Paul Newberry wrote:
> Here's my 2-cents and a little more..
>
> VE9CEH explained it all. Canadian provinces are Canadian
> provinces....it's not what someone
> else decides. NB, NS and PEI are all separate....period. I agree with
> John, if you offer nothing
> for the winners of Canada, then you must expect the same proportional
> activity....zilch.
> Look at other contest and the VE3's alone account for a very large
> percentage of participation.
>
> Extending the contest only makes it better for the serious contester...I
> dislike any contest that
> require me to take time off....if I decide to take some time off, that
> should be left up to me.
> If a less-than-serious contester decides not to operate the full term,
> they can pull the plug.
>
> I don't operate RTTY and probably never will, so that's not an issue
> with me. But as Tom
> pointed out, counting that as a CW contact will be a bit of a
> mess....There's already plenty
> of RTTY contest, as evidenced by the activity on the low end of 40m many
> weekends while
> other CW contest are going on....since 40m is a big part of any state
> QP, CW and RTTY
> suggested frequencies would be a must...
>
> 73, Paul, N4PN
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John T. Laney III"
> <k4bai at worldnet.att.net>
> To: "ACG" <contest at alabamacontestgroup.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 8:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [Contest] Proposed Rules Changes for 2010 AQP
>
>
>> 1. Do you mean that we offer certificates to winners of states, but not
>> to winners of provinces? I don't see how this could be possible, but,
>> if it is, it certainly explains the lack of Canadian stations in this
>> year's AQP. Whatever we recognize as a multiplier should also qualify
>> for a certificate plus the foreign country winners.
>>
>> 2. If you make it best 10 out of 12 hours, why not make that for single
>> ops only, so that the multi ops could work the whole 12 hours? This
>> would be consistent with most other contests that have limited operating
>> times for single op stations (but not CQ 160 contests, which limit
>> operating time for all entrants, which is good since the multi ops don't
>> have to CQ to an empty band all day).
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> John, K4BAI.
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I'd like to see QSO Parties specify an alternate 40M CW frequency of
7110 or 7115, somewhere between 7100 and 7125 so that CW contacts could
continue on when the frequencies below are covered completely by loud
RTTY stations. The Straight Key Century Club has adopted an alternate
frequency for their Sprints, which has worked well.
This has not been a significant problem for AQP or GQP so far.
73, John, K4BAI.
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