[SECC] SC QSO Party Results

[John Laney]

Nothing is "wrong" with allowing multiplier credit for in state counties 
for in state stations.  Some QSO parties do exactly that.  What it does, 
however, is change the character of the QSO party.  Activity on the 
higher bands is significantly decreased, thereby reducing activity from 
DX and farther away US stations.  Activity on low bands is increased and 
often occurs during daylight hours between in state stations who are 
hearing only each other.  That keeps these stations away from the higher 
bands.  There will be a lot of in-state stations who go around calling 
other in-state stations for county multipliers and never call CQ, 
thereby never giving out-of-state stations a chance to work them.

So, we have chosen in FL, GA, SC, TN, AL, etc. to be more outward 
looking in our QSO parties.  We allow the state to count as a multiplier 
for in-state stations, but in order to get more than one mult (or one 
mult per mode), in-state stations must work out of state stations, 
thereby resulting in more activity  on the higher bands and more QSOs 
with DX and west coast US stations. This should not necessarily reduce 
low band activity (except in FL which does not include 80 or 160M).

73, John, K4BAI.