[CQ-Contest] Check in Sweepstakes

[Mike K9MI]

The only time I ran into a problem, was when I tried to get some club 
members interested in SS. Not a lot of luck, but I think I had one guy one 
year, and another the next before deciding it wasn't worth the trouble, and 
had my own hf station again.

In that instance, I wanted to use the club call of W9VCF, but I was unable 
to find out when W9VCF (SK many years) was first licensed, or when the club 
actually started, which was sometime in the 50's. So, we just used mine (79) 
and there was never a problem with it. I think I even contacted Dan 
Henderson about it at the time. He agreed that 79 was the best we could do, 
since I was the control operator.

73, Mike K9MI


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zack Widup" <w9sz at prairienet.org>
To: "Shelby Summerville" <k4ww at arrl.net>
Cc: "CQ-Contest" <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 19 54
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Sweepstakes: Should I be penalized 
forgettingmylicense in 2000?


>I was actually told by someone in ARRL once that the check is just a
> number and they don't really care if it is in fact the year you were first
> licensed or not, as long as you stick with the same number for that
> contest. I have a feeling that e-mail was lost, though, when I had a hard
> drive crash a couple years ago.
>
> I think most people stick with the year they were first licensed, though.
> I do.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
> (who will be an Old Old Timer next April)  ;-)
>
> On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, Shelby Summerville wrote:
>
>> K0HB wrote; "Check variable from year to year"
>>
>> IMHO, unless the "last two digits of the year you were first licensed);" 
>> is
>> also "variable",  there is no option in the rules for the check to be
>> "variable"?
>>
>> >From the rules: "4.4. Check (the last two digits of the year you were 
>> >first
>> licensed);"
>>
>> C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW
>
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