[CQ-Contest] In-state stations in QSO Parties...

[Julius Fazekas]

Another method of calling CQ can give a clue also, "CQ FQP" generally tells me someone is in Florida (or whatever state) where "CQ FL" means you're in the contest but looking for Florida stations.

The nice thing about Bob's method, particularly in states that have a lot of mobiles running, is that you can tell where they are or even IF they are mobile/portable.

I'm curious, some of the mobiles end a contact with "QRZ de N2WN/M" or "CQ TQP de N2WN/GRA" or something equally long. Is this done so folks have time to log? Seems inefficient otherwise... I like to use "TU N2WN/GRA" with the thought that if someone botched the exchange, we don't have to play the repeat game and anyone stumbling on you knows exactly who and where. Of course, I'm a glutton for punishment as I run QRP mobile hihi

73,
Julius

Julius Fazekas
N2WN

Tennessee Contest Group
http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html
http://groups.google.com/group/tcg1?hl=en

Tennessee QSO Party
http://www.tnqp.org/

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--- On Mon, 4/26/10, Robert Chudek - K0RC <k0rc at citlink.net> wrote:

> From: Robert Chudek - K0RC <k0rc at citlink.net>
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] In-state stations in QSO Parties...
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Date: Monday, April 26, 2010, 6:14 PM
> I read the following in a soapbox on
> the 3830 scores reflector...
> 
> "Comments:
> 
> Had a great time. Bands were not in the best of shape, but
> workable from SE
> Florida. Next time I will try using /4 as a lot of folks
> were not sure I was in
> Florida. First FQP so I learned at least one thing...."
> 
> 
> The Florida QSO Party is probably the poster child of
> retired ham operators moving to Florida but retaining their
> non 4-land callsign. I am never confident enough to call a
> "non-4" station without waiting to hear at least one
> exchange. Unfortunately, that wastes a lot of time hanging
> around waiting for the verification.
> 
> The best CQ syntax I heard last weekend was one station
> appending the county abbreviation after sending his callsign
> the last time; i.e., "CQ MnQP CQ KØRC KØRC CHS". He didn't
> use the slash character, just a space and his county
> designator. His technique provided several benefits. First
> it identified he was indeed in Florida, not New Hampshire,
> and second it allowed me to check the county status in my
> logging software so I knew if he was a "new one" for me. It
> also eliminated any logging issues and QSO matching problems
> on eQSL or LoTW by not appending a /CTY to his root
> callsign.
> 
> This sounds like a lot of "wins" in my book. I hope his
> technique catches on with more QSO Party participants. 
> 
> 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
> 
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