[CQ-Contest] Check numbers again

[Mike Fatchett W0MU]

There is a fairly good sized group that lives off databases.  I have
operated from Montana and Colorado using W0MU and MT and CO do not sound
anything alike on either mode yet looking at the UBN reports show that many
are not really copying.

The ARRL does not care what two numbers you use.  Just use the same one
throughout the contest.  It is just a piece of data to be exchanged.  I
could be the year you graduated from HS.  If they wanted to change the rules
to your favorite color great.

Nobody checks if the year you sent is correct.  It has absolutely no bearing
on the contest as it is not a multiplier.  Copy what is sent and move on.


On 11/5/07 9:41 AM, "Zack Widup" <w9sz at prairienet.org> wrote:

> 
> I seriously thought about using some made-up number this year but decided
> I LIKE to use my real year!
> 
> Here's a technical question for the purists:  Say you're using a club
> station and callsign.  But you're going single-op. Do you use your year
> or the club's year?
> 
> 73, Zack W9SZ
> 
> On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, John Geiger wrote:
> 
>> Hi Jeff,
>> 
>> That is what I said when the discussion came up
>> before.  What is the purpose of saying the check is
>> the last 2 digits of the year first licensed, if they
>> don't intend on enforcing it?  Why not say, the check
>> is any 2 digit number you make up.
>> 
>> Heck, instead of sending U for the PREC, I should have
>> send A even though I was in the U category, since it
>> is a shorter exchange, and the PREC you send in no way
>> affects the scoring for the other station.
>> 
>> 73s John AA5JG
>> 
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