[CQ-Contest] Repeating an idea from the 7QP soapbox...

[hank k8dd]

That is almost logical enough that it could work!
And use one standard county list - The MARAC list is probably the 'standard'

because they were probably around before a lot of the state QSO Parties!

RST, ST:county is probably the nicest format.  Or just use RST, Number,
ST:county
for the ones who have to use a number rather than an RST!

73    Hank    K8DD


On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 10:18 PM, K0HB <k-zero-hb at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best, and I think this simple idea is
> wins on several levels.
>
> It almost certainly increases participation from "casual passers-by" since
> the exchange is consistent from weekend to weekend.
>
> As Bob points out, it "untangles" the overlapping QP's simply.
>
> It encourages multiple QPs on the same weekend, again likely increasing
> participation.
>
> And the advantages that Bob has already mentioned.
>
> 73, de Hans, K0HB
> Just a boy and his radio.
>
>
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> >
> > I saw an early post in the 7QP soapbox[0] from Bob K0RC, and kind of
> > thought it should see the light of comments from here.  Quoting...
> >
> > > I propose the State QSO Party organizers begin serious consideration
> to
> > > standardize their contest exchange. There are 39 different QSO Party
> > > modules in my contesting program. One program author has discontinued
> > > support for these parties because of the cost/benefit ratio can't be
> > > justified. Support in the remaining programs is not stellar.
> > >
> > > A standard exchange of State + County by both in-state and
> out-of-state
> > > participants would allow multiple QSO Parties to run during
> overlapping
> > > time periods efficiently. Logs could be parsed and scored easily from
> > > the 3,077 "entities" in the US. In addition, this sets the stage for
> > > transporting the county information into your daily logging program.
>
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