[CQ-Contest] 4 digit CK in SS coming???

[Eric Hilding]

(Re-Threaded from: Sweepstakes: Should I be penalized forgetting my license in 2000?)

On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:

> Although numerically 00 - 06 are smaller numbers than 12, they represent the
> years 2000 - 2006; 12 represents 1912 (at least for another 6 years when we
> finally overlap the centuries).  So 12 is still the earliest check possible,
> even if it's not the lowest number possible.

Sorry, but no!  W1MX sent me a CK of 09.  I think I had some other very early-Century entries as well.

Umh, I think we have a "situation" more rapidly approaching here that may require change to a 4 digit CK in SS.

In SS 2009 W1MX and other OT's (or OT Club Stations in this example) licensed in 1909 will not be distinguished from new SS ops/stations that are "first licensed" in 2009. Year after year the situation will worsen.

73...

Rick, K6VVA

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