St. George Island
St. George Island is a 28-mile barrier island with
some of the most beautiful and serene beaches on the Gulf Coast. It
is one of the most inhabited, yet unspoiled, barrier islands of
Florida, with miles of uncrowded beaches for sunning and shelling,
clear Gulf waters for swimming and excellent fishing, pristine
marshes for wildlife viewing.
St. George Island State Park occupies the far
eastern end of the island where you will find nine miles of
undeveloped shoreline, majestic dunes, bay forest, sandy coves and
salt marshes.
Early in the island's estimated 5,000 years of
existence, pre-Columbian native peoples visited St. George Island at
least seasonally to collect oysters and seafood. Remnant middens, or
trash mounds, contain evidence of shellfish harvests, fishing and
pottery-making.
During the early and mid 1900's, the island's pine
forests were turpentined. Many "cat-faced" scars are still visible
on the island's larger slash pines. During World War II, the island
was used by troops at Camp Gordon Johnson for numerous training
exercises carried out over the vast dunes.
Acquisition of land for the park in 1963 and the
1965 completion of the Bryant G. Patton Bridge crossing Apalachicola
Bay to St. George Island led to increased recreational use of the
island's beaches. St. George Island State Park opened to the public
in 1980.
Here is
how to request your cards:
Direct Cards
Direct cards should be sent to this address:
W4I
Paul J. Pagano
7725 Royal Harbour Circle
Ooltewah, TN 37363
QSL
requests received direct will result in a direct response, subject
to certain provisions.
In order to receive a direct card:
- Ensure that the QSO information on your
card is clear and correct.
- Enclose a good quality self-addressed
envelope of sufficient size and strength for the number of
return cards expected. No labels only please!
- Enclose US dollars or sufficient
International Reply Coupons (IRCs) to meet postage costs by
airmail or surface mail as appropriate. We cannot use stamps or
currency from other countries!
- One IRC or one
US dollar will pay for return postage for up to two cards.
IRCs must be properly stamped.
- Additional dollars or IRCs are very
welcome and will be used to help meet the costs of the
DXpedition.
- Please do not send other currencies or
checks.
- Any card received direct but without a
self-addressed envelope, an envelope which is too small, or
without sufficient return postage, will receive confirmations
via the bureau.
Bureau Cards
W4I via WA4AA
- QSL requests received via the bureau will
receive a return card via the bureau. Ensure that the QSO
information on your card is clear and correct.
QSO data error policy
- We will not QSL unless we are requested to
do so by one of the above means. When we do receive a QSL
request, we will respond 100%, as defined above, provided the
QSO is correct in our log.
- When the QSO is wrong in the log then the
following approach will be taken. Ultimately the decision in
uncertain cases lies with WA4AA.
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Error in QSO data |
W4I QSL policy |
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An error in TIME, by up to 10 minutes, or
perhaps by an exact number of hours, indicating logging
occurred in something other than UTC.
|
QSL |
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Callsign in our log is close (e.g. a dit
"out" in CW or similar sounding letters in SSB, etc.)
|
QSL |
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Band is wrong but all other details are
OK, suggesting logging typo
|
QSL |
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Mode is wrong. This could be our fault!
Check for consistency elsewhere and consider giving
benefit of the doubt
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QSL if reasonable doubt exists |
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All other cases |
Do not QSL |
