Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best, and I think this simple idea is
wins on several levels.
It almost certainly increases participation from "casual passers-by" since
the exchange is consistent from weekend to weekend.
As Bob points out, it "untangles" the overlapping QP's simply.
It encourages multiple QPs on the same weekend, again likely increasing
participation.
And the advantages that Bob has already mentioned.
73, de Hans, K0HB
Just a boy and his radio.
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>
> I saw an early post in the 7QP soapbox[0] from Bob K0RC, and kind of
> thought it should see the light of comments from here. Quoting...
>
> > I propose the State QSO Party organizers begin serious consideration to
> > standardize their contest exchange. There are 39 different QSO Party
> > modules in my contesting program. One program author has discontinued
> > support for these parties because of the cost/benefit ratio can't be
> > justified. Support in the remaining programs is not stellar.
> >
> > A standard exchange of State + County by both in-state and out-of-state
> > participants would allow multiple QSO Parties to run during overlapping
> > time periods efficiently. Logs could be parsed and scored easily from
> > the 3,077 "entities" in the US. In addition, this sets the stage for
> > transporting the county information into your daily logging program.
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