[ILQSO] Re: compilation of mobile incentives

Thu, 25 Mar 2004 01:24:35 GMT

No, that's out of my hands at this point.  I know the committee (AND IT IS A 
SMALL COMMITTEE!) had a lot of extra work because so  many of the electronic 
logs did not include a summary sheet.  We'll have to work on a different 
system for this year.

73, Jim N9JF 

WH writes: 

> Any idea of when the QSO party results will be available? 
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> Bill, N9CDX 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
> Behalf Of James Funk
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 11:21 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [ILQSO] compilation of mobile incentives 
> 
> 
> Here are the responses I got to my question about "what drives a mobile" in
> a qso party: 
> 
> Loyalty:  2, 4, 1, 8, 1, 1, 4, 1
> Winning a category: 8, 8, 2, 4, 5, 7, 6
> Tangible rewards provided:  7, 7, 1, 3, 8, 7
> Tangible rewards available:  6, 6, 2, 4, 9, 8
> Enjoyable way to spend a weekend: 3, 3, 4, 5, 7, 2, 3, 1, 5
> Length of contest: 4, 2, 6, 8, 6, 3
> Rules format: 5, 5, 3, 4, 5, 7, 2, 3, 2
> Try out setup and test skills:  1, 1, 3, 3, 6, 4, 2, 1 
> 
>  Other and comments:
> "#1A: Just to have fun!"
> "It's like a mini-Dxpedition"
> "SSB and solo, no chance to win anything"
> "Should be category for single-op no driver"
> "very cool to get a certificate for participation in Indiana QSO Party"
> "Pretty much all number 1's, equally important"
> "Fun, unique rules"
> "Actually possible for solo op to win, unlike other QSO parties"
> "Isn't there enough participation to have two mobile categories?" (with and
> without driver)
> "#1: Challenge of competing with others"
> "need more participant awards for mobiles"
> "little incentive to work DX past 5 mults"
> "Other: getting club members active and introducing them to contesting"
> "Best set of rules of ... any state QSO party"
> "Desire to operate [in a state QSO party] is directly proportional to the
> number of active mobiles" 
> 
> Not many responses to why people DON'T operate mobile, but the one that
> pretty much said it:
> "I don't operate mobile because I can't drive and contest at the same time
> without bad results!" 
> 
> This was far from a scientifically-constructed survey; several stations did
> not rank every choice and some included two number one choices.  Loyalty
> ranks high, whether it is loyalty to the home state (or former home state),
> or to a club effort.
> Also high is the challenge of trying out ones mobile setup and operating
> skills.   Rules were ranked high by some, but some like them and some don't!
> Some mentioned needing more certificates while most ranked "rewards" near
> the bottom.  The comments ranged rather far from the basic questions in some
> cases and will give the RAMS committee something to talk about. 
> 
> Now for my own 1.83 cents worth (adjusted for inflation):
> My first Illinois QSO Party was in 1965.  I was a new Conditional Class
> licensee and stumbled on the contest on 75 meters.  I filled up three log
> pages that afternoon and was thrilled to pieces. (I probably also worked
> some counties that I *still* need confirmed in Illinois for USACA, but I
> digress....).  Since then, the ILQP has been a chance to "be DX" that I've
> not fulfilled in any other way.  For the past five or six years, ILQP has
> been a rallying point for the WIARC, and we've had the opportunity to pull
> some new operators into contesting this way.  Mobile efforts with three of
> my kids, my wife and my brother as drivers (no, not all the same year....)
> have been a cool way to spend time with them in some beautiful parts of
> southern Illinois.  The equipment doesn't always work, but so far it's
> worked most of the time.  I'll never beat KF9D.  I'll never run the rate
> that W3DYA does.  I'll probably never fly 1000 miles to participate the way
> W1NN does.  You can bet I'll never paper log and make as many QSO's as KJ9C.
> I'll never be as loud as NN9K.  I will never, EVER try it QRP like K9IUA!!
> As long as I can, though, I'll keep mobiling.... 
> 
> While a successful state QSO party needs a lot of prominent fixed stations
> to "stir up the band", it appears to me that a constant supply of mobiles
> changing counties is what really keeps out-of-state stations focused for the
> entire contest period. 
> 
> Thanks for all the responses.  73, Jim N9JF
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