[OKDXA] WAZ and eQSL

[John Geiger]

Hi Gene

Heard you calling the TS7C on 80m last night.  Did you get him?  No luck here.

73s John AA5JG


--- On Tue, 1/13/09, Gene Lewis <w5le at beggstelco.net> wrote:

> From: Gene Lewis <w5le at beggstelco.net>
> Subject: [OKDXA] WAZ and eQSL
> To: okdxa at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 8:55 AM
> This may interest some of you:
> 
> > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  January 13, 2009
> > 
> > CQ to Accept eQSL Confirmations for Award  Credit
> > (Hicksville, NY and Bedford, TX, January 13, 2009) -
> CQ magazine  will 
> > accept contact confirmations made on the eQSL.cc
> electronic  confirmation 
> > system 
> > for its operating awards effective immediately, CQ 
> Editor Rich Moseson, 
> > W2VU, 
> > and eQSL Founder and Webmaster Dave Morris,  N5UP,
> announced today.
> > 
> > There will be certain limitations and procedural 
> differences for different 
> > awards, at least to start. Only confirmations  from
> "Authenticity Guaranteed" 
> > members of eQSL will be accepted, and in  accordance
> with existing eQSL 
> > policy, a 
> > membership level of bronze or  higher is required in
> order to participate in 
> > award programs via  eQSL.
> > 
> > "This is the first time that CQ has formally
> accepted anything  other than 
> > traditional paper QSL cards for its awards," said
> Moseson. "We  have been 
> > working 
> > with Dave Morris and his team for several months to 
> assure that the 
> > integrity of 
> > our awards programs will be protected and to  create
> mechanisms to make it 
> > easy 
> > for both award applicants and award  managers to use
> eQSL credits toward our 
> > awards. All of our award managers  have been involved
> in this process and 
> > support 
> > this action."
> > 
> > "We  want to express our great appreciation to
> Dave and his team for their  
> > willingness to do whatever was necessary to make this
> agreement possible,"  
> > Moseson added. "It has been a pleasure working
> with them and we look  forward 
> > to 
> > a long-lasting relationship.a
> > 
> > "We are pleased to be  adding CQ to the top of
> our list of amateur 
> > organizations that accept  electronic QSLs," said
> Morris. "CQ has some of the 
> > most highly  sought-after awards, and we have been
> working behind the scenes 
> > for 
> > years  to create credit submission mechanisms that
> would ensure the integrity 
> > of  
> > their programs without introducing any additional
> labor for the award  
> > managers. 
> > We believe the electronic QSL can drastically reduce
> costs, and  the award 
> > application mechanisms we have developed will provide
> for more  efficient 
> > processing at reduced cost for both the applicant and
> the award  manager."
> > 
> > Applicants for the CQ DX and CQ DX Field Awards must
> print  out their eQSLs 
> > and submit them along with their traditional QSLs to a
> CQ  checkpoint or to 
> > CQ DX 
> > Awards Manager Billy Williams, N4UF. eQSL has an 
> automated process in place 
> > for 
> > applicants for CQ's Worked All Zones, WPX  and
> USA-Counties awards. N5UP 
> > explains 
> > how that will work for the  applicant:
> > 
> > "The applicant goes to the My Awards screen. He
> clicks on  the particular 
> > award he wants to apply for. This brings up a list of
> the  credits our system 
> > 'thinks' he is entitled to. There are
> checkboxes that  allow him to check 
> > which 
> > ones he wants to use, and we automatically  pre-fill
> one credit per category 
> > so 
> > he doesn't have to do anything if he  wants to
> take the defaults. At the 
> > bottom 
> > of the screen are two buttons:  'Submit to CQ'
> and 'Print Paper Application'of
> > 
> > The "submit" button  will place all the
> selected QSOs into a file for the 
> > award manager to  access, while the "print"
> button will generate a printed 
> > list 
> > to be  submitted along with the traditional
> application. PLEASE NOTE that ALL 
> > 
> > applicants must send the award fee payment to the CQ
> Award Manager,  
> > regardless 
> > of how the application is submitted. Some CQ award
> managers are  now 
> > accepting 
> > PayPal; see individual award web pages for details.
> All  awards will continue 
> > to 
> > accept traditional QSLs as well as eQSLs. For the 
> USA-Counties Award 
> > (USA-CA), 
> > applicants must note on their record books  (or
> printouts) whether each 
> > county 
> > has been confirmed traditionally (with  an
> "X" to the right of the entry) or 
> > electronically (with an "E" next to  the
> entry).
> > 
> > For more information on eQSL, visit
> >http://www.eQSL.cc    
> > 
> > 
> > For more  information on CQ awards, visit the awards
> page on the CQ website 
> > at 
> > http://www.cq-http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com
> > Please note that the award rules posted on the 
> > website have not yet been  updated to reflect the
> acceptance of eQSLs. This 
> > will 
> > be done as soon as  possible, but the policy takes
> effect immediately.
> 
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