I read the following in a soapbox on the 3830 scores reflector... "Comments: Had a great time. Bands were not in the best of shape, but workable from SE Florida. Next time I will try using /4 as a lo
My recollection is that someone recommended calling CQ two different ways: CQ FL de <call> - you are out-of-state, looking for FL only CQ FQP de <call> - you are in-state, looking for anyone
Another method of calling CQ can give a clue also, "CQ FQP" generally tells me someone is in Florida (or whatever state) where "CQ FL" means you're in the contest but looking for Florida stations. Th
FL QP is different in that an out of state station can actually run FL stations to rate. I was doing this on Sunday when NQ4I called me, gave me 5nn GA, I gave him 5nn MA, and we both probably realiz
I would suggest that in state stations should not sign /CTY if they are not mobile or otherwise changing counties. Every time I hear that from a station that I do not think is a mobile, I have to che
Jim, "Better to sign W3WW/4 or W3WW/FL." This doesn't make any sense to me. W3WW/4 could be in any of the eight 4-land states. It doesn't tell me he's in Florida. W3WW/FL tells me he's a DX station i
W3WW would have no reason to sign /4 if he was in any of the seven 4-land states not the focus of the FQP. FL/W3WW would be a French Department. W3WW/FL would not. Sort of like W3WW/QRP. Who actually
I wonder did anyone else see a high number of individuals calling CQ FQP that were actually not in Florida? I think there was some confusion by a number of stations as to the difference between calli
If you log mobiles that sign as W4XXX/CTY as "W4XXX/CTY", then the logging sw will tell you if you worked W4XXX in county CTY: it will say "DUPE". -Rex K1HI Rex Lint Merrimack, NH --Ori
This correct... anyone outside of Florida that is in the FQP will appreciate anycall/county .. By adding the county abbreviation , it immediately says that he is indeed in Florida. Also it allows me
One good idea for mobile ops might be to adopt the CQ used by W4AN, which went something like this, as I recall: CQ FQP W4AN/M W4AN/cty It left no doubt to anyone that they were mobile and also what
if i am home i am w7dra. if i am not home i am w7dra/6, or 7, or 0, or kh6, or ve7, etc and still miss the 30 watt power limit in field day. that is jut the way it is mike w7dra _____________________
"...miss the 30 watt power limit in field day" What? I must have missed the memo. What's this limit? -Rex K1HI Rex Lint Merrimack, NH --Original Message-- From: cq-contest-bounces@conte
I might be missing something here but I certainly don't see anything wrong with rovers simply signing something like K0AD/DAK when they are roving. I have been doing that for years in MNQP. The loggi
In N1MM (and probably other programs), if a rover sends N2WN/GRA and you've worked N2WN already, say in AND, typing N2WN into the logging window shows a "dupe", but typing the county in will show tha
Al and others... I see three inter-related issues in the discussion regarding how to sign as a mobile. A procedure that is good for one area can have negative impact on another area(s). 1) How to des