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

[aldewey at aol.com]

I might be missing something here but I certainly don't see anything wrong with rovers simply signing something like K0AD/DAK when they are roving.  I have been doing that for years in MNQP.  The logging software I use (Writelog) recognizes it as a unique station and does not list it as a dupe.

When I hear a station calling CQ W4XYZ/CTY it is clear to me that they are in the state having the QSO party and what county they are in.

When MNQP first started, we had two character county designaters.  We did get some comments that signing something like K0AD/DL could give the impression you are DX.  But with 3 character designators, I think that problem goes away.

73,

AL, K0AD





-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Chudek - K0RC <k0rc at citlink.net>
To: Jimk8mr at aol.com; mike at n0hi.net; cq-contest at contesting.com
Sent: Tue, Apr 27, 2010 10:45 pm
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] In-state stations in QSO Parties...


Jim,
"Better to sign W3WW/4 or W3WW/FL."
This doesn't make any sense to me.
W3WW/4 could be in any of the eight 4-land states. It doesn't tell me he's 
n Florida.
W3WW/FL tells me he's a DX station in a French Department somewhere or maybe 
e's in Florida can't tell for sure.
W3WW/?? Slash anything, causes callsign synchronization issues when 
ploading to eQSL or LoTW.
W3WW BRE tells me he is a station in Brevard county and YES I want to know 
hat he hasn't moved to another county. As soon as I type his callsign, my 
ontest software shows me all the contacts I have made with that station, no 
atter which band, mode, or county.
73 de Bob - KØRC in MN

----- Original Message ----- 
rom: <Jimk8mr at aol.com>
o: <mike at n0hi.net>; <cq-contest at contesting.com>
ent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 8:34 PM
ubject: Re: [CQ-Contest] In-state stations in QSO Parties...

I would suggest that in state stations should not sign  /CTY if they  are
 not mobile or otherwise changing counties. Every time I hear that from a
 station that I do not think is a mobile, I have to check to see if that 
 /CTY is
 the same as when I worked him before.

 Better to sign W3WW/4 or W3WW/FL.

 73  -  Jim  K8MR



 In a message dated 4/27/2010 7:36:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
 mike at n0hi.net writes:

 FL QP is  different in that an out of state station can actually run FL
 stations to  rate.  I was doing this on Sunday when NQ4I called me, gave 
 me
 5nn GA,  I gave him 5nn MA, and we both probably realized around the same
 time,  "oops...this one don't count!"  Then Rick called me on phone a  few
 minutes later just to make sure.

 The "CQ FQP" or "CQ FL" is a  fine line...I thought stations signing with
 their county in the CQ made  things easier.  The stations signing /county
 added some confusion the  first few times; maybe just "CQ FQP NA4XYZ BRE"
 makes more sense.

 In  any case, it was fun.

 -- 
 Mike DeChristopher,  N0HI
 http://www.n0hi.net



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