It was, for many years, Floyd Gerald, N5FG. He was a fixture of the
Magnolia DX Association for many years when I was living in southern MS.
It is rumored he was the inspiration for Red-Eyed Louie in the great
stories of "DX IS!" He was succeeded for a while by John Goodman, IIRC,
another southern MS ham.
73 de Chuck, WS1L
chandlerusm@gmail.com
On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 2:16 PM JOHN GEIGER via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
> I have not dealt with Jose yet, not sure if he is now doing 5BWAZ, I think
> he is. I did have dealings with the (maybe) previous 5BWAZ manager, and he
> was very easy to get ahold of and the dealings with smoothly. His call
> might have been W5FG?
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> 73 John AF5CC
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> ---- On Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:10:15 -0500 Michael S. Mitchell W6RW <
> w6rw@earthlink.net> wrote ---
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> I have never dealt with the CQ WPX Awards Manager, but the CQ WAZ Awards
> Manager Jose N4BAA is amazing. Usually a one day turn around if everything
> is submitted correctly to him by email.
>
> I also have not received a CQ Magazine for months and I believe that my
> subscription is paid through sometime in 2025. I used to get a post card
> every year to extend my subscription another 3 years for a really great
> price, so every year I extended my subscription for CQ Magazine for another
> 3 years. It looks like CQ Magazine is probably having some financial
> difficulties. I hope for the sake of amateur radio that CQ Magazine works
> through their problems and stays around for a long long time in the future.
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> 73 de Mike W6RW
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: JOHN GEIGER <mailto:af5cc1@zohomail.com>
> Sent: Sep 28, 2023 8:21 AM
> To: <mailto:barockteer@aol.com>
> Cc: <mailto:CQ-Contest@Contesting.COM>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ Magazine
>
> I have twice tried to apply for the CQWPX mixed award. Filled our the
> electronic application and a spreadsheet with calls, and emailed them to
> the awards manager. Both times I never heard back from him.Anyone else
> having issues like this with CQ awards? Their troubles seem to run deep.73
> John AF5CC Sent using Zoho Mail ---- On Thu, 28 Sep 2023 06:57:13 -0500
> mailto:cq-contest@contesting.com wrote ----After not receiving paper
> copies for months, and reading the handwriting
> on the wall, I (foolishly?) subscribed to the digital edition this week.
> I got the automated response acknowledging payment which stated that 'it
> is now being processed'. Since that, nothing, no 'here's your password'
> or other instructions as to how to actually read the digital edition. I
> emailed them and also called - no response.
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> Folks have reported that while the paper version is flakey at best, the
> digital edition has been reliable. Now I just need to know how to get it
> going...
>
> Tony, K1KP
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