[ILQSO] 8/CO mults

[John Geiger]

I have to agree with Jim on this one.  I had 7 8
county multiplier, and also just missed 4 or 5 more,
having 6 or 7 QSOs with those counties.  On the other
hand, I had a total of 1 QSO with Lake county!  Where
was all of the activity from there?  

Yes Cook county was very well represented, and if you
can find a way to get people from those highly
populated counties to get on 2 meter FM or 6 meters to
hand out contacts, please let me know.  We try that
for every VHF contest here, and we were successful in
one contest in getting the locals out.  By the next
contest they ignored emails, special awards for FM
operaters, etc.  I made a total of 1 QSO in the 6
meter sprint last weekend, after sending out emails to
all of the locals, etc.  

73s John NE0P


--- jim funk <jfunk@adams.net> wrote:
> Aw, Chuck...Chuck...CHUCK!!!  You need to beat the
> bushes and get more guys
> on from your area  :)
> 
> Also, while the guys in Chicago are moving locals to
> six meters, you can
> hunt down another mobile for an extra mult or two. 
> I'll bet you make more
> points by your maneuver than they do by theirs.
> 
> I wound up with 8 mults for 8-QSO counties and
> narrowly missed a few others.
> It made about a 9% increase in my score.  It would
> be interesting to
> calculate this for the various
> mobiles/portable/fixed stations.
> 
>  The Cook/Lake/DuPage bunch needs some incentive to
> get on the air, lest
> they get a complex from not being "rare".... :)  I
> personally think it's a
> sacrifice the rest of us can afford.  Plus it gives
> the log-checkers another
> way to earn their pay.  He He  (I'm KIDDING, Joe :)
> )
> 
> Just a think....
> 
> 73, Jim N9JF
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <KI9A@aol.com>
> To: <ilqso@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 2:31 PM
> Subject: [ILQSO] 8/CO mults
> 
> 
> > Just sitting here looking at my log.....tried to
> pass as many IL stations
> as
> > possible to gain the 8 per co mults. I did ok, had
> 7 of those, but...
> >
> > If X9XXX lives in Lake, Cook, or Dupage Co., I
> really think he has
> atvantage
> > by being able pass alot of guys thru 8 bands. Just
> think, pass 1 guy, both
> > modes, 2-160. Thats 2 easy extra mults. Do that a
> few times, & there is NO
> > way someone in a less populated area came even
> come close to compete. I
> > STRONGLY think the RAMS folks need to address this
> for 2003.
> >
> > This dawned on me a couple years ago, but just
> really thought about it
> alot
> > today. So far, I don't think anyone has taken
> advantage of these free
> mults
> > from up north, but it is possible, in the future,
> that it can happen.
> There
> > are a hams here in St.clair co that I can run thru
> 2-160, so don't get the
> > idea that I feel I'm getting the raw end of the
> deal. I'm thinking more
> about
> > the hams in counties that only have a handful of
> active guys in their
> county,
> > & the surrounding ones.
> >
> > FANTASTIC JOB BY THE MOBILES!!!! You folks make
> this a a contest that
> could
> > be very boring, into one that is a BLAST!!! Way to
> go, guys!
> >
> > 73-Chuck Ki9A
> >
> >
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