[ILQSO] IQP thoughts

[KI9A at aol.com]

Well, fun as normal!

Thanks to the guys at RAMS & N9JF for the hard work, allowing me to have fun!

Here are some ideas, I know these have been brought up before, & I will do it 
again!

1) WHY does this thing run until 0200z?? The last hour is a real bite. I 
think it would be better to run this thing 1700z-0100z, giving the mobile guys an 
extra hour to put the counties on 40, where the fixed stations can get a crack 
at them.
75 SSB is non-existant, & 80 CW isn't real active without the mobile & 
portable guys on. Most, I think, may have packed it up by then. It would also give 
us an extra hour to hit the high bands.

2) The 8/QSO mult.  Y U K.  This is great to keep for out of state & in state 
mobiles. But, again, it can be very unfair to most fixed stations. For 
instance, my last 18 QSO's tonite where with my own county. Could have been way more 
if I had hit 2 FM earlier.  Next year, I am going to make a concerted effort 
to work every no-coder within 3 counties! ;-)  Seriously, I can EASILY pick up 
an extra 10 mults by getting the VHF crowd on the air. Keep this for out of 
state guys, & mobiles. But kill it off for us fixed guys. Face up to it, the 
guy in Cook can put up a ton of local 8/Q mults, but, the guy in Hamilton gets 
screwed. Anyone else see a serious flaw here? 

3) Move the 75 SSB freq off of 3890, AMer's hang there.

Thats all I can think of. Really, what harm would a slight change make? I'd 
like to hear everyones thoughts are on the time change to 1700z-0100z, & 
killing off the 8/Q mult for fixed stations.

Again, thanks so much RAMS, for 10 (or is it 11?) years of a great time!!

73-Chuck KI9A  ST.CLAIR