[OZ-CONTEST] [DDXG] CQ Awards - Meget længe undervejs

[Kenneth Hemstedt]

Hejsa

Nå - så ankom mine 3 WAZ diplomer endelig idag.
De blev bestilt og betalt i oktober 2019 ...

Håber I andre som endnu ikke har modtaget jeres, snart også får en stor hvid kuvert fra USA


VY 73

Kenneth OZ1IKY


Den 29. juni 2020 kl. 20.59.22 +02.00, skrev Kenneth Hemstedt <kenneth at hemstedt.dk>:

> ... 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:
> > 
> > - - - - - - - - - - -----------------------------
> > 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
> > 
> > - - - - - - - - - - - -----------------------
> > 
> > Så hvis du går og venter på et diplom fra CQ skal du væbne dig med
> > tålmodighed.
> > Og nu kender du grunden til ventetiden.
> > 
> > 
> > -----------------------------------
> > * Vy 73 de OZ2I Henning *
> > -----------------------------------
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