In addition to Rick's suggestions -
1) Add a rover category - This would be different from the mobile
category where you have mobile antennas. You would drive between different
counties , stop setup a temporary antenna - for example a dipole on a mast.
No QSO's allowed when driving between your operating sites. This would
encourage more SSB operation from rare counties because these stations would
have better antennas. There would be some strategy involved to pick the
right route to put on the most counties on the air. Most of the current
rovers (i.e mobiles) don't bother with SSB with the current rules because
you have better rate on CW when you are zipping thru your counties. Also
some people might not want to put mobile antennas on their car.
2) In addition to states/VE as multipliers add GA counties as
multipliers for GA stations. Maybe also DX counties as well (Like FQP).
Keep it the same for out of state - counties per mode. I wouldn't do
multipliers per band like Rick suggested because that would give an
advantage to someone who is in the right skip zone to work GA on the high
bands.
3) As Rick mentioned there are plaques for categories that there are
very few stations or none at all. Maybe reevaluate the categories. If
someone has already paid for these plaques for 2012 and no one entered that
category why not donate that money for WRTC 2014, which is a worthy cause.
I also made a suggestion to K4BAI that when the scores are published sort
them by score - by both in-state and out-of- state not by call sign.
Kudos to Norm and the GQP team for getting people on the air. They
obviously worked with the clubs around GA to encourage their members to get
on the air. I bet half of my QSO's on 40 SSB were with GA stations who
normally don't work contests. Sounds like many GA clubs are making GQP a
club activity which is great.
Jeff KU8E
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