[CQ-Contest] W1AW/5 in SS. "everyone was affected the same way, so no problem".

[Steve London]

Doug,

As you say "ostensibly". I was the author of the Phone SS writeups in 
QST and on the web. While I don't do the log checking, nor do I set ARRL 
policy, I do feel responsibility for "getting it right". The first time 
I heard of this issue was the posting by Wes, AC8JF, on Friday, June 19. 
I immediately forwarded it to Matt, W1MSW, the ARRL HQ contest branch 
manager. Let's wait for a reply from him before we condemn the entire ARRL.

73,
Steve, N2IC

On 06/22/2015 05:52 AM, kr2q at optimum.net wrote:
> This is a pitiful comment, ostensibly made by the ARRL "contact person."
>
> This shows complete disregard for their customers and also shows that they don't care about it.
>
> ARRL made a big deal out of it (100 year anniversary), so they should have modified the LC
> to account for that.
>
> And "everyone" was not affected the same way...only those poor souls who need W1AW/5 for a
> sweep and were unlucky enough to also work W1AW/1.
>
> Sounds like the LC author(s) and/or ARRL were just too lazy to do the right thing.  Acknowledging
> the mistake and then doing nothing about it is clearly a poor decision.   That action would not stand in
> the business world where customers actually matter.
>
> How unfortunate.
>
> de Doug KR2Q
>
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