[SCCC] Ohio QSO Party

[Timothy Coker]

I did exactly like Dennis mentioned... talk about a rate killer. It did work
just fine though and I was easily able to see what the county mults were.
On Aug 28, 2011 5:50 PM, "Dennis Younker NE6I" <ne6i at cox.net> wrote:
> Bob,
>
> This question came up on the CQ-CONTEST reflector, and there is an easier
> way to do all three contests on the same weekend. Using N1MM software,
> simply open different logs in the same database, using one log per
contest.
> As you work stations during the weekend, open the appropriate log, enter
the
> QSO and press <enter>. Voila! I didn't try it but that's how it was
> described. Seems like it should work fine.
>
> By the way, I heard some Europeans calling CQ TEST as well. I think they
> were in the YO Contest. So you could have done Four contests this weekend,

> hi!
>
> 73, Dennis
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <RGrubic at aol.com>
> To: <sccc at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 4:47 PM
> Subject: [SCCC] Ohio QSO Party
>
>
>>
>> Name of Contest: Ohio QSO Party
>> Call: NC6Q
>> Operator(s): NC6Q
>> Station:NC6Q
>> Class: Low Power
>> QTH: NC6Q
>> Category: CW only
>> Summary
>> Band QSOs Counties
>> --------------------------------------------
>> 80
>> 40
>> 20
>> 15 2 2
>> 10
>> --------------------------------------------
>> 2 2 Totals
>> Total Score: 8
>> Ah-ha Moments: 1
>> Club: Southern California Contest Club
>> Comments: The propagation gods did not look down favorable on my indoor
>> attic dipole this time. As I sat and tuned and listened to Kansas QSO
>> Party
>> (CQ KQP...) and Hawaii QSO Party (CQ HQP...) hams call CQ with their
>> propagation coming in and out, but could NOT hear Ohio QSO Party hams
>> calling, it
>> dawned on me: why not work all three QSO Parties at the same time? Make a
>> better day of it. But how to log? Did the N1MM logger hold the answer?
>> Everyone seems to use it. (I was using the N3FJP software. And they
>> didn't even
>> offer the Kansas QSP or Hawaii QSP logging.)
>> So with rear still in seat, headphones on, and hand spinning dial, I
>> downloaded N1MM logger, and its documentation, and read most of it, and
>> installed it, and played around with it (still hearing no OQP come my
>> way). I even
>> did some experimenting with the county list of one of the STATE QSPs. The
>> program logger will not allow you to enter a QSO with the "wrong" county
>> abbreviation, BUT if you change the list by adding the counties of all
>> the
>> other QSPs you'd like to work, presto! You can enter them all into one
>> log.
>> Just use sequential numbering the whole day and your QSOs will match the
>> other QSOs in their log. I'd have to calculate my score manually, but
>> I'll work
>> on just how to do that later. Or not--wait to hear back from the states
>> what my score came out to be.
>> Then (after googling more on all this and still listening for Ohio to
>> come
>> in) on someone's website I read the suggestion to simply send each state
>> your entire log that you have (ahem) "amassed" and they will sort out
>> their
>> appropriate QSOs in the process. You could beforehand edit the header of
>> each one to match the state you're sending it to.
>> So next year, I hope to work all three QSO parties on the same day and
>> see
>> what happens. And maybe even look for other "multiple" QSO Party weekends
>> and try it out--practice run or real thing if it works out well.
>> Does anyone see any flaws in this still evolving ideal? I'd appreciate
>> the
>> input.
>> I pulled the plug early and couldn't decide if I had had a good time or
>> not. Well, I'm now finally getting into the N1MM logger. What a spiffy
>> program.
>>
>> 73,
>> Bob, NC6Q
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