[PaQSO] QSO Party stuff

Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:42:31 -0400

Now that most of the pre-party stuff is done, I can take a short breather 
and make a posting to the group.

All announcement packets to participants in the '00, '01, and '02 parties 
and letters to plaque sponsors have been mailed.  The reason it was late is 
mostly because we wanted to get an email address set up to receive 
electronic submission of logs and wanted to have this finalized before 
announcements were printed.  I can envision the party coordinator receiving 
the logs in his personal mailbox and becoming incapacitated two days after 
the submission deadline in which case no one would be able to retrieve the 
logs.  For this reason, I have been insistent that this email account 
should not be any person's personal account and should be dedicated to PA 
QSO Party logs and nothing else.  Unfortunately, it took nearly two months 
to get this done and involved our getting a new host for PA QSO Party web 
pages.  While we were at it, we moved all Nittany ARC web pages.  A bonus 
from this is that we can now have lots of email addresses and will soon 
have one for you to communicate with the party coordinator regardless of 
who he may be.

Because the mailing was late, it was sent first class rather than using the 
club's bulk mail permit.

Anyone who did not participate in the 2000, 2001, or 2002 QSO party and 
wants to receive the announcement packet should send me and email at 
[email protected] and I will get one off to you ASAP.  You can also download the 
information from the Nittany-ARC.org web site.

ELECTRONIC LOG SUBMISSION AVAILABLE FOR 2003

There are now three ways for you to submit your PA QSO Party logs:

1.  You may send paper copies of everything to the Nittany ARC post office 
box address as you have done in the past.

2.  You may send logs and dupe sheets on IBM formatted magnetic media or CD 
to the Nittany ARC post office box address.

3.  You may email your logs and dupe sheets to [email protected].

PLEASE NOTE:  PA STATIONS ARE STILL REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A PAPER SUMMARY FORM 
to the Nittany ARC post office box address.  Mobiles and Rovers...don't 
forget that, in addition to an overall summary, a separate summary for each 
county/location is required.  Out-of-state stations are requested but not 
required to do the same, and DX stations are exempt from submitting a 
summary form.  ALSO, if you are applying for the Worked All 67 Counties 
Plaque, you must submit a list of the stations worked in alphabetical by 
county order.

T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE FOR 2003

In response to many comments after last year's party, we are making a 
t-shirt available to anybody who submits an entry or operates with a 
multi-op station that submits an entry in the 2003 party.  The design has 
not been finalized but will be centered around an outline of the state map 
with the counties outlined and named.  Text on the shirt will probably 
include the words "Participant" and "2003 PA QSO Party".  We're open to 
suggestions on this one.  Cost will be $10.00.

COFFEE MUGS STILL AVAILABLE

The "100 QSO Club" coffee mug will still be available.  The qualify, you 
must sublit a log showing at least 100 QSOs.  We will use the traditional 
design but the colors will be different than last year.  Cost will remain 
at $15.00.

WORKED ALL 67 COUNTY PLAQUE STILL POPULAR

The popular "Worked All 67 Counties in the PA QSO Party" plaque will be 
offered again.  Last year, there were 34 stations who received this award 
and we're looking forward to many for 2003.  We were able to reduce the 
cost this year to $25.00.

ANSWERS COMING

To any of you who emailed questions to my personal address, I should have 
time to get answers to you this week.  I haven't been ignoring 
anybody...just opting to spend the little time I had on the party 
itself.  Thanks for your patience.

73,
Chuck - K3CM
Coordinator, PA QSO Party