Hi Folks-

Certificates for the 2007 September VHF QSO Party went out the door yesterday. Certificate winners should receive them just in time to use as motivation to do well in this weekend's 2008 running of the same event.

73,

Sean Kutzko KX9X

Hi folks -

2007 IARU certificates have finally gone out the door. W/VE stations should see them arrive by the middle of next week.

A reminder to DX stations: The certificates are mailed in bulk to your IARU Member Society, where they are signed by your respective IARU representative before being mailed to you.

If you have questions, feel free to drop me a line.

73,

Sean Kutzko KX9X

Hi folks-

As was stated in the August 20th edition of the Contester's Update newsletter, there was a small error in the way the Log-Checking Reports were generated for DX stations. The problem was an out-of-date FCC database to determine whether a callsign had been legitimately issued.

We have corrected this problem and regenerated the Log-checking reports. This is part of an expanded online writeup of the DX SSB contest, which can be found here. The expanded writeup includes several stories on regional competition. Many thanks to the regional authors for giving us expanded coverage available on the Web.

We apologize for the error.

73,

Sean Kutzko KX9X

Hi Folks-

Certificates for the 2007 ARRL 10 GHz & Up Contest and the 2007 ARRL EME Contest have been processed and mailed today.

"That's fine," you say, "but what about IARU 2007 certificates?"

Those are being delayed. We redesigned the certificate and had hoped to have them shipped out long ago. Unfortunately, there were delays in production that we didn't forsee. We sent the completed certificate to the printers last week and should get them back within a couple weeks. Once I have the new certiicate stock in my possession, I will process them as fast as possible.

A note to those outside the US: your IARU certificates are bulk mailed to your ITU member organization first, where they are signed before getting sent to you.

My stated goal when I came on board at ARRL was to get certificates in the hands of the winners no later than one month before the next running of the same contest. While this goeal has been met in general, it has not been met for IARU 2007, and I apologize for that. I will take steps to ensure this is corrected for next year's IARU contest.

73,

Sean Kutzko KX9X

Hi Folks-

Results for the 2008 ARRL DX SSB Contest are up on the web. You can find them here.