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

[Goody K3NG]

I'd rather just have a regular qso with a guy for five minutes durng a
contest than do a QTC.  Learning his name, QTH, and his dog's name would be
more worthy of my time than copying his last 10 contacts.  :-)  The PA QSO
Party is the contest that isn't a contest in my book.  It's friendly and
it's fun for all levels of operators.  Not that contests aren't friendly,
but you know what I mean.  One signature of this operating event is
operators yielding the frequency for other operatars to pick up a rare
county.  Another neat thing is the impromptu nets.  I think PAQP operators
are more likely to change frequency when they're asked to move.  We all
trade scores, but it's not about the scores, it's about the camaraderie.

My point ?  <"Pomp and Circumstance" playing in the background :-) > The PA
QSO Party has a distinct personality that makes it stand above other
operating events.  We should strive to preserve its unique flair and not
attempt to unneccessarily augment it or make it like those other "contests".

My $0.03 :-)

Goody
K3NG

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Notarius WN3VAW" <wn3vaw@fyi.net>
To: <paqso@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 15:45
Subject: Re: [PaQSO] ONE OTHER WAY TO SPICE UP THE SCORING IN PAQP


> Sorry Tim, I disagree strenuously.  I think QTC's are a major pain in the
> neck or worse.  They slow things down tremendously.  Can you imagine some
> rare county with a pileup stopping for 2 or 3 minutes to exchange QTC's
when
> they could instead be working 5-10 other stations?
>
> I operated in the last WAE, which uses QTC's.  I got chewed out by several
> EU stations for declining them -- heck, I was just in it for fun and to
pick
> up a few new entities on certain bands.
>
> Bottom line is, QTC's are a monkey wrench we can do without.  So let's do
> without.
>
> 73, ron wn3vaw
> "Be who you are, say what you think, people that matter don't care, and
> people that care don't matter." -- Dr. Seuss
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <MORSENUT@aol.com>
> To: <paqso@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 2:16 PM
> 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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