How about moving it around the first weekend in June
and encourage emergency power operations. Maybe as a
prep for Field Day.
Gary - WB4SQ
--- ku8e@bellsouth.net wrote:
> If you would move it a week earlier there would
> not be a conflict with any
> "major" contests. The only problem is that it would
> be a week after CQ WPX SSB.
> People might be too burned out to want to spend
> alot of time in GQP the next
> weekend. We would not want it moved up a week
> because it would conflict with
> the Michigan QSO party, which always has good
> activity. Having an operating
> period during Easter Sunday would probably not be a
> good idea.
>
> One way to fix this problem is to make GQP a 12
> hour contest like what
> many of the other QSO parties are going to. If it
> wasn't for the great mobile
> activity we get people would lose interest. There
> has always been complaints
> about the low amount of fixed activity from GA.
> Most people don't want to spend
> a whole weekend - unless they are having fun
> rovering - in a state QSO party.
>
> Another option (if we want to stay at 20 hours) is
> to have maybe a 4 hour period on Friday night -
> 0000-0400z and then maybe start up at 12:00 Z on
> Saturday morning and go to 0400Z (midnight). That
> would give you 4 hours Friday
> night and 16 hours on Saturday and still leave
> Sunday free for those who have other things going on
> during the weekend. That additional 4 hours Friday
> night would give us 4 hours of very good propagation
> - which would probably be a good thing. Any comments
> ???
>
> Jeff KU8E
>
>
>
> >
> > From: SavageBR@aol.com
> > Date: 2003/05/30 Fri AM 07:46:16 EDT
> > To: secc@contesting.com, sedxc@contesting.com
> > Subject: [SECC] GQP-2004
> >
> > Looking at the calendar, it appears the GQP will
> fall on Easter Sunday. This
> > year's GQP on Palm Sunday was a problem for some.
> Should we consider moving it
> > one week later in 2004?
> >
> > Bruce AA4Z
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