[CQ-Contest] Regarding Check Numbers...

[K-ZERO-HB]

It is useful to give the IODHW (International Order of Dismayed Hand
Wringers) something to do with their hands.

73, de Hans, K0HB/W7

> My point in this is that the rules state "the last 2
> digits of the year first licensed" but people have
> stated publically on the reflector that they use other
> checks, and the ARRL has stated that they don't care
> what you send, and will not enforce this rule.  If
> that is true, then why include that line in the
> contest rules?  If they truely don't care, then just
> say the check is "any 2 digit number you care to send"
> in the rules?
>