[SECC] [sedxc] GQP Observation.....

[Ben Coleman NJ8J]

On 4/11/2016 07:19 PM, Bill Wilson via SECC wrote:
> I didn’t work one station for several hours in the contest because I
> thought he was not in GA……I finally got curious because of his signal
> strength on 40 in the middle of the day and looked him up on QRZ.com to
> find out he was in Cobb County

That sounds like it might have been me, except that on both days, I
wasn't on 40 until after 2200Z.  I was pretty much following the current
instructions, that in-GA stations call 'CQ GQP', and out-of-GA stations
call 'CQ GA'.  'CQ GQP' *should* be a primary indicator that the caller
is in-GA.  I did have a handful of people ask 'in GA?' before calling me.

Of course, I was running CW, on a straight key, which at my age is hard
on the keying arm.  I *really* didn't want to make the CQ any longer.

Ben
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