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 logging software I use (Writelog)
recognizes it as a unique station and does not list it as a dupe.
When I hear a station calling CQ W4XYZ/CTY it is clear to me that they are in
the state having the QSO party and what county they are in.
When MNQP first started, we had two character county designaters. We did get
some comments that signing something like K0AD/DL could give the impression you
are DX. But with 3 character designators, I think that problem goes away.
73,
AL, K0AD
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Chudek - K0RC <k0rc@citlink.net>
To: Jimk8mr@aol.com; mike@n0hi.net; cq-contest@contesting.com
Sent: Tue, Apr 27, 2010 10:45 pm
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] In-state stations in QSO Parties...
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
n Florida.
W3WW/FL tells me he's a DX station in a French Department somewhere or maybe
e's in Florida can't tell for sure.
W3WW/?? Slash anything, causes callsign synchronization issues when
ploading to eQSL or LoTW.
W3WW BRE tells me he is a station in Brevard county and YES I want to know
hat he hasn't moved to another county. As soon as I type his callsign, my
ontest software shows me all the contacts I have made with that station, no
atter which band, mode, or county.
73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
----- Original Message -----
rom: <Jimk8mr@aol.com>
o: <mike@n0hi.net>; <cq-contest@contesting.com>
ent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 8:34 PM
ubject: Re: [CQ-Contest] In-state stations in QSO Parties...
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 check to see if that
/CTY is
the same as when I worked him before.
Better to sign W3WW/4 or W3WW/FL.
73 - Jim K8MR
In a message dated 4/27/2010 7:36:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
mike@n0hi.net writes:
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 realized around the same
time, "oops...this one don't count!" Then Rick called me on phone a few
minutes later just to make sure.
The "CQ FQP" or "CQ FL" is a fine line...I thought stations signing with
their county in the CQ made things easier. The stations signing /county
added some confusion the first few times; maybe just "CQ FQP NA4XYZ BRE"
makes more sense.
In any case, it was fun.
--
Mike DeChristopher, N0HI
http://www.n0hi.net
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