[NLRS] Fw: CQ dosen't recognize NLRS?

[John (JK) Kalenowsky, K9JK]

Oops...did a "Reply" instead of "Reply All" and this went ONLY 
to Bruce.

> Bruce is correct; there is NO Club Competition in the CQ WW 
> VHF but it appears that their _new_ "CQ Contest" robot (which 
> covers ALL "CQ" hosted contests, including "HF" events where 
> there IS Club Competition) is trying to do a better job of 
> PRE-checking that names of Clubs are ON their list.
>
> It's basically a "don't care" for the CQ WW VHF but I guess it 
> was not considered by those who wrote the code for the robot 
> to add a code snippet to NOT check the Club Name against the 
> list for the VHF.
>
> To Dan - Contrary to Bruce's advice, I would suggest that it 
> is NOT necessary to resubmit your CQ WW VHF Log with a "blank" 
> CLUB: line OR a "valid" club name on the line, since it is a 
> "don't care" for CQ WW VHF. Also note that it is an 
> "Informative Message[s] from the Contest Robot"...NOT saying 
> that your log has been 'rejected' JUST saying that the Club 
> Name is not recognized.
>
> To Jon - If you haven't already figured it out "CQ" is "CQ 
> Magazine", presumably in regards to the CQ WW VHF Contest.
>
> 73, JK
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bruce Richardson" <w9fz at w9fz.com>
> To: <NLRS at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 13:32
> Subject: Re: [NLRS] CQ dosen't recognize NLRS?
>
>
>
>
> The real answer is that the CQWW-VHF contest is NOT a club
> event. CQ recognizes club activity in their HF contests but
> not this one particular VHF contest. Since NLRS has not
> historically entered HF contests (but could), NLRS has not
> "registered" with CQ as a club.
>
> The solution is to resubmit your score with a blank for
> "club".
>
> Badger Contesters has the same problem. I'm not sure if the
> robot would accept it if you listed one of the traditional
> HF clubs or not.
>
> 73
> Bruce W9FZ in PAØ-land
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
>> danielmonson at compuserve.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 1:13 PM
>> To: NLRS at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: [NLRS] CQ dosen't recognize NLRS?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Not listed in the link.
>>
>>
>>
>> *** Informative Messages from the Contest Robot ***
>>
>> [X] CLUB: Northern Lights Radio Society
>> The club name in your log entry was not recognized by the
> CQ
>> Contest robot.  We
>> want to make sure that your club receives credit for your
>> score. The CQ Contest
>> official club name list can be seen at:
>>
>> http://www.cqww.com/clubnames.htm
>>
>>
>>
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