[ILQSO] County Activation for 2004 and beyond

Fri, 17 Oct 2003 11:17:32 -0500

I'll second Harold's suggestions! Also would suggest changing the starting
time of the contest to 1700Z, Noon CDST. Length of the event would still be
8 hours. Allows the portable guys to tear down and be home at a reasonable
hour as well as allowing the mobiles that got lost to find their way home
before midnight.

Pete, NN9K

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Behalf Of Harold Burt
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 10:39 AM
To: ILLQSO Party
Subject: [ILQSO] County Activation for 2004 and beyond

Suggestions for 2004 and beyond

If we are to get mobile operations to activate many counties,  we need to
incent the contestants.  The rules once gave a bonus for each county that a
mobile operator made 10 QSOs from. Reactivating this rule will incent
itinerary planners to find a route that activates many more counties.

Also, limiting mobile operations to a maximum of two counties at any one
time, will mean more time spent driving, resulting in more counties
activated.  This would allow one to drive down a county-line road, but would
inhibit sitting on a 3 or 4 county corner. Mobile operations should be
'mobile' and leave the 3-4 county corners for folks who operate portable.

Harold   W9HB/m

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