John,
Glad it was a help to you. Hope to catch you on the air some time.
73, Steve KW3A
On 11/23/2015 9:51 PM, John Fitzgerald wrote:
> Steve,
>
> Thank you for that info, it answered all of the questions that I had
> concerning the contest.
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> 73,
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> John KB5HCT
> Muse, Oklahoma
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 6:09 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Date of first license?
>
> For what it's worth. From the ARRL rules for Sweepstakes regarding the
> check:
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> 4.4. Check
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> 4.4.1. The last 2 digits of the year of first license for either the
> operator or the station.
>
> 4.4.2. An entry must send the same Check throughout the entire contest.
>
> ***
> For anyone wanting info regarding historical callsign info (like date
> first licensed) contact Pete NL7XM. He is in Pennsylvania despite the
> NL7 call. From the blurb on the e-ham review of his service:
>
> MSRP: $Free or 1.00
> Description: NL7XM ("Pete the Greek") provides a wonderful service to the
> ham community by using his vast collection of Callbooks to research original
> license dates. His work is done as a service to his fellow hams (although he
> would accept $1.00 to defray copying and mailing costs).
> Keep him in mind when you have old Callbooks to dispose of. He can be
> reached at [log in to unmask]
>
> Last of all, the pre-fill info mentioned that is used by some of the
> logging software packages is just a compilation of data gathered from logs
> of previous contests. It's not "official" and sometimes isn't even correct,
> since a station who was low power last year and sent "A", may
> be high power this year and sending "B". Other data can change from
> year to year. Also if you haven't played in a particular contest and
> gotten into enough logs, you won't be in the next year's pre-fill file
> anyway.
>
> And last of last of all, the contest is really just a game, and if you give
> the wrong year, the FCC isn't going to kick down your door and
> shut you down. You should try to be consistent however and give the
> same check throughout the contest as the rules quoted above state.
>
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
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> On 11/23/2015 6:04 PM, Pat Byrne wrote:
>> The question of first licensing makes me wonder? From a legal
>> standpoint I don't think this information carries any
>> significance. Isn't it just a bit of information to be a part of the
>> exchange? I've not checked the FCC's database so don't know if
>> anyone can check on the fact that I got my callsign/license in
>> 1957. Sadly along the way I've lost the original paper document.
>> So, I'm wondering if you weren't quite sure of when you got that
>> ticket, wouldn't an approximation do about as well?
>> Thanks for the upcoming opinions.
>> Pat, K9JAU
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