[CQ-Contest] 2008 CA QSO Party

[steve.root at culligan4water.com]

True story....Back in my Aerospace/Defense Contractor days, we had a "Quality Improvement" team in place. The big bosses awarded the team leader a plaque for doing such a great job. The mounting hole drilled in the Quality Improvement plaque was on the wrong end; so of course it hung upside down. He left it that way for years.

73 Steve K0SR

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike/Shelley Ritz [mailto:micritz at comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 11:59 AM
To: 'Andy Faber'
Cc: 'bill', 'Contest List'
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 2008 CA QSO Party

Andy; I prefer to keep my special "upside down" version, which now hangs proudly on my shack wall! I was just trying to figure out if they were all that way, or just mine...... As an ex-patriot of CA, (and the NCCC....), I found it really funny. Hope to put up a better score in CQP 2009 as I have a much bigger antenna farm this year. Who knows, maybe you guys will have the Oregon state map on next year's awards! ;-). 73! Mike Ritz, W7VO Scappoose, OR www.w7vo.com . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Faber"  To: "bill" , "Mike/Shelley Ritz"  Cc: "Contest List"  Sent: Monday, September 7, 2009 11:13:50 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 2008 CA QSO Party Mike, I'm the official CQP certificate printer, so if you would like it reprinted and a new one sent to you, just let me know. On the other hand, you could have a valuable collector's item, like the famous "inverted biplane" airmail stamps, that will only increase in value over the years.... 73, andy, ae6y ----- Original Message ----- From: "bill"  To: "Mike/Shelley Ritz"  Cc: "Contest List"  Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 7:30 PM Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 2008 CA QSO Party > Super! Congrats to whoever had the 'huevos' to do it! > Bill > > > > Mike/Shelley Ritz wrote: >> I know CA is in dire financial straits, but did anybody else get an award >> from the 2008 CA QSO party last week that had the California state map in >> the background upside down? I can't tell if this is a mistake, or the >> NCCC is trying to make a point ;-)....... >> >> Mike, W7VO >> _______________________________________________ >> CQ-Contest mailing list >> CQ-Contest at contesting.com >> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest >> >> > > > -- > A drunken sailor stops spending when he runs out of money. Sadly, our > governments aren't similarly constrained. > > _______________________________________________ > CQ-Contest mailing list > CQ-Contest at contesting.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest at contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest _______________________________________________CQ-Contest mailing listCQ-Contest at contesting.comhttp://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest