[DX] First Question - QSL

[Tom Horton]

Tom,
   Congrats on becoming a ham. I've been here for 47 years and
love it more every day!
  Concerning the contests, no, you don't have to turn in a log, but
it would be good if you did, just for the log checking. If you don't want
to "enter" the contest, then you can send in a check log. The check log will
be used only for "checking" purposes and no for award puposes.
  However if you send in a regular log, you can compare your efforts with
others in your same area and category. Then you can plan
big for the next one, hi.
  Contests are a great place to add countries to your total.
Don't forget there are lots of fun dometic contests as well!

Good luck, Tom K5IID



At 14:48 10/22/03, you wrote:
>Hello to the list,
>
>As a newly licensed ham I am very interested in DX. In my first weekend of
>operation, I made some QSOs in some interesting places - it's been kind'a
>exciting.
>
>My question pertains particularly to the upcoming CQ WW contest. If someone
>(ME) participates casually in the contest by answering CQ's from serious DX
>participants, do I need to turn in a log so as not to hurt those with whom I
>QSO. In other words, if I don't turn in a log, will their log entries
>showing my QSO's be struck out as not confirmed?
>
>Thanks in advance for the enlightenment,
>
>Tom, W3TMC
>
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