[Elecraft] EQP rules

[Bob Patten]

Dave Sergeant wrote:

>The contest occurs on the same weekend as the RSGB Commonwealth 
>contest (BERU) which runs from 1000z Saturday 11th to 1000z on the 
>Sunday. I know this has no relevance for those who are not in the 
>Commonwealth as they cannot have QSOs anyway, but it will certainly 
>reduce participation in G land and VE/VK/ZL. BERU is a contest I 
>usually dabble in as it allows me to work a few of the rarer 
>countries. So for yet another year I will not be taking part in EQP.
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It is also on the same weekend as the SOC Marathon Sprint and they also 
overlap.  If you look at a complete contest calendar,
you will find that there are multiple contests on every weekend of the 
year.  For the past two years, I've participated in both the
EQP and SOC contests, giving out info for both during the time they 
overlap.  I've done the same in other contests that overlap.
While it can be a bit confusing if the exchanges differ drastically, it 
always seems to work well for me.  I seriously doubt that the
EQP will reduce participation in the BERU.  What is the exchange and how 
difficult would it be to participate in both?

>Sending S/P/C is fine for USA/Canada, elsewhere sending the Country 
>is total redundancy as it can nearly always be deduced from the 
>callsign. This is the silly anomaly which has grown into the CQ 160 
>contest these days, when the exchange is totally meaningless. Please 
>make it S/P with nothing needed to be sent if you are not USA/Canada.
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Agree that it is redundant, but no harm to include it for consistancy.  
RST is also (usually) redundant since almost everyone
sends 599 - but (usually) more meaningful when one or both stations in a 
QSO are QRP.  Think of both as "place holders"
for an exchange of three pieces of info.

>The suggested frequencies are in line with the USA bandplans. Note 
>that in region 1 7030 is the international QRP frequency and above 
>7040 is used by SSB. Only a few countries have access above 7100.
>  
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I've received one other comment on this, along with a complete copy of 
the Region 1 bandplan.
I'll be taking a serious look at the "suggested frequencies" and post 
more later.

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73,     Bob Patten, N4BP                Plantation, FL

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