[CQ-Contest] Non Issue?

[Tony Rogozinski]

Personally part of the fun of SS, at least for me, was and is knowing when the op was first licensed.  I guess that's
pretty simplistic but I'm a pretty simple guy nowadays.  Yeah if it's a Multi Op station or a guest op then I guess
the check could be the station owners' DOB or the operators'  DOB - apparently.  Why do we have to make things
so complicated - guess some folks don't have much else to do.  Very happy I get the messages from CQ-Contest
in bunches - it's really easy just to hit the delete key when I see that all of the messages are concerned with, as
K4JRB suggests, a NON ISSUE.   Oh well.

See you in CQWW from 6Y1V

Tony W4OI/HK1AR


Message: 13
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 17:28:53 -0500
From: "David  Thompson" <thompson at mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CK in ARRL SS
To: "CQ Contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
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Years ago the SS preamble (exchange) was very long and CK was to act as the
word count for the message.  The check was to be the year first licensed and
clubs such as W1OP and W6YRA can probably send something pre WW II such as
31.

The year of first license was later aimed at the operator so when N6TR
operated W5WMU Tree could send his year of first license not Pat's which is
much older.

I don't think ARRL cares what you send as long as the same CK is sent.

What is the issue??  We are haggling over a non issue!

Dave K4JRB