Hi Ted,
If this is to be the attitude, I think QSO parties are going to lose a
lot of support out here. That may not matter to you, but it is a major
disappointment for those of us who enjoy it. Here's what an OT posted
on the NCCC reflector reporting his TNQP score:
Other than MIQP, I'm about to give up on eastern QSO parties.
In-state turnout is really poor, and they QSY to 40 to run up their
own scores with the east coast stations while the sun is still high in
the sky out here on the western frontier. Throw a party and then
abandon a bunch of your guests ... seems a bit rude.
This is from a guy who, like me, has been part of at least a dozen
expeditions to light up rare counties for CQP and 7QP. Out here, these
expeditions require major efforts equal to or greater than the serious
/M efforts by teams led by guys like W0BH and K4BAI. We typically drive
200 miles or more each way to a a site where we set up antennas good
enough to put decent signals into the east coast on all the contest
bands except 160. And these locations must be scouted. N6RNO spent an
entire weekend finding what turned out to be a great site in Tehama Co.
W6GJB, W6JTI, and I spent four days making three round trips across NV
to light up 7 counties in 7QP. We spent five days doing it in UT. Note
that the NV border is 6 hours away, and UT is more like 14 hours. We're
thinking about ID and eastern OR for next year.
73, Jim K9YC
On 9/4/2017 1:06 PM, Ted Bryant wrote:
In the afternoon we always try spend some time on 40 and 20m from each
county. But it's a numbers game, Jim. And I know you're aware of this.
Around 23z, 80m begins to come alive for the mobiles here, especially in
Eastern TN. Also around that time the skip on 20m gets very long. There
are a lot of unanswered CQ's and it just cannot support the activity to
compare with 40 or 80m. And in a short contest like this, rate is key.
Thank you for the many QSO's yesterday, wish it could have been even more.
73, Ted W4NZ
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From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim
Brown
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2017 7:47 PM
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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Tennessee QSO Party 2017 - Sunday September 3
It's not much fun when one of the two mobiles abandons 20M hours before the
band closes and doesn't show up on 20 in several counties before that. I
gave up around 23Z, and won't bother to submit a log.
73, Jim K9YC
On 9/1/2017 10:27 AM, Ted Bryant wrote:
With all the contest activity this weekend and being a holiday weekend
as well, don't forget that we're having a party in Tennessee, the
Tennessee QSO Party - on Sunday after things have calmed down a bit.
Don't shut your radio off, come join us. Chase the mobiles across
the Tennessee hillsides through our 95 counties. The party is only
540 minutes (9 hrs) long so it should be fast-paced, non-stop action.
Awards for those who make 100 QSO's or more.
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