[SCCC] Maine QSO Party question

[Bob Grubic]

Yes, Bruce. It's especially noteworthy to see how many logs were received
each year and from whom/where.

2013 to 2019 results are listed on their website. Maybe people don't really
read the rules.  :|

73,
Bob NC6Q

On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 6:01 PM Bruce Horn <bhorn at hornucopia.com> wrote:

> I think it's unfortunate that the MEQP organizers have chosen rules that
> make it essentially an NAQP, but with two modes and all countries available
> as mults, not just NA. As Dennis points out, you don't have to have any
> QSOs with Maine stations. In the past, participation has been very small
> (41 entries in 2019) so the unique rules didn't have much effect.
> Particularly, since as the organizers point out, many entrants only
> submitted QSOs with ME stations. With the extreme interest in state QSO
> parties as the result of the SQP Challenge this year, this has the
> potential of being a farce. Despite its name, it's not a state QSO party.
>
> 73 de Bruce, WA7BNM   (bhorn at hornucopia.com)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis Younker" <NE6I at cox.net>
> To: "SCCC Reflector" <SCCC at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 4:07:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [SCCC] Maine QSO Party question
>
> I confirmed this with Tim, KB1HNZ this afternoon. It's a work the world
> contest, even for out of staters. Maine QSOs do count double but you don't
> actually have to have any Maine stations in the log! Pretty unique state
> QSO
> Party!
>
> --Dennis NE6I
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SCCC <sccc-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Bob Grubic
> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2020 8:32 PM
> To: Ryan Noguchi <ai6do at yahoo.com>
> Cc: Southern California Contest Club SCCC <SCCC at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [SCCC] Maine QSO Party question
>
> Ryan, thank you for that. Most enlightening.
>
> 73,
> Bob NC6Q
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2020, 8:04 PM Ryan Noguchi via SCCC <sccc at contesting.com>
> wrote:
>
> > > Multipliers are the same for all participants. Can that be?
> > ...> What
> > > happens when a CA station works the Maine QSO Party? Do you also work
> > other
> > > U.S. states, Canadian provinces, and other DX entities since they are
> > also
> > > multipliers? Is it sort of a free for all, but akin to the NAQP? Seems
> > like it. From the 2019 results page (http://www.ws1sm.com/MEQP-2019.html
> )
> > as well as results pages going back as far as 2016:
> > "We continue to see a number of log entries that ONLY include QSOs with
> > Maine stations. The rules allow all QSOs during the contest period to be
> > scored, as long as a proper exchange is made between the two stations.
> This
> > means many of the entrants could've had significantly higher scores had
> > they included their other QSOs!"
> >
> >
> > 73, Ryan AI6DO
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