What About Contacts?

On the air contacts are what makes for a successful chapter, the Cypress Chapter wants your involvement but there are also some issues regarding an actual contact that needs to be addressed.

During a QSO with another amateur radio station on 10 meters you may discover the other station is a current 10-10 member. Or you may find that the other station is working towards getting their required number of contacts to qualify for 10-10 membership. The exchange that transpires between two amateur radio stations on 10 meters must follow the format that Ten-Ten International has set forth as the standard:

A legal 10-10 contact must be a two-way contact exclusively on ten meters. A legal contact consists of the call, 10-10 number, name, date, and QTH (state or country). At no time is it acceptable for a 10-10 number to be relayed via a third station. These requirements for a legal 10-10 contact have been affirmed by the Board of Directors.

Now suppose you work a 10-10, or Cypress Chapter , member during a normal QSQ or possibly during a QSO Party and they send you a copy of their "list". Does working this station that possesses a Cypress Chapter number count as a contact towards your own Cypress Chapter membership or endorsements? Absolutely! Even though you did not exchange the Cypress Chapter number over the air you still completed a valid QSO per 10-10 standards. The list of completed 10-10 chapter awards has long been an approved way of qualifying for chapter awards and the Cypress Chapter will be following the rest of 10-10 concerning this issue.

This doesn't apply to 10-10 contacts but it will help you during your Cypress Chapter paperchasing:

Out of all the awards and endorsements that the Cypress Chapter offers the Swamps and Scenics is the only sequential award. A sequential award is one that must be completed in stages, you cannot go on to stage 2 until stage 1 is completed.