[NLRS] Fwd: [CSVHFS] CSVHFS States Above 50 Mhz Award

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A forward from VE3AX regarding States Above.

73,  Jon
W0ZQ



In a message dated 7/3/2006 5:26:28 P.M. Central  Standard Time, 
ve3ax at sympatico.ca writes:

To all VHF'ers!

Interestingly enough, the July 1st Canada Day  holiday marks the end of the
contest year for the Central States "Sates Above  50 Mhz" award.  Fortunately
it also marks the beginning of next year's  contest!

This is a reminder that logs this year do NOT go to long-time  "States Above"
co-ordinator Bruce Richardson, W9FZ, who has his hands full  with this year's
conference, but to me, Peter Shilton, VE3AX at the following  address:

Peter Shilton, VE3AX
215 Windecker Road, R.R. #1
Cayuga,  ON, CANADA
N0A 1E0

or e-mail at ve3ax at csvhfs.org

This contest  is a great way to measure your activity and show us all how
lucky you have  been in the past year with band openings.  Simply tally your
STATES  worked (not grids) on each band from July 1st, 2005, through June
30th, 2006,  sum the number for each band, and that will be your total score.
You can find  the entry forms on the Central States VHF Society's web site  at
www.csvhfs.org  You do NOT need QSL verification.  Also, see  other entry
news below!

Here's what Bill, K0AWU, a long time  participant in the program had to say
about it;
"This is a lot of fun for  me. It ends up allowing me to focus my operations
as well as to remain  active."

In recent years the winners have posted scores nearing, but not  breaking,
the 200 mark.  Will this be the year?

In order to  receive a plaque, the top three winners MUST submit their score
prior to the  conference at the end of July, but handsome certificates will
be awarded to  any particpant who reaches the 30 total states mark and
submits a score by  August 31, 2006.

**** Electronic Logs****

This year I am pleased  to report that John Kalenowsky, K9JK, has developed
an Excel-based form that  will simplify submissions, and allow us to accept
e-mailed entries right up  to the conference dates.  John is still working on
a few improvements  but it should be on the CSVHFS web site within a few
days.  You may want  to wait a few days and try out the new form.

Most electronic loggers will  allow you to tally your "states worked" fairly
easily.  In the past, I  have used VQlog , which requires you to enter the
contact's state in a  separate awards area, but doing that as much as
possible during the year  makes keeping track of states needed, and preparing
the entry forms,  easy.  It also helps to make a practice of asking what
state an  individual is located in, something we don't do that often any more
since  grid squares became the usual exchange.

So get out your logs, tally up  your scores, check out the Central States VHF
Society's web site for all the  rules, and we'll see you in Minnesota for
this year's 40th anniversary  conference!

73,

Peter Shilton
VE3AX
CSVHFS "States Above 50  Mhz Co-Ordinator"


Come and join us here in Bloomington, Minnesota,  home of the Mall of 
America, July 28 & 29, 2006 for the 40th annual Central  States VHF Society 
Conference hosted once again by the NLRS.