[CQ-Contest] Are you a WPX Plaque Sponsor?

[Bill Tippett]

        Today I received my plaque for the 2000 CQ WPX SSB which I only
decided to sponsor last June...AFTER the 2000 results were published 
(since it represented the new USA record for SOSB10).  Steve N8BJQ is 
doing a great job of almost SINGLE-HANDEDLY managing both WPX contests 
which are nearly as popular worldwide as the CQ WW (which has far more 
volunteer support with nearly two dozen Committee Members and 17 DX 
Advisors).  I am sure he puts in a huge number of hours collecting logs,
analyzing them, preparing the results/stories, responding to UBN requests,  
keeping worldwide records up-to-date, preparing certificate lists for CQ 
(who actually mails all certificates) and managing the plaques (donors and
recipients).  There is NO other major DX contest that has only ONE person 
doing what Steve does and NO other major DX contest that provides complete
world records concurrent with published results.  Given all of this, I am 
always amazed at how reponsive Steve is to any request from me!

        Kudos to Steve for a thankless job!  Maybe a little less griping 
and a little more volunteering to help is in order from some of us.  

                                                73,  Bill  W4ZV

P.S.  On top of WPX, Steve is also one of the CQ WW Committe Members!