[SECC] GQP Activity Update

[ku8e]

Hi All,

The county list for the GQP is filling up very nicely... and we haven't even
heard from
GQP rover veterans K4BAI, N4PN and NY4N what their routes will be. Anyone
 in FLA who is interested is also invited to join in on the fun...

  Please encourage your local radio club members to participate. The more
activity the more
fun it will be for all. We need to keep the interest up from out of state in
operating our QSO
party. One way to do this is to have lots of rovers covering the state.
Georgia has the 2nd most
number of counties behind Texas , which has 254.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Georgia
There are plenty of  rare and avaliable counties to make everyone want to
work you.  A rover pileup is almost as good as it gets...
not too far off from a big pileup when operating  from the Carribean.

It doesn't take much to go rovering... just a radio that will operate on 12
volts from your car battery and some type of antenna.
Mike. NE4S, might want to clarify the rover rules . There is nothing in the
rules that say your antenna has to be connected to your
car.  So technically you could drive to a county, setup a small portable
pushup mast with antenna OR throw an antenna temporarily
into a tree and operate.  My friend K8MR did this succesfully in the PA QSO
Party. The only qualification is that you operate from at least two
counties.

If you can't go rovering....Fixed activity is important as well. If you are
a fixed station don't just sit on 20 meters. Try to work as
many bands/modes (CW/SSB) as possible.  Try 40 meters during the day to work
the close in guys from FL,AL and TN... There is a potential for
lots of QSO's from those close in states.

Again ... our number one objective is to keep up the interest for those
participants from outside of Georgia.

Please email me any activity updates. I will update the spreadsheet and get
Mike to add it to the GQP webpage.


73, Jeff  KU8E




APPL Appling KN4Y/m                        JFDA Jeff Davis KN4Y/m
ATKN Atkinson                                     JEFF Jefferson
BACN Bacon                                        JENK Jenkins K4BG
BAKR Baker KN4Y/m                         JOHN Johnson
BALD Baldwin NO5W/m                     JONE Jones
BANK Banks NO5W/m                       LAMA Lamar
BARR Barrow                                      LANI Lanier KN4Y/m
BART Bartow                                      LAUR Laurens NO5W/m
BENH Ben Hill KN4Y/m                     LEE Lee KN4Y/m
BERR Berrien                                      LIBE Liberty
BIBB Bibb NO5W/m                          LINC Lincoln
BLEC Bleckley                                    LONG Long
BRAN Brantley                                    LOWN Lowndes KF4GTA, KN4Y/m
BROK Brooks KN4Y/m                     LUMP Lumpkin
BRYN Bryan                                       MCDU McDuffie
BULL Bulloch NO5W/m, K4BG         MCIN McIntosh
BURK Burke K4BG                           MACO Macon
BUTT Butts                                         MADI Madison NO5W/m
CALH Calhoun KN4Y/m                    MARI Marion
CMDN Camden                                 MERI Meriweather W4AN/m, NO5W/m
CAND Candler NO5W/m                  MILL Miller KC4HW, KN4Y/m
CARR Carroll NO5W/m                    MITC Mitchell KN4Y/m
CATO Catoosa NO5W/m                 MNRO Monroe
CHAR Charlton                                 MONT Montgomery
CHTM Chatham NO5W/m, KT4ZB MORG Morgan NO5W/m
CHAT Chattahoochee                       MURR Murray NO5W/m
CHGA Chattooga NO5W/m             MUSC Muscogee K4BAI
CHER Cherokee  N4GG, K4EA      NEWT Newton
CLKE Clarke NO5W/m                  OCON Oconee NO5W/m
CLAY Clay KN4Y/m                      OGLE Oglethorpe
CLTN Clayton                                 PAUL Paulding
CLCH Clinch KN4Y/m                    PEAC Peach
COBB Cobb NE4S,NA4BW,NJ8J PICK Pickens
COFF Coffee KN4Y/m                   PIER Pierce KN4Y/m
COLQ Colquitt KN4Y/m                PIKE Pike W4AN/m
COLU Columbia                             POLK Polk NO5W/m
COOK Cook                                 PULA Pulaski
COWE Coweta W4AN/m, NO5W/m       PUTN Putnam NO5W/m
CRAW Crawford NO5W/m         QUIT Quitman
CRIS Crisp                                    RABU Rabun NO5W/m
DADE Dade NO5W/m                 RAND Randolph KN4Y/m
DAWS Dawson                            RICH Richmond
DECA Decatur KC4HW, KN4Y/m      ROCK Rockdale
DKLB DeKalb K2UFT                        SCHL Schley
DODG Dodge                                     SCRE Screven K4BG
DOOL Dooly                                       SEMI Seminole KC4HW, KN4Y/m
DHTY Dougherty KN4Y/m                 SPAL Spalding
DOUG Douglas                                   STEP Stephens NO5W/m
EARL Early KC4HW, KN4Y/m         STWT Stewart KN4Y/m
ECHO Echols                                     SUMT Sumter KN4Y/m
EFFI Effingham AA4Z, K4BG            TLBT Talbot W4AN/m
ELBE Elbert                                       TALI Taliaferro
EMAN Emanuel NO5W/m                 TATT Tattnall
EVAN Evans NO5W/m                      TAYL Taylor NO5W/m
FANN Fannin NE4S, NO5W/m          TELF Telfair
FAYE Fayette                                      TERR Terrell
FLOY Floyd NO5W/m                        THOM Thomas KN4Y/m
FORS Forsyth WA4VJC                      TIFT Tift KN4Y/m
FRAN Franklin                                      TOOM Toombs
FULT Fulton AE4Y,WB4SQ                TOWN Towns NO5W/m
GILM Gilmer NO5W/m                        TREU Treutlen NO5W/m
GLAS Glascock                                    TROU Troup W4AN/m, NO5W/m
GLYN Glynn                                         TURN Turner
GORD Gordon                                      TWIG Twiggs
GRAD Grady KN4Y/m                        UNIO Union NO5W/m
GREE Greene                                        UPSO Upson W4AN/m, NO5W/m
GWIN Gwinnett                                    WLKR Walker NO5W/m
HABE Habersham NO5W/m                WALT Walton
HALL Hall                                            WARE Ware KN4Y/m
HANC Hancock                                   WARR Warren
HARA Haralson NO5W/m                  WASH Washington
HARR Harris W4AN/m, KU8E           WAYN Wayne KN4Y/m
HART Hart   WEBS                            Webster KN4Y/m
HEAR Heard W4AN/m, NO5W/m     WHEE Wheeler
HNRY Henry                                      WHIT White N4NX
HOUS Houston                                   WFLD Whitfield NO5W/m
IRWI Irwin KN4Y/m                           WCOX Wilcox
JACK Jackson NO5W/m, K4PIC        WILK Wilkes
JASP Jasper                                         WKSN Wilkinson NO5W/m
                                                             WORT Worth