[PaQSO] Certificate Received

[Michael Coslo]

On Jun 25, 2008, at 11:22 AM, JT Croteau wrote:

> These days, I am pretty much a QRP digital only operator and use PSK,
> RTTY, JT65, and Olivia almost exclusively.  When I saw that the PA QSO
> party was trying to encourage more PSK activity, I decided to get on
> the air and make some PSK noise.  I put in a 6 hour effort calling CQ
> PA and only managed the one PA QSO and the individual wasn't even
> aware of the contest.  I submitted a log anyway.  I'm a firm believer
> in always submitting a log no matter how many Q's you log, not just
> for the off chance that you actually win something but it also gives
> the committee a better idea of overall participation level.

Correct, JT. I always encourage anyone who worked the party to send  
in a log. Sometimes Ops are reluctant because they might not have  
made as high a score as they did in previous years, or that  
propagation was poor.

Certainly everyone is in the same boat when propagation isn't  
cooperating. So everyone's scores might be lower than they would be  
otherwise.

Looking at the logs, I estimate between 50 and 60 percent of people  
working the contest submit an entry. This is not unusual, IMO.

There were other Op's from NH, but you went the whole way through the  
process, working the party, then submitting the post party work.


-73 de Mike N3LI -