[ILQSO] IQP thoughts

[Mark]

I have tried to take advantage of the 8 Q rule while I lived in Cook 
Co.   I played on 2m FM for an extended period of time trying to get 
people.   I can tell you that finding 8 people on 2 FM would be a great 
accomplishment in Cook.  Now, if you have a repeater club and you can get 
some of them motivated you might be able to make a dozen q's if you really 
beat the drum hard. It is not an advantage IMO.  Where the rule can be an 
advantage is in the slow periods.  Grab someone within a few miles and work 
them 160 - 2 both modes.  You dont have to switch freq for CW as there is 
no rule for CW in the CW portion only.  You can log 16 q's and 2 extra 
mults if you do that.  However, this does take alot of time.    I felt like 
I busted my butt for 8 hours yesterday and only got 4 mults from the 8 q 
rule.  I think I made 10 q's on 6 and 2 total.  YMMV

As for start time, I would agree an earlier start might be better for 
everyone.  It would give some additional time to the upper bands as they go 
away so quickly at this time in the cycle.   Also, the mobiles would not 
get home at the crack of dawn. Without the mobiles, the fixed stations 
would be bored to death.  We need to do as much to encourage them as 
possible as they are the backbone to this event.

I guess the most important thing is activity. If we recruited more people 
for the IQP, maybe that last hour wouldn't be so slow?

Still working on the log  approx 420 q's and 45K.

Mark
N9UM fixed Lake Co.




At 01:53 PM 10/18/2004, suejim wrote:
>Hi Chuck,
>     I couldn't agree more.  For many years, I have wondered (and asked) why
>we couldn't change the starting time to 1700Z so the IQP would end at 0100Z.
>When I used to go /m in this party, that late hour made it tough if you
>weren't close to home at the end.  If you had to get up early to work the
>next morning....bummer!  Agreed, that last hour is pretty much wasted...
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>     Have always thought that 8-cty extra multiplier should be for out of
>state and /m only.  Why someone hasn't just fired up on 2 meters (or all
>bands for that matter) in say Cook county and reaped many, many extras mults
>is beyond me.  Maybe if you do as you suggest about getting the no code 2
>meter gang out, it will prove a point.
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>     Lastly, I also want to thank the RAMS gang and Jim, N9JF for the hours
>they all put into the IQP this year...... good job guys!
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>73.........Jim  K9WA
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: <KI9A at aol.com>
>To: <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 10:30 PM
>Subject: [ILQSO] IQP thoughts
>
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> > 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
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