[PaQSO] Updates and some issues and an announcement

[Mike Coslo]

The web pages for received logs has been updated. Things are starting to 
fill out pretty well. I got the most recent batch of Logs Thursday, and 
had a marathon session yesterday to get them entered. I will be posting 
the first preliminary scores soon.

As always, if you don't see your entry, shoot off an email to me. Often 
the answer is going to be "It's probably in the next batch", but I flag 
the emails for attention.

Now onto the issues.

The first issue is that Everyone should remember that there are two 
different summary sheets available online. One that can be filled out 
and printed. The other is more traditional and can be written. A lot of 
people have been using the fill in form, and "whiting out" the zeros 
that appear in the fields. I hate to see folks having to go to the extra 
work. I'll be changing that entry materials part of the web page to more 
clearly steer people to the form they need.

Second thing is that as the years go by, some of the summary sheets that 
are printed out by the logging programs have some outdated information 
on them. Typical pf these old summaries is telling the Op to send their 
materials to Doug at his old Pennsylvania address. And It's been quite a 
while since HDH has been at the helm.

On that same note, there are some old summary sheets - even of ours - 
that are floating around. I've seen a few from 2004, the year before I 
took over, and up. The promotional items have increased in cost as our 
production costs have increased, and on some of the earlier ones, the 
prices don't cover our costs any more.

Thirdly, there are some summary sheets with logging software that are 
not calculating the scores correctly. I'll be identifying which ones are 
which, and contacting the programmers to see if they are interested in 
updating the summary part of their programs.

But the main thing is, check out the online and latest Summary sheets if 
you have any questions.


Finally, I'd like to take a little different tack in the Special Event 
station for 2009. I would like to try an "old school" single station 
Special Event station. We are looking for a multi-multi-op station that 
can run both SSB and CW. A Strong signal is needed. Interested parties 
are encouraged to get in contact with me.

	- 73 de Mike N3LI -