[PaQSO] Results Received, Nice Job!

[Mark J. Schreiner]

Mike and all at Nittany who were instrumental in the summary,

Thanks for a great summary.  I just got my summary in the mail and had a 
great time going through it quickly.  I'll spend more time to look it 
over later tonight as well and plan to file it with my log and 
certificate for future reference.  I was especially glad to see the 
extra breakdown by club that was not included last year, very nice 
addition, which I hope continues. 

It is unbelievable how many categories there are and each one is well 
represented which shows what a diverse group we have.  This certainly 
keeps things interesting and should be used as a tool to encourage 
newcomers that there can be a category for EVERYONE, just get out there 
and operate and do the best you can.  Oh, also don't forget to send in 
the logs, regardless of the scores.  I find the scores not so important 
as the participation, but of course some folk surely enjoy the 
competition as well!  I hope that next year we have an increase in the 
number of submitted logs, despite our current position in the solar 
cycle.  Sure enough, it seems to be a level playing field in that 
respect as we all have the same propagation regardless of if we are a 
super station or a little guy.  Don't wait for the peak of the sunspot 
cycle to operate, get out there and do it now, that way you have a 
better appreciation of the improved conditions as the cycle swings back 
up and peaks again someday.  Of course I'm preaching to the choir here 
aren't I?

73 to all and see you from  some county, either here at home in Lehigh 
or out and about in Potter or someplace else during the second weekend 
of October!

Mark, NK8Q