[FARC] Contesting

[Joseph M. Durnal]

Hi Kirk,

Many contests and QSO parties include a serial number as part of the exchange.

In general, you don't have to be in the state to participate in the
QSO party, so the Ohio station may have been participating as well,
with the goal of contacting as many Michigan stations as he could.

The MDC QSO party is a blast!  Last year I answered plenty of stations
out of Maryland calling CQ looking for MD contacts for the QSO party.

http://www.w3cwc.org/2008rules.html

I normally do this from the club station.

73 de Joseph Durnal NE3R

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 8:18 AM,  <kirktal7237 at msn.com> wrote:
> Ok, I'll try "contesting" as a subject line.
>
> Questions to the group regarding a Ham radio H F  Q S O  p a r t y.
>
> Saturday afternoon on 40 meters I heard the following exhange:
>
> "CQ CQ CQ this is KXXXXX for the Michigan QSO party QRZed."
>
> "KXXXXX this is WYYYYY you are 59 in Ohio."
>
> "WYYYYY this is KXXXXX roger 59 in Ohio.  I have you 109 on the list."
>
> "KXXXXX this is WYYYYY roger I have you as 213 on the list, 73 and good luck."
>
> The question I have regarding this exchange is what do the phrases, "I have you 109 on the list," and "I have you 213 on the list," mean?  I realize that the folks in Michigan running the Q S O  p a r t y might keep a numbered list of all their contacts, but what was the guy in Ohio doing?
>
> 73 and always perplexed
> KB3ONM
> Kirk
>
>
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