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

[Mike/W5JR]

Based on our N4N experience rovering, the number of Q’s really drops after 10p edt. Only the diehards are still chasing us in those last few counties before midnight. 


tnx
Mike / W5JR 
Alpharetta GA

> On Apr 2, 2020, at 11:38, Jeff Clarke <ku8e at ku8e.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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