Sounds great.....but since I have been unable to convince more than three
or four of your participants to operate on the lower bands, I find it next
to impossible to enter this contest from Eastern Alabama. Hope ya all have
a fun time.
Dan/W4NTI
> [Original Message]
> From: <ku8e@bellsouth.net>
> To: <secc@contesting.com>
> Cc: <ku8e@bellsouth.net>
> Date: 3/16/04 8:37:27 AM
> Subject: [SECC] 2004 GQP Results Update
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> After putting in a marathon session this weekend I am happy to
report that
> the log checking for the 2003 Georgia QSO Party is complete. I will be
putting
> together the results and write-up and it will be posted to the GQP
webpage in
> about a week. I was very disappointed that only 8 stations in the whole
state
> of Georgia even bothered to submit a log. (not including the rovers) I
am
> sure that the problems we had with the past director contributed to
this
> along with us having everyone resubmit their logs. I counted over 20
> stations that didn't even bother to resubmit.
>
> Now that we have reached this point we need to reestablish our
> creditability with the contesting community. I am asking that you all
try
> to support the contest this year by operating and sending in your logs.
> I also hope there are plans for some more rover activity too.
>
>
> I volunteered to take over as the GQP director because I am
interested in
> taking it to the level of the CQP and PA QSP Party. Increased activity
will
> make it fun for everyone. I know what to do to reach this goal based on
my
> past experience in running the Ohio QSO Party.
>
> That being said... I will be implementing the following rule changes
> concerning log submissions for the 2004 GQP.
>
> 1) All electronic submissions should be in a Cabrillo format only. Any
logs
> received in any other format will be classified as check logs.
>
> 2) All submissions that have 200 or more contacts should be submitted
> electronically. Paper logs with under 200 contacts will be
accepted.
> Paper logs with over 200 contacts will be classified as check logs.
>
>
> I do not have the desire or the time to manually enter a 1200 QSO
paper
> log into my log checking program. Also, you would not believe all
the
> various types of electronic formats that I received. Converting this
data
> was the most time consuming task I encountered in checking the logs.
I
> would like to use the Cabrillo standard so it will allow me to
process
> logs quickly. There is free software on the GQP website and other
freeware
> such as N1MM support the GQP. There is no reason why almost everyone
can
> submit in the correct format.
>
> All comments and suggestions are welcomed and I will be at the
club
> meeting this weekend to discuss them.
>
> 73, Jeff KU8E
>
>
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