Norm, W3DYA and I, KN4Y, operate mobile in both QSO parties. Guess that means 1
day in
Florida and 1 day in Georgia, or do not do mobile but do Florida fixed.
Ed KN4Y
7/23/2002 19:20:37, K1to@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 7/23/02 10:05:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>w4an@CONTESTING.COM writes:
>
>> I think you (we) should seriously consider running it the same weekend as
>> the Florida QSO Party. Best if you could get them to agree to join
>> forces and make it the Georgia/Florida QSO Party. If not, then just run
>> it at exactly the same times.
>>
>> I'm CCing K1TOad. I'll see if he has any thoughts on this subject.
>
>Bill et al -
>
>While we Floridians applaud the growth of the GQP and wish to support
>our brethren to the north, I see a few issues with combining the 'QPs:
>
>1) The 3- or 4-letter county abbrevs become inadequate. I'm sure
>a few county names overlap between states. So, we'd be forced
>into using nonintuitive abbrevs like they used for the W1 QP to
>allow for IDing the correct state as well as the county.
>
>2) Several guys enjoy running counties in each state. We would
>dilute the mobile activity by forcing them to do both in one weekend.
>I can just hear KN4Y and W5WMU moaning now!
>
>3) Being so close to each other, we'd cause additional havoc to
>each other on the high bands where we just can't hear whether a
>mobile might already have the freq. It's bad enough within a
>single state. (Of course, the W4AN super station hears all and
>is heard by all, so it is exempted from this point.) The FQP has
>roughly 90% daytime hours, so this could be a real issue.
>Perhaps spreading out the suggested freqs could mitigate that,
>though.
>
>4) Chasing a county sweep is becoming a big draw for the FQP.
>(I suspect that there are too many counties in Ga for that to be a
>realistic one-weekend goal.) I like the fact that it can be done with
>a focused effort from outside FL. GM3POI claims a CW-only
>sweep this year! The CQP has what - 58 counties?
>And the W1s have a total of 67, exactly the same number that we
>have in FL. Having the QSO Party supporters split their time
>between working FL and GA reduces their chances of a sweep and
>reduces their support for each QSO Party ultimately. Less QSOs
>for us in FL and GA = less fun.
>
>5) I've noted a few FCG internal comments that are not in
>support of a combined weekend, so these are not purely my
>views.
>
>On the flip side, I can understand the increased excitement that
>might be created by having more activity. I would venture to guess
>that the small QSO Parties in AL, NC would join a combined effort.
>Maybe even the rest of 4-land would be quick to sign on. I think
>VA, TN and KY still have decent QPs, but not sure about SC.
>But I digress...
>
>Any further comments, anyone? I hate to stir up another long thread
>at a time when I can't catch up from the past month of threads - hi.
>
>73, Dan, K1TO
>President, Florida Contest Group and sponsor of the FQP
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