[CQ-Contest] Fwd: Important Update for the 2020 Georgia QSO Party

[Jeff Clarke]

Jim,

I would consider that for GQP but I don't know that I have time to get 
the word out in time since it's only 9 days away.

I know it's been discussed before and rejected but allowing 80 meters in 
the FQP for just this year might be a good idea. Maybe even allow 160 
meters as well. I'm afraid that activity is going to be way down without 
having mobiles to chase around. I just updated my GQP activity map on 
the web page yesterday and we went from over 2/3 of the GA counties 
covered to less than 1/3 because I removed the planned mobile/portable 
operations.  Ouch that hurts ! Plus it didn't help that GQP falls on 
Easter weekend this year.

Jeff

On 4/2/2020 10:23 AM, James Cain wrote:
> I have some ideas for last-minute rules changes that might help a little in
> salvaging the GA and FL QSO parties.
>
> 1. Shorten the events to one day, Saturday, maybe 1200Z to 0100Z or
> something like that.
>
> 2. Announce 15 and 10 Meter "meeting times" for in-state stations to check
> those bands. It would help everybody catch any sporadic E skip and in-state
> stations might be able to work some ground wave. The old ARRL CD Parties
> used this trick and it really did work.
>
> 3. In the case of the Florida QP, allow 80 Meter QSOs to count.
>
> K1TN
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