[ILQSO] Advice for QSO Party organizers?

[John Geiger]

And there is nothing that says you must send a 5NN. If one is so against it because it is a meaningless exchange, they can send something else, like 559, etc.

73s JOhn AA5JG

--- On Mon, 4/13/09, Bud Frohardt <frohardt at att.net> wrote:

> From: Bud Frohardt <frohardt at att.net>
> Subject: Re: [ILQSO] Advice for QSO Party organizers?
> To: "Illinois QSO Party" <ilqso at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Monday, April 13, 2009, 5:07 PM
> 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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