[CQ-Contest] multiple QSO parties

[Jeff Blaine]

I'm not much of a QSO party participant.  And thought that the KS qso 
party would not be much of an event either when I signed up for a 
special event callsign a couple of years back.  So I was completely 
shocked at just how busy the event turned out to be. Rates were amazing 
and the depth of callers seemed endless.  The 2nd year of participation 
was similar.  And here we are talking about Kansas - not nearly as 
esoteric and rare as NE or perhaps even ND!

Credit for the interest in the KS QSO party, in my opinion, really rests 
with the sponsor and the format.  Bob W0BH has put a ton of work into 
the event each year, has great awards and a very cool words-to-spell 
challenge that attract quite a lot of participation.

A state QSO party seems to be one of those things that a single 
committed individual with passion and drive can make an average event 
into a great one, as Bob has proven in the couple of years I've been 
privileged to participate.

Good luck!

73/jeff/ac0c
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
www.ac0c.com


On 4/7/20 8:17 AM, Stanley Zawrotny wrote:
> Mike,
>
> Many ops had dozens of contacts in the NEQP. Just because you were only able to make two isn’t a good reason why NE should cancel the event.
>
> Consider your location, propagation, etc.
>
> Stan, K4SBZ
>
> "Real radio bounces off the sky."
>
>> On Apr 6, 2020, at 7:03 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Dick,
>>
>>
>>
>> Since I had a bad case of uvulitis (not nearly as distinguished as it
>> sounds-horrible stuff) I was relegated to CW all weekend and added in the SP
>> DX.  No SSB sprint for me.
>>
>>
>>
>> Some of my favorite QSO parties are: 7QP and NEWENGLAND QSO Parties (and
>> FL-QP.let's be honest-activity is great in this one.
>>
>>
>>
>> Anywhooo...I made similar comments on the groups.io QSO Party page that were
>> mostly met with indifference and some semi-snide remarks.
>>
>>
>>
>> As one who tends to play in a lot of domestic contests, my take on this is,
>> I'd like to see a lot more states combine their efforts to the joy (I'm
>> sure) of all involved.
>>
>>
>>
>> Although I did not participate full time, I was active for MANY HOURS this
>> w/e and made a whopping 2 QSO's in the NE QSO Party.  Why? Why have a party
>> for 2 or 3 CW Q's? (I understand Rich/N0HJV did a bang up job on SSB, but I
>> couldn't do it..uvulitis.ugh
>>
>>
>>
>> Anyways.try to get them on the same page as you've done in 7QP..better
>> yet..have an all 0-land QSO party.
>>
>>
>>
>> That's the rub.getting everyone to see eye to eye.
>>
>>
>>
>> I wish you luck.  I'd campaign harder for it, but I'm not an American so all
>> I could do is show my remote support from up here, were we still have snow
>> (and more forecast for this week.)
>>
>>
>>
>> Stay safe!
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike VE9AA "NB"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I spent the weekend trying to work the NE MO LA and MS QSO parties,less the
>> SSB Sprint. It was very frustrating:
>>
>>
>>
>> - Alt-F, 2 does not really work because there's four of them.
>>
>> - You have to erase the entry window in order to change logs.
>>
>> - After the database has more than a few QSOs/log it becomes sluggish to
>> swap logs and re-display the mult list. (or maybe that's just my video
>> card).
>>
>>
>>
>> In my submission I suggested they think about doing a IN7QPNE-like option.
>> But it is a heavy lift. Each state needs to invent 5 character state/county
>> exchanges, define a common QSO format, and use a scoring program that
>> ignores non-counting contacts.
>>
>>
>>
>> It's difficult but the reward is more participation; because, as a group,
>> they can reach "critical mass". This means the number of outside
>> participants could be nearly the same for each rather than being divided
>> among them.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Dick Frey, K4XU
>>
>> 7QP manager
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike, Coreen & Corey
>>
>> Keswick Ridge, NB
>>
>>
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