[WIARC] FW: [ILQSO] New ILQP sponsorship starting in 2006

[Danny Pease]

The ILQP announcement from K9LY.

Danny

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[mailto:ilqso-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joe LeKostaj
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 11:30 AM
To: Illinois QSO Party
Subject: [ILQSO] New ILQP sponsorship starting in 2006

To all Illinois QSO Party participants:

The first Illinois QSO Party was held in 1963 by the Illinois chapter 
of the County Hunters Club. The Radio Amateur Megacycle Society (RAMS) 
was formed in Chicago in the mid 1960s by local hams, including some 
who were county hunters. RAMS became the sponsor of the Illinois QSO 
Party starting with the 7th annual contest in 1969. The QSO party 
became an annual club activity that members looked forward to.

Around 1975, RAMS members using the club callsign K9CJU/9 operated the 
QSO party from the radio room of the retired WWII submarine USS 
Silversides while it was moored at Navy Pier in Chicago. The sub had 
been acquired by a group interested in preserving naval history. RAMS 
helped the group in their restoration work by repairing the radio 
receivers and transmitter in the sub's radio room.

For 35 years RAMS has been privileged to sponsor the Illinois QSO 
Party. Over the last couple of years, the few remaining RAMS members 
felt that the contest needed a larger and more active sponsoring club 
to keep it going strong into the future. As ILQP committee chairman, I 
extended an invitation to the Western Illinois Amateur Radio Club 
(WIARC) to consider becoming the new sponsor. WIARC has many members 
who regularly participate in ILQP every year, and the club sponsors the 
"traveling plaque" for the IL Club category. I was delighted when the 
WIARC officers told me that their club accepted the invitation. 
Therefore, I am pleased to announce that WIARC is the new sponsor of 
the Illinois QSO Party starting in 2006! RAMS will publish the results 
of the 2005 ILQP in the near future, then turn the reins over to WIARC. 
I am confident they have the talent and energy to keep ILQP going for 
years to come. I wish them much success.

There are many people who have helped ILQP to grow over the years, and 
they should be recognized:
* the out-of-state and DX ops who participate in ILQP
* the mobile and portable ops who go out of their way to activate 
"rare" counties
* the IL fixed station ops who grow in number every year
* Bud Frohardt, W9DY who managed the QSO party for 16+? years and still 
helps with log checking. He IS the quintessential "Elmer".
* John Matz, KB9II for handling incoming logs and maintaining the ILQP 
webpage
* Roger Scott, KF9D and Harold Burt, W9HB for donating their time to 
check logs (and help with the mailings in previous years)
* Mike Pinkawa, KA9CLP for page layout of the rules sheet
* Jim Funk, N9JF and Danny Pease, NG9R for implementing electronic log 
submission. This has greatly increased the number of entries received.

It's been fun being the ILQP manager since 1985, but now it's time for 
someone new. Thanks for your interest in the Illinois QSO Party. Hope 
to work you in the 2006 ILQP.

73 & CUL,
Joe LeKostaj, K9LY
RAMS / outgoing ILQP committee chairman

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