[ILQSO] logs so far

[Jim Funk]

I have tried to reply to all logs received so far at n9jf at arrl.net.  This is a bit more tedious than usual because that forwards to the home e-mail and I have to access it remotely when I'm not home and neither is KB9CES (to forward them to me).

If you have sent a log to that address and have NOT received a reply yet, please send your log to jfunk at fossna.com (work e-mail).  It's also possible that the home e-mail spam filter has caught a few (it almost always does, and I have NO idea why....).

On a related topic, the number of logs received so far seems pretty much in line with other years, though I am struck by the fact that a LARGE number of them are from entrants I don't recognize from previous years and didn't work in the contest.  Always great to have those who say "First ILQP" and "First Cabrillo submission ever!"

For those of you who are putting your logs into Excel, you can make our lives a little easier by using these column headers, in this order:

BAND (MHZ)
MODE (CW OR PH) 
DATE (IN FORMAT 10/21/2012)
TIME (IN UTC, FOUR DIGITS, E.G., 1730)
ENTRANT CALL
ENTRANT SENT RST
ENTRANT QTH
WORKED CALL
WORKED CALL SENT RST
WORKED QTH

We are using a new log-checking procedure this year, thanks to WA9GBC.  Hopes are that it will make the process faster and less mistake-prone.

73, Jim N9JF

Jim Funk, Foss North America, Inc.  CSE
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