[ILQSO] Advice for QSO Party organizers?

[Bud Frohardt]

Hi,  Here's my comment on QSO numbers and names or other extra items to copy and send.   Sending numbers or name from my mobile is no great problem with my memory keyer which handles that but I would probably think less than twice about doing a QP if confronted with handling numbers and names while mobile.  From home, no problem.   Let's keep things simple.  AS for 5nn, that's just a gift of time to find the pencil catch the first couple of letters coming at us from weak signals which we SOMETIMES encounter in a QP. HI.    Some of us still use pens or pencils.    
 
73,   Bud Frohardt,   W9DY/m

--- On Mon, 4/13/09, Jimk8mr at aol.com <Jimk8mr at aol.com> wrote:

From: Jimk8mr at aol.com <Jimk8mr at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [ILQSO] Advice for QSO Party organizers?
To: ilqso at mailman.qth.net
Date: Monday, April 13, 2009, 4:41 PM

I willingly admit to managing a QSO Party that uses QSO numbers, but also  
admit that Jim makes a reasonable point. I will also give ILQP some heat for 
 using meaningless 5NN exchanges. 
 
For a group starting out, I would suggest the exchange of name and  QTH.  
Minnesota does this, as do the North American QSO Parties. It makes  for a 
nice natural exchange, such that a non contester could make a contest qso  
without even realizing it.
 
 
Another piece of advice:  get on for the Michigan QSO Party this  Saturday, 
April 18.  It runs from 11am to 11 pm CDT.  Exchange is QSO  number and 
QTH.  Full info is at   _www.miqp.org_ (http://www.miqp.org) 
 
CU there... I'll be mobiling around the northeast part of the lower  
peninsula.
 
73  -  Jim   K8MR
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 4/13/2009 3:52:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jfunk at fossnorthamerica.com writes:

May I  suggest the exchange NOT include QSO numbers?  I know that ILQP
gets  plenty of heat for the "meaningless 5NN" portion of the
exchange;
however,  the QSO number requirement is one reason I dislike the MOQP
(other than the  fact that there is not much activity).  Driving,
navigating, operating  and logging is difficult enough without logging
QSO  numbers!!!!


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