[SEDXC] Re: [SECC] GQP-2004

[Gary McConville]

How about moving it around the first weekend in June
and encourage emergency power operations.  Maybe as a
prep for Field Day.

Gary - WB4SQ

--- ku8e at bellsouth.net wrote:
>    If you would move it a week earlier there would
> not be a conflict with any
>  "major" contests. The only problem is that it would
> be a week after CQ WPX SSB.
>  People might be too burned out to want to spend
> alot of time in GQP the next
>  weekend. We would not want it moved up a week
> because it would conflict with 
>  the Michigan QSO party, which always has good
> activity. Having an operating 
>  period during Easter Sunday would probably not be a
> good idea.
> 
>    One way to fix this problem is to make GQP a 12
> hour contest like what
>  many of the other QSO parties are going to. If it
> wasn't for the great mobile
>  activity we get people would lose interest. There
> has always been complaints
>  about the low amount of fixed activity from GA.
> Most people don't want to spend
>  a whole weekend - unless they are having fun
> rovering - in a state QSO party.
> 
>  Another option (if we want to stay at 20 hours) is
> to have maybe a 4 hour period on Friday night -
> 0000-0400z and then maybe start up at 12:00 Z on
> Saturday morning and go to 0400Z (midnight). That
> would give you 4 hours Friday
> night and 16 hours on Saturday and still leave
> Sunday free for those who have other things going on
> during the weekend. That additional 4 hours Friday
> night would give us 4 hours of very good propagation
> - which would probably be a good thing. Any comments
> ???
> 
>                           Jeff KU8E
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > From: SavageBR at aol.com
> > Date: 2003/05/30 Fri AM 07:46:16 EDT
> > To: secc at contesting.com,  sedxc at contesting.com
> > Subject: [SECC] GQP-2004
> > 
> > Looking at the calendar, it appears the GQP will
> fall on Easter Sunday. This 
> > year's GQP on Palm Sunday was a problem for some.
> Should we consider moving it 
> > one week later in 2004?
> > 
> > Bruce  AA4Z 
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