[PaQSO] PRTC: A Thought for 2004

Wed, 15 Oct 2003 22:45:23 +0000

Hello everybody,

first thanks to all for a great weekend in the recent PA-QSO-Party.
Had much fun again.

About Your thoughts for changes:
Don't You think that especially the activity by Mobiles drive every 
state-QSO-party which is successfull?
Ofcourse combined with them a good activity in all by Rovers, Portables 
and locals is needed to get all counties available. But I think changing 
the current situation to "get all on air by fixed stations" will bring 
no progress. It will on other hand make it very easy to get a sweep and 
if it would be really "easy" to work N01PA ... N67PA so why I should 
next year participate again?

I achieved a better result this year than last (64 counties compared to 
58 last year) but again didn't made the sweep. So I for sure hope I can 
make this next year and that's on of the main reasons I'll be active 
again next year. This year I missed CRA, SUS and TIO. for overall worked 
counties I'm missing now only Tioga as I worked 3 new counties in this 
year's party.

I don't think it would be a really great improvement to make special 
arrangements to get all counties availabe on ease. From comments on 
reflector I understoud that I worked several counties which seem that 
they were rare but on other hand I missed Tioga p.e. where several 
stations were active :-)

But isn't all this together with the great joy following the Mobiles and 
their plans what makes such parties a great event for us?

73 & gl

Axel Schernikau, DL6KVA
[email protected]

Ron Notarius WN3VAW schrieb:

>This is an entirely different concept from what I was thinking of.  Never
>mind that it is most unlikely that the FCC would even entertain the notion
>of issuing calls like this today, or that you could find anyone willing to
>front $1000 per group/per county for entry fees.
>
>The original idea revolved around the notion of getting two person teams to
>compete against each other, each using relatively similar stations (thus 100
>Watts and simple wire antennas), within the contest -- that's the part
>"borrowed" from WRTC.  This proposal from John, if serious, is of an
>entirely different level.  I don't see it as feasible.
>
>73, ron wn3vaw
>
>"Gentlemen!  You can't fight in here!  This is the WAR Room!"
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John's Travel and Cruises" <[email protected]>
>To: "Pa QSO Party Reflector" <[email protected]>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 12:06 AM
>Subject: Re: [PaQSO] PRTC: A Thought for 2004
>
>
>PRTC is an interesting concept but would require a lot of work
>to make it successful.  For WRTC, participants were willing to
>spend a lot of money, travel a great distance, and use up a lot
>of vacation.  I don't think you would get that kind of support
>for a state contest.
>
>My suggestion would be to change it from a contest in a contest
>to something more on the lines of the Texas Amarillo Run, Route
>66 Operation or Lighthouse Operation  (sorry if I messed up the
>official names).  The whole idea would be to get (more) stations
>on the air for the PAQP and to insure that each county is on the
>air full time.  It could work something like this:
>
>There would be 67 special call signs on the air from the 67 PA
>counties.  Something like N01PA - N67PA.  These could be
>the bonus stations for the year if the people at NARC wanted
>it.
>
>Clubs or individuals could apply but only one special call
>in each county.  All operation could be from one station
>or divided up between several.  A neat two station operation
>would be one on CW and one on Phone. If they were from
>different QTH's, they could both be on the same band at the
>same time. Operations could be from fixed or portable stations.
>
>The idea being to get good signals/antennas on the air and make
>it easy for the normal participates to get a sweep.  Think of the
>possibilities:
>Normal sweep  - 67 counties mixed
>Double sweep  - 67 counties on both CW and Phone
>Double Double - 67 counties on both CW and Phone on 2 bands
>
>To make sure that the people that request the special calls do a
>bang up job I would suggest a 1st round application fee of $1,000.
>If they make 1,000 contacts they get all the money back after the
>contest.  If they only make 900 Q's then $100 goes into the kitty
>for awards.  By having money on the line, it should insure that they
>have enough stations/operators to get the job done.  One more
>thing, at least 1/3 of the Q's must be on CW!
>
>If any counties remain open after the first round, a $750/750 Qs
>application would be accepted.  If needed, this would probably
>go to some of the rare counties that would be activated by portable
>stations.
>
>Think of the activity if the special calls in 67 counties each made
>1,000 QSO's.  You are looking at 67,000 contacts on top of
>the normal contacts made by the other participations.
>
>The special calls wouldn't be eligible for awards or the free
>sweep plaques.
>
>Organizing this type of an operation wouldn't be too hard for
>a club.  It would basically be four things:
>
>        1.  Applying for and assigning the 67 special calls
>
>        2.  Processing the applications by a fair distribution system
>
>        3.  Lots of press and PR so the world knows about the special
>             event (and free plaques), taking place during the next PAQP
>
>        4.  Sending out plaques for all the sweeps.
>
>Actually, there is actually a 5th thing to do.  Obtaining a 6, 9, or
>12 month Certificate of Deposit to invest the $67,000 until it needs
>to be returned.  That interest would cover the free plaques for
>anyone completing a "Double" or a "Double Double".  Anyone
>making a regular sweep would have to pay for their plaque as
>it could probably be done in about 90 minutes with this type
>of an operation.
>
>What I've tried to come up with is an activity that would run
>concurrent with the regular contest that wouldn't require any
>additional work from the NARC crew.  It actually would
>save them work as they wouldn't have to deal with the
>sweep plaques.  They would just have to let it be known who
>earned what level plaque so they could be sent out.
>
>Comments and suggestions from the multitude are welcome.
>Please keep in mind that this is only one persons suggestion
>being tossed out to test the waters.
>
>
>John Getz, AD8J
>
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