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<p>Pessoal bom dia</p>
Para quem solicitou ou pensa em solicitar.<br>
O normal era 6 meses para receber.... Agora + 1 Kdim 😉
<p>73Â de Paulo PV8DX<br>
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<div> There have been several problems with our certificates lately
that seem to be causing huge delays in shipping them to our
customers. </div>
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<div> 1) We did not foresee such a huge demand for WAZ certificates
when the ARRL allowed us access to Logbook of the World, so CQ has
been flooded by WAZ certificate requests. </div>
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<div> 2) There is only one person who works on engraving the
certificates, and they have been overwhelmed with the increased
demand, they also work on our other award certificates, which has
created a large backlog. </div>
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<div> 3) As we were beginning to catch up with the demand, the
COVID-19 pandemic forced us to shutdown our office for three
months. </div>
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<div> 4) Even as we returned and began sending out certificates,
there are a number of countries that are not accepting mail from
the U.S. due to the lingering high rates of infection still
ongoing in the U.S. Thus, putting another hold on outgoing foreign
mail. </div>
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<div> We are trying to catch up as fast as we can, and when the mail
begins to move again, we will send them as fast as we can. We
apologize for the long delay in getting the WAZ certificates and
hope we can start moving them as soon as possible. </div>
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<div> Sincerely, </div>
<div> Jason Feldman, KD2IWM </div>
<div> Managing Editor </div>
<div> CQ Amateur Radio </div>
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