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--></style></head><body><div style='font-family:Calibri,"Segoe UI",Meiryo,"Microsoft YaHei UI","Microsoft JhengHei UI","Malgun Gothic","Khmer UI","Nirmala UI",Tunga,"Lao UI",Ebrima,sans-serif;font-size:16px;'><div>What is the cost of a plaque Tom?</div><div> </div><div>Ryan KB9OWD</div><div> </div><div data-signatureblock="true">Sent from Windows Mail</div><div> </div> <div style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-width: 2px; border-top-style: solid;"> <strong>From:</strong> Tom Macon<br> <strong>Sent:</strong> October 17, 2013 11:14 PM<br> <strong>To:</strong> WIQP Group<br> <strong>Subject:</strong> [WIQPmail] 2014 Rules for WIQP<br> </div> <div> </div>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2">Attached are revised rules for 2014. Please review and
comment. There are not many real changes – mostly it is rewording for
clarification. Here’s a summary of the real changes:</font></span></div>
<ul>
<li>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2">Added OBJECTIVE section.</font></span></div>
<li>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2">Plaques will now be awarded to <strong>Top Single-Op
Mobile</strong> and <strong>Top Single-op Fixed</strong>. Highest
overall single-op score will be indicated on the appropriate
plaque.</font></span></div>
<li>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2">ROOKIE category (formerly called Beginner) is now single-op
only.</font></span></div>
<li>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2">Suggested frequencies list was expanded to include 160M and
VHF<br>75m PH is changed to 3.860 (was 3.890).<br>20m PH is changed to 14.260
(was 14.290).</font></span></div>
<li>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2">A note to avoid National Calling Frequencies was added (was
on main WIQP page).</font></span></div>
<li>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2">Under MULTIPLIERS, it is noted that Wisconsin stations may
count Wisconsin as a state multiplier. (This isn’t new – it just wasn’t
stated before.)</font></span></div></li></ul>
<p class="MsoFooter" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2"><font face="Arial">For those who submit non-Cabrillo logs, the WIQP Entry Form has also
been updated, also attached.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoFooter" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2">See
</font><a href="http://www.warac.org/wqp/wiqp_rules.htm"><font color="#800080" face="Arial" size="2">http://www.warac.org/wqp/wiqp_rules.htm</font></a><font size="2"><font face="Arial"> for the old rules.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoFooter" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2"><font face="Arial"> </font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoFooter" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2"><font face="Arial">About Plaques…</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoFooter" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2"><font face="Arial">In response to a number of requests, we are adding a plaque so that
there will be separate plaques for SOF and SOM in 2014.<span> </span>Are there any additional suggestions for
plaques?<span>
</span></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoFooter" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2"><font face="Arial"> </font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoFooter" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2"><font face="Arial">Also, we would like to solicit sponsors for the plaques.<span> </span>WARAC will continue sponsor the Club
plaque, but we’re open for sponsorship on the others.<span> </span></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoFooter" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2"><font face="Arial"> </font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoFooter" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2"><font face="Arial">Please comment on any of the
above.</font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoFooter" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2"><font face="Arial"> </font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoFooter" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 21pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><span> - Tom, K9BTQ</span></font></font></p>
<p class="MsoFooter" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 21pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><span> WIQP
team</span></font></font></p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></font>
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