I'm not much of a QSO party participant. And thought that the KS qso
party would not be much of an event either when I signed up for a
special event callsign a couple of years back. So I was completely
shocked at just how busy the event turned out to be. Rates were amazing
and the depth of callers seemed endless. The 2nd year of participation
was similar. And here we are talking about Kansas - not nearly as
esoteric and rare as NE or perhaps even ND!
Credit for the interest in the KS QSO party, in my opinion, really rests
with the sponsor and the format. Bob W0BH has put a ton of work into
the event each year, has great awards and a very cool words-to-spell
challenge that attract quite a lot of participation.
A state QSO party seems to be one of those things that a single
committed individual with passion and drive can make an average event
into a great one, as Bob has proven in the couple of years I've been
privileged to participate.
Good luck!
73/jeff/ac0c
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
www.ac0c.com
On 4/7/20 8:17 AM, Stanley Zawrotny wrote:
Mike,
Many ops had dozens of contacts in the NEQP. Just because you were only able to make
two isn’t a good reason why NE should cancel the event.
Consider your location, propagation, etc.
Stan, K4SBZ
"Real radio bounces off the sky."
On Apr 6, 2020, at 7:03 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
Dick,
Since I had a bad case of uvulitis (not nearly as distinguished as it
sounds-horrible stuff) I was relegated to CW all weekend and added in the SP
DX. No SSB sprint for me.
Some of my favorite QSO parties are: 7QP and NEWENGLAND QSO Parties (and
FL-QP.let's be honest-activity is great in this one.
Anywhooo...I made similar comments on the groups.io QSO Party page that were
mostly met with indifference and some semi-snide remarks.
As one who tends to play in a lot of domestic contests, my take on this is,
I'd like to see a lot more states combine their efforts to the joy (I'm
sure) of all involved.
Although I did not participate full time, I was active for MANY HOURS this
w/e and made a whopping 2 QSO's in the NE QSO Party. Why? Why have a party
for 2 or 3 CW Q's? (I understand Rich/N0HJV did a bang up job on SSB, but I
couldn't do it..uvulitis.ugh
Anyways.try to get them on the same page as you've done in 7QP..better
yet..have an all 0-land QSO party.
That's the rub.getting everyone to see eye to eye.
I wish you luck. I'd campaign harder for it, but I'm not an American so all
I could do is show my remote support from up here, were we still have snow
(and more forecast for this week.)
Stay safe!
Mike VE9AA "NB"
I spent the weekend trying to work the NE MO LA and MS QSO parties,less the
SSB Sprint. It was very frustrating:
- Alt-F, 2 does not really work because there's four of them.
- You have to erase the entry window in order to change logs.
- After the database has more than a few QSOs/log it becomes sluggish to
swap logs and re-display the mult list. (or maybe that's just my video
card).
In my submission I suggested they think about doing a IN7QPNE-like option.
But it is a heavy lift. Each state needs to invent 5 character state/county
exchanges, define a common QSO format, and use a scoring program that
ignores non-counting contacts.
It's difficult but the reward is more participation; because, as a group,
they can reach "critical mass". This means the number of outside
participants could be nearly the same for each rather than being divided
among them.
--
Dick Frey, K4XU
7QP manager
Mike, Coreen & Corey
Keswick Ridge, NB
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