[CQ-Contest] 2020 FQP - EXCITING LATE BREAKING SPECIAL Announcement!!!

[Gary K9GS]

How about allowing 80m QSOs?Once 20 and 40 go long it's harder to work FL from the Midwest. 73,Gary K9GS
-------- Original message --------From: Christopher Blake <cqdenx4n at gmail.com> Date: 4/22/20  1:12 PM  (GMT-06:00) To: Jim Janack <n2jj at ix.netcom.com> Cc: "George I. Wagner" <giwagner at k5kg.com>, "K1TO, Dan" <k1to at aol.com>, contest-update at arrl.org, Chris Plumblee <chris.plumblee at gmail.com>, "CQ-Contest at contesting.com" <cq-contest at contesting.com> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 2020 FQP - EXCITING LATE BREAKING SPECIAL
  Announcement!!! Jim,I believe the term Virtual is throwing some people.This is simply each trustee of a call in our program authorizing sevenControl Ops to operate that call from their home stations (each of in aunique county) on a rotating basis every hour.I am in HIL County, so all 10 VM Calls will be on the air from my home inHIL.  When it my turn to be the Control Op for K4OJ, I will be signingK4OJ/HIL for that hour.  Next hour, I may be operating K4KG/HIL, next hourN4TO/HIL and so on each hour.The other control ops will be doing the same.None of us are using the same VM call at the same time - If I am on usingK4OJ/HIL, no one else is using that call for that hour.Got it?So, this program will not fill in any imaginary counties - it will onlyallow more calls/counties in this program to be chased.The reason we call this Virtual Mobiles (VM) program is that, to theOut-of-Florida ops, they will see these 10 calls changing counties, similarto if they were mobiles.  They are not actually mobile though - justpassing call signs around among Control Ops.Hope this helps.vy 73/OJ,Chris, NX4NOn Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 1:50 PM Jim Janack <n2jj at ix.netcom.com> wrote:> Sounds nice. Any estimate when the virtual mobiles will activate> Washington county?>> Jim N2JJ>>> -----Original Message-----> >From: Christopher Blake <cqdenx4n at gmail.com>> >Sent: Apr 22, 2020 12:02 PM> >To: "CQ-Contest at contesting.com" <cq-contest at contesting.com>,> contest-update at arrl.org> >Cc: "George I. Wagner" <giwagner at k5kg.com>, "K1TO, Dan" <k1to at aol.com>,> Chris Plumblee <chris.plumblee at gmail.com>> >Subject: [CQ-Contest] 2020 FQP - EXCITING LATE BREAKING SPECIAL> Announcement!!!> >> >Hi FQP Mobile Chasers,> >> >We have a very exciting announcement to amp up the FQP fun for you!> >> >> >> >Do you want to chase '*VIRTUAL* Mobiles' in FQP?  *NO PROBLEM!*> >> >> >> >Please see below, and get ready for THE Party!> >> >> >> >*2020 FQP - So Bright, you gotta wear Shades! *> >> >😎> >> >> >> >Vy 73/OJ,> >> >Chris, NX4N> >> >FQP FIST of FURY> >> >*---------------------------------*> >> >> >> >*ANNOUNCEMENT - FAST & FURIOUS FUN!*> >> >*To partially fill the gap of our missing mobiles/expeditions this year,*> we> >have devised a special 2020 FQP limited> >> >*‘Virtual Mobiles’ program* for you to chase 10 ‘Virtual Mobiles’ (*VM*'s)> >around our state.> >> >Each of the VM’s will have a unique call and will be staffed in hourly> >rotations by fixed station control ops in different FL counties.> >> >For example:> >> >A VM with call K4OJ will be on air as:> >> >Hour 1 - K4OJ/HIL> >> >Hour 2 – K4OJ/MTE> >> >Hour 3 – K4OJ/MAO> >> >Etc.> >> >> >> >Another example VM with call NX4N will be on the air as:> >> >Hour 1 – NX4N/ORA> >> >Hour 2 – NX4N/LAK> >> >Hour 3 – NX4N/VOL> >> >Etc.> >> >And so on for each VM…> >> >> >> >Each VM will rotate through 7 unique counties throughout the contest. And> >there will be 10 unique VM’s-  that’s 10 unique calls each activating 7> >counties (3 calls will be silent each hour).   They will generally be> >available on both cw and phone and on multiple bands for each county.> >> >> >These are the VM's you can listen for as they change counties hourly:> >> >> >   - *K4KG*> >   - *K4OJ*> >   - *N4AO*> >   - *N4EEB *> >   - *N4KM*> >   - *N4TO*> >   - *NN4FL*> >   - *NX4N*> >   - *W4FCG*> >   - *W4WF*> >> >> >The beauty of this program is that it is run by real fixed stations giving> >out real county exchanges.> >> >For example, one hour I (NX4N) will be the Control Op for K4OJ at my home> >station in HIL, so for that hour I'll sign K4OJ/HIL.  The next hour I'll> be> >the Control Op for K4KG/HIL, and so on.  Each time I use a VM call I give> >out the County I'm in (HIL).  This happens in similar fashon for the other> >Control Ops in their own Counties.> >> >All QSO's with the VM's are from *valid Counties *and count for County> >awards and FQP scores.  While is doesn't replace the mobiles and the> >counties they cover, it will definitely give our Out-Of-State friends a> >more enhanced chase!> >> >> >The VM’s were designed with the sole purpose of making a great chase for> >*you*!  You will search and pounce these  stations just like you would> >regular mobiles, and their counties will count toward your final score and> >sweep.> >> >*Good Hunting in those fast and furious pileups!*> >_______________________________________________> >CQ-Contest mailing list> >CQ-Contest at contesting.com> >http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest>_______________________________________________CQ-Contest mailing listCQ-Contest at contesting.comhttp://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest