[CQ-Contest] Keep your CTY files updated

[Joe]

Of course copying what is sent wouldn't be a fix to this,  Nah!

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On 2/25/2013 7:37 AM, Hank Greeb wrote:
> Shucks, I though "external help" wasn't permitted for the Single Op 
> categories.  Why isn't the use of a "scavenged" list of locations from 
> previous contests considered "external help?"
>
> All this chitter chatter about folks "illegally using" the RBN and/or 
> DX clusters when operating Single Op....  but no comment about 
> flagrant promotion of a "seemingly obvious" violation of the rules???  
> As "Weekend Update" on "Saturday Night Live" is prone to say,  
> "REALLY?   REALLY???    REALLY?????" (Sorry, no html formatting 
> allowed in this reflector, at least not in the digest mode which I 
> use, because of the sheer volume of redundant flames which seem to be 
> so ubiquitous.)
>
> Prey tell me, why is the use of all this external help NOT a 
> violation?  For me, I find the "help" provided by N1MM software to be 
> more of a nuisance than useful.
>
> 72/73 de n8xx Hg
> QRP >99.44% of the time
>
> On 2/25/2013 6:35 AM, Barry <w2up at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:57:58 -0700
>> From: Barry<w2up at comcast.net>
>> To:"cq-contest at contesting.com" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Keep your CTY files updated
>>
>> I hate post a non-skimmer topic, but...:-)
>>
>> Just reviewed by CQWW SSB UBN report.  16 stations I worked lost 
>> points for "miscopying" my zone as 5, rather than 4.
>>
>> For those of you who like to keep manual notes, I moved from PA to CO 
>> 3+ years ago.  The keepers of the CTY files have been aware of this, 
>> and my callsign has been listed as a zone exception since I relocated.
>>
>> Moral of the story - Update these files regularly.
>>
>> Barry W2UP/0
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