Next month, the first weekend of April, will be the annual Georgia
QSO Party. If you haven't done so already, please read the revised
GQP rules for 2006 on the SECC web
site: http://gqp.contesting.com/Rules.htm Mike, NE4S, has done an
excellent job with updating the rules based on members input and
comments to him. (NE4S/N4GG will determine if the GOP will be held
April 1 and 2 or April 8 and 9)
Please notice that the GQP now has three major categories for the
contest. While we have sponsors for most of the plaques in the first
category, we have no plaque sponsors for the Phone and CW category as
of yet. Since Mike has developed a very good method of scoring the
GQP logs, we can expect a pretty rapid turn around with the results
after the Georgia QSO Party. As I am now responsible for buying and
mailing out the plaques, based on Mike's scoring, I would appreciate
each member of the SECC and the SEDXC to try their very best to
sponsor at least one plaque. The total cost to each sponsor will
remain the same as in the previous year, that is $40.00 per plaque,
which includes the plaque cost and mailing/shipping of each plaque.
Please seriously consider sponsoring a GQP plaque for 2006. Sponsors
should make their check out to me, Chester T. Alderman, notify me by
email that you intend to sponsor a GQP plaque so your call sign can
be listed in the rules, and mail your check, not later than April 30,
2006 to this address:
498 Nichols Lane
Hahira, Ga. 31632
My intention is to have all plaques shipped within three weeks after
I receive the GQP scoring results. After shipping all of the plaques,
I intend to email a financial spreadsheet to the secretary of the
SECC and the SEDXC, detailing the funds received and the expenditures
involved. Below is a list of the three categories and their sub-
categories. What we hope to accomplish is to replace all certificates
with plaques, if possible.
Tom Alderman - W4BQF
aldermant at alltel.net
http://tom.w4bqf.googlepages.com/home
(I sure hope this formats correct! hihi)
Category Sponsor Confirmed
GA High Power Columbus ARC
GA Low Power Certificate
GA QRP Tennessee Contest Group
GA Rover Single-Op K4VGI Memorial by K4BAI YES
GA Rover Multi-Op K4OGG
Top Club Score- Outside GA K4OGG
US/VE High Power W4TE
US/VE Low Power K4BAI YES
US/VE QRP AA4Z
Top Club Score- Georgia Certificate
DX High Power K4YE Memorial by K4ZMV
DX Low Power SouthEastern DX Club
DX QRP KO4RR/N4WV YES
Plaque Sponsors for CW Mode
Category in CW Mode Sponsor Confirmed
GA High Power Certificate
GA Low Power Certificate
GA QRP Certificate
GA Rover Single-Op Certificate
GA Rover Multi-Op Certificate
Top Club Score- Outside GA Certificate
US/VE High Power Certificate
US/VE Low Power Certificate
US/VE QRP Certificate
Top Club Score- Georgia Certificate
DX High Power Certificate
DX Low Power Certificate
DX QRP Certificate
Plaque Sponsors for PH Mode
Category in PH mode Sponsor Confirmed
GA High Power Certificate
GA Low Power Certificate
GA QRP Certificate
GA Rover Single-Op Certificate
GA Rover Multi-Op Certificate
Top Club Score- Outside GA Certificate
US/VE High Power Certificate
US/VE Low Power Certificate
US/VE QRP Certificate
Top Club Score- Georgia Certificate
DX High Power Certificate
DX Low Power Certificate
DX QRP Certificate
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