Jim,
I concur. In the Florida QSO Party, I could stay home and boom out with
1,500 watts, but instead, I get in my Winnebago Travato van conversion and
operate from the more rare states. I usually operate concurrently as a POTA
station in a state park. I have also traveled to NC, SC, GA and AL to
activate POTA sites during those state QSO parties. The pileups are small,
but I am making others happy with rare counties. The combination of POTA
with state QSO parties is great.
__________
Stan, K4SBZ
On Sun, Sep 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
wrote:
> On 9/12/2025 1:25 PM, Gerry Hull wrote:
> > [It is very hard to win the contest from VY1 -- not enough prop, must
> have
> > a huge station.
>
> The whole point of lighting up rare and difficult multipliers is just
> that -- making the contest more fun for everyone. And being rare DX is a
> ton of fun -- for the last 15 years, I've been part of teams that light
> up rare counties for CQP, and for 10 years, for 7QP. Over the years, my
> teammates have included K6SRZ, W6JTI, NI6T, W6GJB, N6NUL, N6RNO, WN6A,
> K6MI. NCCC sponsors CQP, and a major goal is to have viable operations
> in every county on both modes. In CQP, we operate as W6BX or KU6W; in
> 7QP, we grab a 1x1 7-call. k9yc.com/7QP.pdf shows W6GJB contesting
> trailer and how we've used it to light up as many as six counties.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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