Excellent points John... I agree with you on the lack of high band activity
and fewer in-staters calling CQ....
If multipliers counted for in-state stations, would we see an increase in Q
totals for the contest? Would the in-state op stay on the air a few more
hours?
In my SCQP experience, there were numerous times when I had zero responses
to CQs....All I could do was "run", so having the "S&P" for in-state
stations would keep my "BIC" to go back "run" mode. More activity,
regardless of the band, may spark interest from 'non-contesters'.
I'd love to know why many of our SECC'ers participate in state QPs. I enjoy
the challenge of trying to work all of the state's counties during the
contest period.
One more thought... The awards vary from state to state and it seems as
though award sponsors are limited... Has anyone ever contacted the state's
Chamber of Commerce etc to acquire award sponsors.. In state ops are
"marketing" their state to the world.. Cool awards include the BCQP photo
awards, jug of syrup from Vermont, rice from Minn, wine from CA..
It's snowing in SC!!!
Dave
WN4AFP
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 1:48 PM, John Laney <k4bai at att.net> wrote:
> Nothing is "wrong" with allowing multiplier credit for in state counties
> for in state stations. Some QSO parties do exactly that. What it does,
> however, is change the character of the QSO party. Activity on the higher
> bands is significantly decreased, thereby reducing activity from DX and
> farther away US stations. Activity on low bands is increased and often
> occurs during daylight hours between in state stations who are hearing only
> each other. That keeps these stations away from the higher bands. There
> will be a lot of in-state stations who go around calling other in-state
> stations for county multipliers and never call CQ, thereby never giving
> out-of-state stations a chance to work them.
>
> So, we have chosen in FL, GA, SC, TN, AL, etc. to be more outward looking
> in our QSO parties. We allow the state to count as a multiplier for
> in-state stations, but in order to get more than one mult (or one mult per
> mode), in-state stations must work out of state stations, thereby resulting
> in more activity on the higher bands and more QSOs with DX and west coast
> US stations. This should not necessarily reduce low band activity (except
> in FL which does not include 80 or 160M).
>
> 73, John, K4BAI.
>
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