[PaQSO] PAQSO New Award Details

[TwelveVDC--- via PaQSO]

Thank you, Mike.

That's right. A special one-off PAQSO Award Plaque is up for grabs in 2 weeks, and it could hang in your shack forever.

This year, Nittany ARC with sponsorship by the QCWA Chapter 17 of Allentown / Bethlehem bestows essentially, recognition of Lifetime Achievement by honoring W3TDF with the "Ray 'Da Grump' Celebration Award" that will go to the Amateur that makes the most Contacts with the W3TDF Bonus Stations.

As Mike mentioned, Ray who turned 90 in June, is a Charter Member of Chapter 17, and its most recent Past President.

There will be over 100 County/band/mode Bonus Station Multipliers over the course of the weekend, so this could trigger a horse race as intense as the coveted County Sweep! With a smorgasbord of signals from ten County's on 160-2m generating CW, Phone, and RTTY/PSK, who will claim the prize is anyone's guess.

After traditional scoring methods are applied by N.A.R.C., (dups, busted calls, and bad S/N's are all tossed) any unlikely resulting tie will be determined by the contestant who bagged the last Bonus Station the earliest, according to the timestamp of the associated W3TDF/xxx log. Nittany ARC will be the sole judge of the decision.

I have seen the Award, and it is a beauty.
It's worth fighting for.
Will your name and Callsign be immortalized with "Da Grump's?"

Good luck to everyone, and see you on the radio.

Pete / NL7XM
Mark / NK8Q

Bonus Station Co Chairs 
QCWA Chapter 17 
2014 PAQSO Party 


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