[PaQSO] Pennsylvania QSO Party Announcement

[Tad Danley]

Great improvements - thanks so much Mike!

73!

Tad Danley, K3TD
  

On 7/31/2014 1:54 PM, Michael Coslo wrote:
> Good afternoon, all.
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> As promised, I have made some significant changes to the party, and I think you should like them. So let us get started.
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> As usual, the Party pages are at:
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> http://nittany-arc.net/PAQSO.html
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> 1. The reviled requirement to mail in a paper summary is gone. It’s history. It served it’s purpose for a long time, but this is 2014.
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> You still need to send in a summary, you can just email it in instead of mailing it.
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> But if you prefer mailing it in, you are completely welcome to continue.
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> One of the reasons for not eliminating the requirement until now was that the paper version of the Summary sheet was how people let us know if they wanted to purchase a promotional item, buy a worked all counties plaque, or make a donation.
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> Which prompted the second major change.
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> 2. We opened a web store which will allow people to get their PA QSO Party goodies, or to donate if they desired. We accept either PayPal, or your major credit card. It will also allow people to get their “stuff” before the party, instead of only after it was over.
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> You can get to the store via the party page:
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> http://nittany-arc.net/PAQSO.html
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> or directly:
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> http://nittany-arc.net/PAQSOStore.html
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> This helps to address a couple things - It gives people an idea of what the shirts and caps and plaques look like, and just makes it easier in general to purchase if you wish.
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> Oh - did I say Caps? Yes, we’ve added an embroidered cap to the promotional items. We’ll have different items over time as promotionals, as there were a lot of good suggestions when I polled last year.
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> My Biggest Mistake
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> 3. The "Received Logs' pages are also history. When I implemented this some years back, it sounded like a really good idea, to allay people’s worries about their logs. What it ended up doing was making a huge amount of work, and some folks would mail in their logs, and ask why they weren’t on the page the next day. It was trying to hybridize snailmail and the immediacy of the internet, and the two were simply not going to meet.
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> We will go back to the proven method of publishing the preliminary scores, and if a person doesn’t see theirs, I’ll work with them to get their scores posted.
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> 4. I got me some help. That should be a big help.
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> 5. I’ll be posting the plaque winners in the results. Seems like something that should have been done forever ago.
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> side notes:
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> - Elimination of the mailed -in Summary sheet requirement does not mean that summarys are not needed. If you don’t email in a summary sheet, we’ll send a reminder that we need one - via return email. I got a guy to do that.
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> - Also regarding summary sheets, make certain that your summary has the mults broken down into county and section mults. I get a lot that only have the total of multipliers, and have to dig those out manually.
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> - In that vein, remember the gold standard for summary sheets is the one we provide on our site. If your program’s summary sheet doesn’t match that, it is wrong. We still have some programs that are giving 1.5 point QSO’s for CW below 40 meters. Fill in, and you can email it back.
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> http://nittany-arc.net/paqsoforms.html
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> We use Cabrillo 3 now. I can still work with Cab 2, but prefer the latest.
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> The party rules are also updated and on:
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> http://nittany-arc.net/paqsoforms.html
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> Most of the changes are regarding the elimination of the mailed in summary, and updating the Bonus Station.
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> As always, let me know if you find any problems - I’m one of those guys who is so smart I know multiple ways to spel every word……….
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> I’m really looking forward to this years party, between the changes making it easier for the participants, and celebrating Da-Grump, it should be a really great time.
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> 	- 73 Mike N3LI -
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