[DX] 5 bander question

Thu, 17 Oct 2002 07:01:20 -0500

Sounds like the wording is correct...AUTHORIZED refers to the bands 
authorized for the award,
NOT authorized for amateur use.  The award could say AUTHORIZED for 160, 
80, 40 and be a
three band award.  Hope this meaning is clear.

Bob

At 06:19 AM 10/17/2002 +0000, Tom Horton wrote:

>Hmmmmm...John, maybe you should just refuse it altogether!
>Tom k5iid
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>At 15:18 10/16/02 -0700, Jim Forsyth wrote:
>>Obviously you should send it back and ask them to change the wording.
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "John Geiger" <[email protected]>
>>To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
>>Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 11:45 AM
>>Subject: [DX] 5 bander question
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>> > Got my 5 band Worked all Continents in yesterday.
>> > Took me only 20 years to earn it-had a little trouble
>> > getting Asia on 80m.  Took only 4 years for the rest
>> > of the contacts.  On the award, it says that it
>> > recognizes that I contacted the 6 continental areas of
>> > the world on THE FIVE AUTHORIZED FREQUENCY BANDS FOR
>> > AMATEURS.  Ok, so what do I do with contacts on the
>> > WARC bands, 160 meters, and VHF/UHF since they
>> > occurred on unauthorized frequency bands for amateurs?
>> >
>> > 73s John NE0P
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