[CQ-Contest] State QSO party questions

[Jim Smith]

Florida without a doubt.  Why?  The never ending promotion of it by 
K4OJ.  (Still hard
to mention his call without tearing up a little.)

The items mentioned below are also a big part of it.

What makes a good one?  Some top of the head thoughts

Most, if not all, counties on the air.

Lots of mobiles - they're what make it so much fun

Clear rules.

Points/mults structure which fits in with contest logging programs

A designated window on each band for the mobiles to run in so you know 
where to find them.

Mobile itineraries published ahead of time so they can be plotted on a 
state county map
before the start of the contest.

Rules designed to encourage the mobiles to work out of state folks 
instead of just
working each other on 75/40 during the day.

A point of contact in case rules clarification is needed.

FQP does all of these.

Hope you get lots of responses

73,	Jim Smith	VE7FO
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> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:22:01 -0700 (PDT)
> From: John Geiger <n5ten at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] State QSO party questions
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> Here are a couple of questions to obtain a completely
> non-scientific, unreliable poll about state QSO
> parties for an article I am writing.  I would
> appreciate feedback if you feel so moved.
> 
> Here are the questions:
> 
> 1. Other than your own (which you should be horribly
> biased in favor of), what is your favorite state QSO
> party?
> 
> 2. In your opinion, what makes a good state QSO party.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any answers I receive.
> 
> 73s John W5TD
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