts and did most of the
> logging until they crashed around 0300 local.  They picked back up
> around 0700.
>
> Unfortunately, due to youthful handwriting, a cranky laptop and old
> technology, we lost several entries from the contest.  We have recovered
> most of the "lost" information but a few still need a few holes filled.
>  In most cases the only thing we're missing are the serial numbers from
> the exchange.
>
> Can you confirm our contact and the serial number you provided to us?
>
> Thanks much.
>
> This was the first real contest for XYZ and the kids set some
> challenging goals for themselves:  WAS and a clean sweep.  They just
> missed both because they never heard Nevada.
>
> Hope to work you next year.
>
> 73 de W1XYZ
>
>
>
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