[OZ-CONTEST] CQ Awards - Meget længe undervejs

[Kenneth Hemstedt]

... velkommen i klubben

min er så noget nyere, men stadig fra 2019

Kenneth OZ1IKY


Den 29. juni 2020 kl. 17.54.45 +02.00, skrev OZ2I Henning Andresen <ha at oz2i.dk>:

> Hej
> Jeg indsendte ansøgning om WAZ Award den 27. marts 2019 og jeg har ikke
> modtaget det endnu 15 måneder efter.
> Normal leveringstid skal man regne med 6 måneder.
> Derfor har jeg i marts 2020 haft skrevet til WAZ award manager KC5LK og
> spurgt om noget var gået galt, men han svarede tilbage at papirerne var
> udfyldt og han havde sendt dem videre til CQ kontoret som står for
> udstedelserne. Det samme svar fik jeg for 14 dage siden.
> Nu har jeg så skrevet direkte til CQ Magazine og forhørt mig - her er
> svaret:
> 
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> Dear Henning,
> 
> There have been several problems with our certificates lately that seem to
> be causing huge delays in shipping them to our customers.
> 
> 1) We did not foresee such a huge demand for WAZ certificates when the ARRL
> allowed us access to Logbook of the World, so CQ has been flooded by WAZ
> certificate requests.
> 
> 2) There is only one person who works on engraving the certificates,
> and they have been overwhelmed with the increased demand, they also work
> on our other award certificates, which has created a large backlog.
> 
> 3) As we were beginning to catch up with the demand, the COVID-19 pandemic
> forced us to shutdown our office for three months and we have only just
> returned this week.
> 
> 4) Even as we returned and began sending out certificates, there are
> a number of countries that are not accepting mail from the U.S. due to
> the lingering high rates of infection still ongoing in the U.S. Thus
> putting another hold on outgoing foreign mail.
> 
> We are trying to catch up as fast as we can, and when the mail begins
> to move again, we will send them as fast as we can.
> 
> We apologize for the long delay in getting the WAZ certificates and hope we
> can start moving them as soon as possible.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Jason Feldman, KD2IWM
> Managing Editor
> CQ Amateur Radio
> 
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> 
> Så hvis du går og venter på et diplom fra CQ skal du væbne dig med
> tålmodighed.
> Og nu kender du grunden til ventetiden.
> 
> 
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> * Vy 73 de OZ2I Henning *
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