[SECC] (Fwd) CQ Asks Contesters to E-mail All Logs

[Jeffrey Short]

This was announced today - figured not everyone had heard about it.

Take care,

Jeff / KD3UC
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> I am posting the following at the request of Rich, W2VU of CQ 
Magazine.
> **********************************************************************
> From: Richard Moseson <w2vu@cq-amateur-radio.com>
> Subject: News: CQ Asks Contesters to E-mail All Logs
>
> CQ Communications, Inc. / 25 Newbridge Rd. / Hicksville, NY 
11801 USA
> Phone: (516) 681-2922 / Fax: (516) 681-2926 / E-mail:
cq@cq-amateur-radio.com
>
> NEWS RELEASE
>
> For release: Immediate (Oct. 16, 2001)
> For more information, contact:
>   Richard Ross, K2MGA, Publisher 516-681-2922
>   Richard Moseson, W2VU, Editor 516-681-2922
>
> CQ ASKS CONTESTERS TO E-MAIL ALL LOGS
>
> (Hicksville, New York) -- Due to security concerns, CQ 
Communications Inc.
> is asking all participants in CQ-sponsored amateur radio contests to
submit
> their logs electronically. All logs for the CQ World Wide DX Contest, 
the
> CQ WPX Contest, the CQ World Wide 160-Meter Contest, the CQ 
World Wide VHF
> Contest and the CQ/RTTY Journal RTTY contests should be 
submitted via
> e-mail per instructions in the rules for each contest. In light of recent
> events regarding hazardous items sent through the mail, logs 
received
> through the mail at the CQ offices will be held unopened until all
> potential health risks have been evaluated. CQ says it cannot 
guarantee
> that logs submitted by postal mail will be opened.  Contesters who 
want to
> be sure their scores will be counted must submit by e-mail.
> "We regret the need to inconvenience those contesters who do not 
have
> access to internet-connected computers, or who choose to log by 
hand and
> submit those hand-written logs," explained CQ Communications 
President
Dick
> Ross, K2MGA. "But our logs come from all over the world. While 
the risk
> that amateurs might be involved in any sort of terroristic activity is
> extremely small, mail en route may be subject to tampering. We 
cannot ask
> our staff members or contest committee volunteers to possibly 
expose
> themselves to dangerous packages sent through the mail."
> CQ requests that this information be disseminated widely so as 
many
> contesters as possible will be aware of this rules change before the 
SSB
> weekend of the CQ World Wide DX Contest on October 27-28.
> ------
> Alternatives for contesters without computer logging programs or e-
mail
> access:
> 1) Get a computer logging program. There are many excellent and
> reasonably-priced programs available. Many may be downloaded 
on the
> Internet so there is no shipping delay. Some basic logging programs 
are
> even available as "freeware."
> 2) Transcribe your log into an ASCII text (.txt) file on a word 
processing
> program. Using the format on the log sheet, enter each item for 
each
> contact, separated by a tab. Separate each contact with a carriage 
return
> (enter key). Save onto a floppy disk and e-mail (many public 
libraries
have
> computers with e-mail capabilities) to the address listed in the 
contest
> rules. Be sure to include the required information about your station 
in a
> covering e-mail message.
>

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