[ILQSO] ILQP upcoming

[Tim Gennett]

The South Carolina QSO Party allows FT8 QSOs and they came up with what I
thought was a novel way of running FT8, at least when I first heard about
it.

Stations operating FT8 were told to use the Field Day module within
WSJT-X.  Stations outside of South Carolina sent 1D plus their section, and
stations within SC sent a FD exchange that indicated their SC county.  If
you were in Charleston County, for example, you sent 10A SC where 10A was
an alias for Charleston County.  You submitted your FT8 log along with your
CW/SSB to the contest sponsor; the contest sponsor would convert all of the
aliases to the proper states/counties, combine the SSB/CW logs with the FT8
logs for each station, and then they scored the whole thing.

However, there have been surprisingly few FT8 QSOs made.  From the
published results for 2024:

• 406 logs received 59 in-state logs – 347 out of state logs
• 27,468 QSOs were reported
• QSOs: 13,760 CW, 13,532 PH and 176 DG

So, about 1/2 of 1% of all QSOs were FT8 QSOs.  Hardly worth doing, IMO.

Tim K9WX

On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 6:27 PM Dennis Miller via ILQSO <
ilqso at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

>
>
>  I’m slightly indifferent on the non CW digital modes.
> We have a guy here that doesn’t do SSB because of his hearing, even with
> hearing aids, so he does FT8, etc. He turns in a small log but it’s a log,
> which is better than no log!
> And if the only fixed station in say, Williamson, Johnson, Pope, Hardin,
> Saline, Gallatin, etc is running FT8 only, then so be it.
> But, I definitely see Chuck KI9A’s point that time spent on FT8 could be a
> lost mult for the rest of us.
> So, I remain Switzerland on this one. But I tell the guys here to forego
> any mode that’s not ph/cw because it’s a waste of time for ILQP.
>
>
> 73 Dennis KM9O
> GROL PG00045411
>
>     On Friday, September 20, 2024 at 08:07:35 AM CDT, ka9fcz--- via ILQSO <
> ilqso at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
>   My vote is to NOT ALLOW any FT4 or FT8 contacts.
> 73
> Chris KA9FCZRichland County
>     On Thursday, September 19, 2024 at 08:22:23 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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