[ILQSO] ILQP upcoming

[Danny Pease]

The county (counties) is a required part of the exchange, how does a multi-county portable handle it?

Danny W9DP


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On Sep 19, 2024, 10:15 PM, at 10:15 PM, Black Michael via ILQSO <ilqso at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>Try File/Settings/Advanced FT Roundup
>
>
>Mike W9MDB
> 
>
>On Thursday, September 19, 2024 at 08:22:28 PM CDT,
>n9jfcountyhunter at gmail.com <n9jfcountyhunter at gmail.com> wrote:  
> 
>Sunday, October 20, 2024 is the upcoming Illinois QSO Party.  I've not
>said
>much about it so far since, frankly, I've been busy with other stuff. 
>That
>doesn't mean it's not still important and CLOSE!!
>
> 
>
>Please send your plans either to the reflector or to W9DP or N9JF
>directly,
>and the activity map will be updated starting soon.
>
> 
>
>The rules on the website https://w9awe.org/ilqp/  have been updated but
>probably will still get some tweaking.
>
> 
>
>For one thing, the "Unlimited" category DOES HAVE A SPONSORED PLAQUE 
>for
>2024.  Pretty much anything goes there with multiple operators and
>transmitted signals under one callsign.  I have not given a lot of
>thought
>to the implications, but we'll see what happens.  My initial thought is
>that
>this should be for portable operations, not fixed.  Thoughts?
>
> 
>
>A question that is posed frequently concerns FT4 and FT8 contacts. 
>Yes,
>they are permitted.  HOWEVER ... I have yet to see anyone submit a log
>with
>such contacts that conform to the "all contacts much include the
>county,
>state, province or country of the station contacted".  This information
>must
>be logged on the air, not by a web search.  Thoughts on this?  Disallow
>FT4
>and FT8?  Or let people use their ingenuity?  I would not personally go
>to
>the trouble to try to get people to send me that information, during
>the
>contest, on those modes; but it could be done by "free form texts".
>Thoughts?
>
> 
>
>Much more later.I'm just getting started...
>
> 
>
>73, Jim N9JF
>
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