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Subj: Air Force 50th Anniversary QSO Party
Date: 97-05-13 19:37:49 EDT
From: K5XS
To: Sheffieldj
John,
How GREAT to run across the K0AIR web page and a bunch of SAC
communicators!!!
My first assignment was in the 1st Comm Group in 1974.
We are trying to get support for the Air Force 50th Anniversary QSO Party.
Details follow. Could you be so kind as to talk it up in your group there?
The certificates are printed, and we have received permission to use the AF
50th logo. It looks like we will get to use the AF 50th Postmark when the
certificates are mailed to winners.
If you could spread the word around Offutt in local clubs, etc. and put it
in whatever newsletter you have, and POST IT ON YOUR PAGE it would help. It
has already been submitted to ARRL and will appear in the August/Sept QST,
and is appearing on web pages around the world. I'm submitting it to AF
Times, Airman, etc.
Great to see you guys up and running!
73,
Bernie Skoch
K5XS
PACAF Director, Communications & Information
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Air Force 50th Anniversary QSO Party
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In celebration of the creation of the United States Air Force on September
17th,
1947, the Headquarters U.S. Air Force Directorate of Communications and
Information is sponsoring a QSO party for all interested radio amateurs.
0001 UTC 20 Sept 97 to 2359 UTC 21 Sept 97.
All bands and modes.
Score contacts by "point identifier." Stations with licensees with no Air
Force affiliation have a point identifier of 1, are worth one point, and
would
identify with the suffix "Air Force One" on phone or "/AF1" on CW or digital
modes. If the licensee is a U.S. Air Force veteran, member, or retiree (of
any
component, active, Air National Guard, or AF Reserve) point identifier is
determined by subtracting the year licensee entered the Air Force from 1997.
For example, if he or she entered the Air Force in 1947, their point
identifier
is 50 (1997-1947=50), and they would ID "AF/50." If he or she entered in
1963,
their point identifier is 34 (1997-1963=34), and they would identify "AF/34."
Note that the duration of Air Force service is insignificant, the point
identifier value is determined solely by the year the member entered the Air
Force. Obviously, the most sought after stations will be those brave men and
women who entered the Air Force in 1947, whose point identifiers will be "50"
and whose contacts are worth 50 points!
Scoring: Add total point identifiers for all qualifying contacts.
Multiple Contacts: Stations may be worked multiple times on the same band if
the contacts are on different modes, but only once on each band if on the
same
mode. Stations may be worked and scored on multiple bands.
Logs: Send logs by 15 October 1997 to:
K5HOG: Razorback Radio Club
604 Julian Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96818
Logs must have station worked date, time, mode, band, and point identifiers
for
each contact. POINTS MUST BE TOTALLED ON EACH PAGE TO BE ACCEPTED. Neither
accepted nor rejected log sheets will be returned unless accompanied by a
suitable SASE.
Prizes: Trophy (plaque) with Air Force 50th Anniversary logo signed by the
Headquarters, United States Air Force Director of Communications and
Information
(Lt General William Donahue) to the overall winner. Certificates (signed and
with AF 50th logo) to top three finishers in each state and country.
Questions to:
Bernie Skoch, K5XS, Colonel, US Air Force
Director of Communications and Information, Headquarters Pacific Air
Forces
604 Julian Avenue
Hickam Air Force Base
Honolulu, HI 96818
e-mail: 75376.12@compuserve.com
Go Air Force, Happy 50th Anniversary!
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