[PaQSO] QTC's...."???

[Jimk8mr@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/18/02 12:50:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
hmmail@comcast.net writes:


> 
> Stupid question maybe, but could someone tell me what qtc stands for? I 
> can figure out what most abreviations stand for , but I never seen this 
> one till this year while viewing the paqso net.
> 
> 

Literally, "What is your Traffic Count?", from the olden days of CW traffic 
nets.

In this context, it is a feature in the Worked All Europe (WAE) contest, 
sponsored DARC, the German equivilent of the ARRL.  Here, a station outside 
Europe sends back "QTC" reports to European stations, consisting of previous 
QSO information (Station worked, time worked, and that station's serial 
number). Both stations get extra points for these QTC messages.

A contest oddity, which would violate a basic rule life and of events like 
PaQP, namely "Keep It Simple, Stupid".


73  -  Jim   K8MR


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