Good point. How many across the nation and farther will be listening on day 2 only to find (perhaps) in the rules that day 2 is cancelled?  I understand the obvious need to scrub the rovers but why cancel day 2? Continuing the contest on Sunday will definitely bring more activity. 

Newt
N4EWT

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On Apr 7, 2020, at 7:17 AM, ku8e <ku8e@ku8e.com> wrote:


It's never too late with the internet and contest reflector. These aren't major rule changes but additions for this year. Besides most people don't really read the rules until maybe the day of the contest. I know this as a fact because of questions I get all the time that are spelled out in the rules that no one bothers to read.

It would be no problem to communicate on cq-contest if W4AN and W4NT were to be bonus stations.

Jeff



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-------- Original message --------
From: Chaz Cone <chaz@chazcone.com>
Date: 4/7/20 1:27 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: Jeff Clarke <ku8e@ku8e.com>
Cc: Mike - W5JR <w5jr.lists@gmail.com>, secc@contesting.com, w4gkf@chazcone.com
Subject: Re: [SECC] Ideas to Create More Activity in the Georgia QSO Party

I think it’s very late to make changes that will take effect in four days.  That’s just me…

C


On Apr 6, 2020, at 11:26 PM, Jeff Clarke <ku8e@ku8e.com> wrote:

Mike,

For fixed stations we presently only have Multi-Single. We can add Multi-2 back this year and keep it permanent if someone will sponsor the plaque.

Jeff

On 4/6/2020 10:05 PM, Mike - W5JR wrote:
I like the bonus station idea from the sponsoring club calls. 

As for “distributed” multi single, and multi 2, I noticed that there isn’t a Multi 2 category (or Multi Multi) in the current online rules. Is Multi 2 still a category? Our remote ops N4N effort can support M2 at the remote station without having to use two geographically separated stations. So, if M2 is going to be a category (or already is), we would probably operate this way, at least part of the time. During the really slow evening hours, I know I’ll be sending alternating CQ’s on multiple bands. 

These changes seem natural for the strange times we find ourselves in. 


tnx
Mike / W5JR / N4N GQP (multi something)
Alpharetta GA


On Apr 6, 2020, at 20:17, Jeff Clarke <ku8e@ku8e.com> wrote:


I've been thinking about a way to create more activity from fixed Georgia stations in the GQP to make up for the loss of rovers.  Here are a couple ideas :


1) Have GQP bonus stations that a QSO is worth 100 points. My idea is to have the GQP sponsors W4AN (the SECC club call) and W4NT (The SEDXC Club call) as bonus stations. These calls would be operated as Multi-Multi from different locations. To operate using one of these call signs you need to be a member of the respective club. Anyone who operates using one of these calls will need to reserve a band/mode beforehand so we have coordination that the call isn't being used at the same time on a band/mode. Here are the proposed available spots :

160 SSB  W4AN and W4NT

160 CW  W4AN and W4NT

75 SSB   W4AN and W4NT

80 CW   W4AN and W4NT

40 CW   W4AN and W4NT

40 SSB   W4AN and W4NT

20 CW   W4AN and W4NT

20 SSB   W4AN and W4NT

I would also ask that if you are interested in operating a bonus station that you are on the band/mode assigned to you when it's open. Since neither SECC or SEDXC are eligible for the club competition you can't counted the score towards a club score. Also note during the time when you aren't operating one of the bonus stations you can use your home call. We could also offer a certificate for anyone who works W4AN or W4NT on all of these band slots. I would also add that if you choose a spot make sure you have a good antenna on that band. We don't want someone using 100 watts and  dipole doing 20 meters. It would be better to have a station that has a Tribander/ KW or better as a minimum setup. Same for the lower bands. I would like everyone running a amp so out of state stations can her you well. this idea might generate some nice pileups for those who choose to participate.


2) Allow distributed multi-ops. They are allowing this for the Florida QSO Party (see https://floridaqsoparty.org/) this year. Right now we just have a Multi-Single category. For this year only we could add a Multi-2 category. So for example say you are operating one of the special 1x1 NFARL calls like N4N. If you are multi-single you could use this call with only one transmitted signal at a time from any station location in your county. For Multi-2 you could have two transmitted signals from two different stations at a time in your county. It's very important that you don't use the same call sign from two DIFFERENT counties.


For those of you that are worried about logging programs calculating scores incorrectly don't worry. I have my own program when I check logs that calculate scores. Also it will be easy to promote this on CQ-Contest before Saturday.

If anyone else has any other ideas to get more stations on the air during GQP please forward them to me. We can discuss this for a day or two and make a decision whether to move forward with these ideas. Any thoughts?


Jeff KU8E  GQP Director






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