[ILQSO] Re: New Mobile Rules

[schrowmt]

Thanks for your remarks and they are well noted. I wasn't bashing all out of 
state participants, only some who think the county line portable operations 
should be eliminated. The effort we put in to our operation is tremendous 
year after year. It is a good way to help everybody get the counties they 
need for multipliers conviently. We have a nice location to operate from and 
look forward to each and every ILQP from there. The mini field day we do for 
eight hours from that location is excellent training in portable operation 
ie.setup,operating and teardown(in the dark). As mobile stations are well 
aware, the cost can be substantial. KN9T and myself drive about 170 miles 
round trip to give out four multipliers for everyone. Is our purpose not 
worth the effort? I live in a rare county(Putnam) but chose to do the 
portable ops each year. The response we get from other stations about our 
four county operation is positive. The WIARC has a tough job running the QSO 
party and I am sure we will see lots of changes in the future. I really 
enjoy the contest and like everything else, it must evolve for better or 
worse. I have been just defending our portable operations and once again, 
don't intend to offend anyone. It is good to hear everyones opinions and 
comments which we all can learn from. I apologize to anyone whom I have 
offended. As it has been mentioned before, these comments are my opinion 
only. I must be  like the mother bear defending my cub so will try to 
restrain myself in the future. Look forward to working everyone in the ILQP. 
73, Mike N9GZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <k8bb at comcast.net>
To: "Illinois QSO Party" <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [ILQSO] Re: New Mobile Rules


> Mike,
>
> Congrats on alienating some of your strongest participants.
>
> If it were not for out-of-state participants, the state QSO parties 
> (Illinois included) may not have the strong participation they enjoy. 
> Suggestions from outside operators can be valuable in shaping the 
> character of a particular contest, thereby making it more desirable to 
> operate, especially if it might encourage mobiles or portables to travel 
> to another state (think about it) to participate. Having done this before, 
> I can tell you it is time-consuming and can be quite costly.
>
> In your message, you said, "We are not "other state QSO parties", we are 
> the Illinois QSO party!" However, Hal Offutt is right - due to the recent 
> change, from a rules standpoint and therefore an operating strategy 
> standpoint, the ILQP has lost its unique "Illinois quality" for mobiles 
> and instead now looks a lot like other neighboring QSO parties in this 
> regard. Will this affect whether or not neighboring ops drive to Illinois 
> to participate? Maybe. But I'll bet that a confrontational attitude toward 
> the suggestions of out-of-state participants, without whom you will have 
> far fewer QSOs, will do more damage.
>
> As for county-line operations, it is one quality of the ILQP that is still 
> unique in contrast to some nearby states. I applaud you and the other ops 
> for your big-time portable operations (four QSOs in one is always OK in my 
> log!) and I hope such operations continue to be permitted in the future. 
> Additionally, I hope the ILQP planning committee do consider some of the 
> qualities that make their event unique and interesting and will refine 
> their rules to attract more (and continued) support from outside Illinois.
>
> 73!
> Don Chisholm K8BB
> out-of-state winner, 2006 ILQP
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "schrowmt" <schrowmt at nabbnet.com>
> To: "Illinois QSO Party" <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 1:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [ILQSO] Re: New Mobile Rules
>
>
>> Since when does someone from out of state have the right to complain how 
>> we run our contest?!? Why does this person want to destroy the county 
>> line portable operations? Does this person drive many miles and endure 
>> countless obstacles and good old Mr. Murphy to give out multipliers to 
>> all the stations looking to work them all? I suggest you come over to our 
>> county line portable location and see how it is really done! We have our 
>> ground wire going through all four corners. We have photos to prove it! 
>> Since when does having our setup fifty feet from the corners make such a 
>> difference? Nit-pick, nit-pick. Leave us run our contest and you can stay 
>> home in your state and do what you do. We are not "other state QSO 
>> parties", we are the Illinois QSO party! Don't get me wrong, we welcome 
>> you or anyone else to come and help us out with multipliers but I am 
>> getting a little tired hearing how we are not doing what everybody else 
>> is doing. The WIARC has a very tough job running the annual contest and I 
>> don't envy them but I have every bit of faith and respect for them. 
>> There, I said my piece and if I offend anyone, I am truly sorry but it is 
>> my opinion and mine only. Good luck to all and looking forward to the 
>> ILLINOIS QSO PARTY. 73, Mike N9GZ
>
>
>
>
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