[SEDXC] CQ News: N5FG Named CQ Worked All Zones Award Manager

[Macie, Gordon]

FYI... From my friend Floyd..  

Gordon N4LR


 Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 4:03 PM
 Subject: CQ News: N5FG Named CQ Worked All Zones Award Manager
 
 
 CQ Communications Inc., 25 Newbridge Rd., Hicksville, NY 11801 USA
 Phone: 516-681-2922 / Fax: 516-681-2926 / e-mail: 
 cq at cq-amateur-radio.com
 
 NEWS RELEASE
 
 For release: Immediate (12/15/03)
 Contact: Dick Ross, K2MGA, Publisher
          516-681-2922 / k2mga at cq-amateur-radio.com
 
 FLOYD GERALD, N5FG, NAMED WORKED ALL ZONES AWARD MANAGER
 
 (Hicksville, NY, December 15, 2003) -- CQ Publisher Richard Ross, K2MGA,
 today announced the appointment of Floyd Gerald, N5FG, as CQ Worked All
 Zones (WAZ) Awards Manager, effective January 1, 2004. Floyd succeeds Paul
 Blumhardt, K5RT, who is stepping down after four years in the position due
 to increased work and family commitments. "We will miss Paul's dedication
 to WAZ and the CQ awards program in general," said Ross, "and we thank him
 for his many contributions. He sets an excellent example for his successor,
 and we welcome Floyd to the CQ 'family.' "
 
 Floyd Gerald, N5FG has been an amateur since 1972, and is an accomplished
 DXer. He holds many amateur radio operating awards, including 5BWAZ  (200
 Zones),  #1 DXCC Mixed and SSB, CQ DX Honor Roll SSB and CW, 9 Band DXCC,
 and 6BWAS. He is also a founding member of the Magnolia DX Association.
 
 Floyd served as the manager of the W5 QSL bureau from 1998  2002. During
 his tenure, the W5 QSL Bureau was the first QSL Bureau to employ a website
 so users could check on their QSL "accounts" on line. He's also served as
 CQ Awards and ARRL DXCC Checkpoint, and has been a QSL manager for several
 DX stations.
 
 Floyd is retired from the housing industry and lives near Wiggins,
 Mississippi, with his wife Sherry on their 5 acre antenna farm.
 
 CQ would like to ask WAZ applicants to delay sending applications (and
 cards) to Floyd until 1 February, 2004, in order to allow for an orderly
 transition and transfer of records. We apologize for this delay, but feel
 that it will reduce confusion and possible loss of anyone's application
 during the transition. Applications and cards sent to K5RT will be
 forwarded to N5FG each month. After February 1, WAZ applications and cards
 should be sent to Floyd Gerald, N5FG, 17 Green Hollow Rd., Wiggins, MS
 39577-8318.
 
 The Worked All Zones awards are part of a comprehensive operating award
 program sponsored by CQ magazine, the world's leading independent amateur
 radio publication.