From n2cu at roadrunner.com Tue Aug 5 19:40:42 2014 From: n2cu at roadrunner.com (Tom Williams) Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 19:40:42 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Pennsylvania QSO Party Announcement Message-ID: Very significant change! I know of several people who didn't participate because of having to send in a printed summary. 73, Tom N2CU <>< K3 #3582 From goody.k3ng at gmail.com Tue Aug 5 21:01:36 2014 From: goody.k3ng at gmail.com (Goody K3NG) Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 21:01:36 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Pennsylvania QSO Party Announcement In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Nice changes, Mike. Thank you for all your behind-the-scenes work making the greatest QSO party happen. 73 Goody K3NG On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 7:40 PM, Tom Williams wrote: > Very significant change! I know of several people who didn't participate > because of having to send in a printed summary. > > > > 73, > > Tom N2CU <>< > > K3 #3582 > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > From paqso at mailman.qth.net Tue Aug 5 22:03:10 2014 From: paqso at mailman.qth.net (TwelveVDC--- via PaQSO) Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 22:03:10 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] 2014 Bonus Station Update Message-ID: Hello, fellow PAQSOP'ers! Shake those bugs out of your stations and antennas! Things ramp up quickly at this point for the "Friendliest QSO Party Of Them All." This year, The Quarter Century Wireless Association Chapter 17 Allentown / Bethlehem (EPA) is celebrating completion of its 50th Charter Anniversary. In conjunction with our outgrowth QCWA Sister-Chapter 224 of Pennsylvania Wyoming Valley who celebrates their own very 1st year, members of both groups are teaming up to recognize the 90th birthday of 'da "Grump" himself, Ray / W3TDF. Ray is a Charter Member of both and is the most recent Past President of Ch.17. (Named in memory of famous QSL printer, Rich "Brownie," W3CJI.) Ray's accomplishments in the PAQSOP are legendary. No one holds has held, or broken more County Record scores than Ray. To appropriately honor Ray, we will be employing his Callsign in all 10, (yes, ten!) Counties we will have a presence in that weekend, affording dozens of ways to log Bonus Point multipliers by working these on different band/mode combinations. The Callsign formats will be: "W3TDF/BUX" "W3TDF/CAR" "W3TDF/CHE" "W3TDF/CLE" "W3TDF/LEH" "W3TDF/LUZ" "W3TDF/MON" "W3TDF/NHA" "W3TDF/SNY" "W3TDF/UNI" ("Da Grump" himself will share the mic with relief operators at the BUX site.) Details with preliminary schedules of band and mode plans of each specially chosen participating station will be published here in time for you to chart your attack. Spots will be posted frequently on this reflector during the Contest to keep you reasonably posted where each Bonus Station is at that hour to help you get the most mileage out of your effort. Checking your emails occasionally will definitely give you a speedy advantage. Everything else as it develops. Mark / NK8Q Pete / NL7XM 2014 PAQSO Bonus Station Co-Chairs Amateur Radio is a contact sport! From k3pp at k3pp.com Tue Aug 5 22:59:44 2014 From: k3pp at k3pp.com (Glenn O'Donnell, K3PP) Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 22:59:44 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] 2014 Bonus Station Update In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Holy moly! Ten counties! Woo hoo!! What a way to honor the great Grump!! I can't wait!! VY 73 de Glenn K3PP (CAR as usual) Glenn O'Donnell, K3PP Sent from my Begali Sculpture key ... um, nah, just an iPhone! Sorry! > On Aug 5, 2014, at 10:03 PM, TwelveVDC--- via PaQSO wrote: > > Hello, fellow PAQSOP'ers! > > Shake those bugs out of your stations and antennas! Things ramp up quickly at this point for the "Friendliest QSO Party Of Them All." > > This year, The Quarter Century Wireless Association Chapter 17 Allentown / Bethlehem (EPA) is celebrating completion of its 50th Charter Anniversary. > > In conjunction with our outgrowth QCWA Sister-Chapter 224 of Pennsylvania Wyoming Valley who celebrates their own very 1st year, members of both groups are teaming up to recognize the 90th birthday of 'da "Grump" himself, Ray / W3TDF. > > Ray is a Charter Member of both and is the most recent Past President of Ch.17. (Named in memory of famous QSL printer, Rich "Brownie," W3CJI.) > > Ray's accomplishments in the PAQSOP are legendary. No one holds has held, or broken more County Record scores than Ray. > > To appropriately honor Ray, we will be employing his Callsign in all 10, (yes, ten!) Counties we will have a presence in that weekend, affording dozens of ways to log Bonus Point multipliers by working these on different band/mode combinations. > > The Callsign formats will be: > > "W3TDF/BUX" > "W3TDF/CAR" > "W3TDF/CHE" > "W3TDF/CLE" > "W3TDF/LEH" > "W3TDF/LUZ" > "W3TDF/MON" > "W3TDF/NHA" > "W3TDF/SNY" > "W3TDF/UNI" > > ("Da Grump" himself will share the mic with relief operators at the BUX site.) > > Details with preliminary schedules of band and mode plans of each specially chosen participating station will be published here in time for you to chart your attack. Spots will be posted frequently on this reflector during the Contest to keep you reasonably posted where each Bonus Station is at that hour to help you get the most mileage out of your effort. Checking your emails occasionally will definitely give you a speedy advantage. > > Everything else as it develops. > > Mark / NK8Q > Pete / NL7XM > > 2014 PAQSO Bonus Station Co-Chairs > > Amateur Radio is a contact sport! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From tombehler at gmail.com Fri Aug 8 13:27:26 2014 From: tombehler at gmail.com (Tom Behler) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 13:27:26 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Re-Introduction Message-ID: <000001cfb32e$06123dc0$1236b940$@gmail.com> Hello, everyone. My name is Tom Behler, and my amateur call sign is KB8TYJ. I actually belonged to this mailing list a year or two ago, but somehow, probably due to something on my end, I became un-subscribed. Anyway, I'm back, and I just want to say a few words to re-introduce myself to the group. I have participated in the Pennsylvania QSO Party contest for quite a few years now from my current home QTH in Michigan, and it has been an absolute blast. In fact, I took first place from Michigan for the past two years. I'm still looking to get that county sweep, so maybe this will be the year! I was born in Bethlehem, Northampton County, in 1954, and lived there until I moved to the Harrisburg area at the age of 7 in 1961. My ham radio roots go back to the state of Pennsylvania. I got my first amateur radio license (one of those two-year novice tickets) back in 1969, as a kid growing up in Cumberland County. I actually was a member of the W3UU Harrisburg Area Amateur Radio Club for a few years during that time. As these types of things often go, I had to drop out of the hobby for quite a few years from 1971 until 1994, due to pursuing my undergraduate and graduate education, raising a family, etc. However, I got back into things again from out here in Michigan in 1994, and have been very active in our hobby ever since. I totally agree with those who say that the P A Q P is certainly one of the friendliest State QSO parties out there! Everyone has made me feel quite welcome as an out-of-state participant, and I truly appreciate that. It is so much fun talking back to those of you from my old neck of the woods. As a final note, I want to point out that I'm a blind ham, and have found the N3FJP P A Q P logging software to work extremely well with my adaptive speech screen reading software. I mention this in the hopes that, if any of you should happen to run into Scott Davis (N3FJP) himself, you could do me a favor and let him know how helpful this is. I have told him myself via e-mail, but it's always good to reinforce the cudos however we can. Thanks for reading this note, and I'm looking forward to seeing you all in this year's contest. Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids,MI From n3fr at comcast.net Fri Aug 8 14:06:17 2014 From: n3fr at comcast.net (Bob) Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 14:06:17 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Re-Introduction Message-ID: <50trj4aagn6xyu22wo67580i.1407521177748@email.android.com> Hi Tom! Welcome back! I have been absent from the PaQP for a few years but plan to be back in the saddle again this year as a portable op in Warren county. I have always totally enjoyed the PaQP and felt lost on the 2nd full weekend in October when I didn't operate. Looking forward to hearing you with the MI mult, and hope to give you WAR several times!! Take care. Bob N3FR/WAR Tom Behler wrote: >Hello, everyone. > > > >My name is Tom Behler, and my amateur call sign is KB8TYJ. > > > >I actually belonged to this mailing list a year or two ago, but somehow, >probably due to something on my end, I became un-subscribed. > > > >Anyway, I'm back, and I just want to say a few words to re-introduce myself >to the group. > > > >I have participated in the Pennsylvania QSO Party contest for quite a few >years now from my current home QTH in Michigan, and it has been an absolute >blast. > > > >In fact, I took first place from Michigan for the past two years. I'm still >looking to get that county sweep, so maybe this will be the year! > > > >I was born in Bethlehem, Northampton County, in 1954, and lived there until >I moved to the Harrisburg area at the age of 7 in 1961. My ham radio roots >go back to the state of Pennsylvania. I got my first amateur radio license >(one of those two-year novice tickets) back in 1969, as a kid growing up in >Cumberland County. I actually was a member of the W3UU Harrisburg Area >Amateur Radio Club for a few years during that time. > > > >As these types of things often go, I had to drop out of the hobby for quite >a few years from 1971 until 1994, due to pursuing my undergraduate and >graduate education, raising a family, etc. However, I got back into things >again from out here in Michigan in 1994, and have been very active in our >hobby ever since. > > > >I totally agree with those who say that the P A Q P is certainly one of the >friendliest State QSO parties out there! Everyone has made me feel quite >welcome as an out-of-state participant, and I truly appreciate that. It is >so much fun talking back to those of you from my old neck of the woods. > > > >As a final note, I want to point out that I'm a blind ham, and have found >the N3FJP P A Q P logging software to work extremely well with my adaptive >speech screen reading software. I mention this in the hopes that, if any of >you should happen to run into Scott Davis (N3FJP) himself, you could do me a >favor and let him know how helpful this is. I have told him myself via >e-mail, but it's always good to reinforce the cudos however we can. > > > >Thanks for reading this note, and I'm looking forward to seeing you all in >this year's contest. > > > >Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids,MI > > > >______________________________________________________________ >PaQSO mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From mmwnj2 at verizon.net Sat Aug 9 20:25:04 2014 From: mmwnj2 at verizon.net (Mike Malsbary) Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 20:25:04 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] GRETTINGS PAQSO OMs, XYLs, and YLS. Message-ID: <002801cfb431$89378cb0$9ba6a610$@verizon.net> I'm Mike W3PDR in Chester County.and will have the honor of operating Ray's W3TDF/CHE for this prestigious October event. I've been vacuuming out the dust bunnies, replacing noisy capacitors in a DC Power Supply to my Yaesu 857D, (through an AL811H 700 watt steroid) tightening up my antenna support ropes and singing opera scales to prepare my voice for the QSO marathon. Looking forward to being a part of the big W3TDF QSO Beacon. You can check out my station on the W3PDR section of my website www.taowriter5000.com See ya'll at the Party. Let's rock'em. Best 73s Mike From paqso at mailman.qth.net Mon Aug 11 11:22:07 2014 From: paqso at mailman.qth.net (TwelveVDC--- via PaQSO) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 11:22:07 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Typo in Bonus Station Manifest Message-ID: Thanks to the sharp-eyed Grump, a critical typo has been politely revealed in the list of Counties that Bonus Stations will be operating from. No Special Event ops are planned from Montour Co, but they are from MONROE. The mistake was my own in sound-alike haste, and I apologize for any inconvenience to busy volunteer programmers. In short, please replace "W3TDF/MON" with "W3TDF/MOE." So, the Callsign formats will be: "W3TDF/BUX" "W3TDF/CAR" "W3TDF/CHE" "W3TDF/CLE" "W3TDF/LEH" "W3TDF/LUZ" "W3TDF/MOE" (strike: "W3TDF/MON") "W3TDF/NHA" "W3TDF/SNY" "W3TDF/UNI" More fun announcements to come soon, (that hopefully don't involve more of my mistakes!) Thanks for your anticipated enthusiastic participation and support of the PAQSOP. Pete / NL7XM 2014 Bonus Station Co-chair Amateur Radio is a contact sport! From n2cu at roadrunner.com Wed Aug 13 06:24:24 2014 From: n2cu at roadrunner.com (Tom Williams) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 06:24:24 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] New look Message-ID: I noticed a new look to the PAQP website. One thing missing is a link to past results. I like to review them while planning the next operation. Will that be available? 73, Tom N2CU <>< K3 #3582 From n2cu at roadrunner.com Wed Aug 13 06:38:35 2014 From: n2cu at roadrunner.com (Tom Williams) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 06:38:35 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] PAQP Store Message-ID: The T-shirt being offered looks very nice. I sure hope the logo is only a first draft - I thought PA had 67 counties :-) 73, Tom N2CU <>< K3 #3582 From mjcn3li at gmail.com Wed Aug 13 09:33:50 2014 From: mjcn3li at gmail.com (Michael Coslo) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 09:33:50 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] New look In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: By gosh, you're right Tom. I usually have them there, but managed to forget them. I'll place the links to the old results in the next update. On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 6:24 AM, Tom Williams wrote: > I noticed a new look to the PAQP website. One thing missing is a link to > past results. I like to review them while planning the next operation. Will > that be available? > > > > 73, > > Tom N2CU <>< > > K3 #3582 > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- -73 Mike N3LI - From mjcn3li at gmail.com Wed Aug 13 09:35:58 2014 From: mjcn3li at gmail.com (Michael Coslo) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 09:35:58 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] PAQP Store In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Not a typo - although you aren't the first to make the connection. It's the number of years we've been around. I am debating removing that on the next batch. -73 Mike N3LI - On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 6:38 AM, Tom Williams wrote: > The T-shirt being offered looks very nice. I sure hope the logo is only a > first draft - I thought PA had 67 counties :-) > > > > 73, > > Tom N2CU <>< > > K3 #3582 > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- -73 Mike N3LI - From mjcn3li at gmail.com Wed Aug 13 09:52:29 2014 From: mjcn3li at gmail.com (Michael Coslo) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 09:52:29 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] Web page update Message-ID: Good day all, The web pages have been updated as of last night: http://nittany-arc.net/PAQSO.html I've switched to a more friendly CSS stylesheet that will allow me to make changes and additions a lot easier. The way it was before, seemingly minor changes often required major rewrites and massive tweaking. The pages should also load faster. Other additions are an update on the W3TDF bonus station plans for 2014, with the counties that will be activated. Plaque sponsors will now be able to pay for their plaques on-line if they wish. http://nittany-arc.net/paqsosponsor.html and the Paypal link is at the bottom of the page. Webstore now has the same look and feel as the rest of the site. Which was what prompted me to learn more CSS in the first place, the old version of the site did not play well with PayPal buttons. And as noted, I forgot to put the previous years results on the main page - I'll add them back in on the next update. -73 Mike N3LI - From phil at k3tuf.com Wed Aug 13 09:58:47 2014 From: phil at k3tuf.com (Phil Theis) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 09:58:47 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] MD and PAQP Message-ID: <53EB6F17.4030809@k3tuf.com> Greetings PAQPer's Did many of you participate in the MD party this past weekend? I ran into one from Erie, but that's all I recall. Looking forward to October. I'll be on from LAN at my home station. Also see you at the Nittany ARC meeting in Sept. 73, Phil K3TUF From kb3co at comcast.net Wed Aug 13 10:08:58 2014 From: kb3co at comcast.net (Charles) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 14:08:58 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [PaQSO] 2014 Changes Message-ID: <1037713486.984130.1407938938479.JavaMail.root@sz0045a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> From n3ntj at embarqmail.com Wed Aug 13 13:23:43 2014 From: n3ntj at embarqmail.com (Matthew Steger) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:23:43 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] PAQP Store In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <005f01cfb71b$564f47b0$02edd710$@com> I looked at it and figured it was a typo too (57 counties?!?). I would either add "years" after "57" or change it to "67" in reference to the number of PA counties like the plaque has. 73 N3NTJ Matt -----Original Message----- From: PaQSO [mailto:paqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Michael Coslo Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 9:36 AM To: Tom Williams Cc: paqso at mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [PaQSO] PAQP Store Not a typo - although you aren't the first to make the connection. It's the number of years we've been around. I am debating removing that on the next batch. -73 Mike N3LI - On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 6:38 AM, Tom Williams wrote: > The T-shirt being offered looks very nice. I sure hope the logo is > only a first draft - I thought PA had 67 counties :-) > > > > 73, > > Tom N2CU <>< > > K3 #3582 > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > PaQSO mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- -73 Mike N3LI - ______________________________________________________________ PaQSO mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From mjcn3li at gmail.com Tue Aug 19 17:48:02 2014 From: mjcn3li at gmail.com (Michael Coslo) Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 17:48:02 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] party change mailing Message-ID: <6F2D3C0B-DC71-4117-9A39-4B91AF5BCD69@gmail.com> Today I sent out a mailing to members of the ham community who have submitted logs in recent years regarding the changes to the party. Not everyone who participates is on the reflector, so I wanted to update as many people as possible. So if you received a personal email from me - that was from the mailing. Some folks in here will of course already know about the changes. To the best of my knowledge, I?m don?t anticipate doing this again, but if anyone takes umbrage at getting a mass emailing like this, you can hit the ?unsubscribe? link at the bottom of the email which will remove you from the listing. - 73 Mike N3LI - From paqso at mailman.qth.net Thu Aug 21 12:08:49 2014 From: paqso at mailman.qth.net (TwelveVDC--- via PaQSO) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 12:08:49 -0400 Subject: [PaQSO] N1MM Logger Website | Full Install Message-ID: <2A9D13CB-5539-46AE-AD23-5450E28FA46A@aol.com> The wait is over! Go to: http://n1mmplus.hamdocs.com/tiki-index.php?page=Full+Install de NL7XM From k3ct at verizon.net Thu Aug 21 12:33:20 2014 From: k3ct at verizon.net (John Bednar) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:33:20 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [PaQSO] N1MM Logger Website | Full Install Message-ID: <26630983.530345.1408638800924.JavaMail.root@vznit170126> You need the FullInstaller and the Latest Update installer. Save both files to your hard disk. This is public beta test phase. The Update Installer is changing almost every day. Please do not report an issue unless you have the latest program version installed. John, K3CT On 08/21/14, TwelveVDC--- via PaQSO wrote: The wait is over! Go to: http://n1mmplus.hamdocs.com/tiki-index.php?page=Full+Install de NL7XM ______________________________________________________________ PaQSO mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/paqso Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:PaQSO at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html