[PaQSO] ONE OTHER WAY TO SPICE UP THE SCORING IN PAQP

[William N. Goodman, CPA (K3ANS)]

NO NO NO.  The contest is busy enough.  K3ANS
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Subject: [PaQSO] ONE OTHER WAY TO SPICE UP THE SCORING IN PAQP


> One of the ways that some of the DX contests have made the scoring a
little
> more interesting is through the sending of "QTCs" between stations.  I
think
> this scoring feature could be used to great advantage in PAQP as well,
> especially when everybody seems to have worked everybody.
>
> A "QTC" is simply a report from one station to another listing where and
when
> certain stations were heard and worked.   Up to 5 stations can be reported
> and both the sending and receiving stations get credit for the QTC.  In
PAQP,
> one rule would be that at least one of the reported stations must be a PA
> station.  This would help people find out where the PA stations are and
also
> help PA stations find out where section multipliers are.  A "QTC" listing
> from one station to another would sound like this:
>
> W3TTY:   CQ CQ PAQP DE W3TTY
> N8LXR:    DE N8LXR  QTC?
> W3TTY:    R GA
> N8LXR:     W3RER/CAR    7030   1814Z
>                  (If W3TTY received OK he just sends a "dit" or says 'GO"
on
> fone)
>                  W6REW/LAX  14,045 1900Z
>                  K3GTE/POT   7.043   1830Z
>
> This is a lot of fun and can be done between any two stations in the
contest.
>  If between non-PA stations, then perhaps the reporting of PA stations
only
> would be allowed....between PA and out-of-state, any reporting of stations
> would be allowed.   Of course, there is usually a limit to how many QTCs
can
> be done per hour and how many to the same station.
>
> I think it would be kind of fun to add this to PAQP...those Sundays when
> everyone has worked everyone are a little long and QTCs would make it so
that
> you can keep operating with opporunity to score even when things are slow
as
> far as new stations are concerned and they would also render reliable
> information as to where new stations might be found.
>
> Just a thought.........
>
> 73 to all
>
>
> Tim
> N8LXR
>
>
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