[PaQSO] 07 PAQSO Special Event Station news

[J. P. Fox, III]

Mike,
Good Job. I applaud your efforts. I'll play by the rules you set, 
whatever they are.

Here's my comments about the bonus station.
To me, it's not a big addition to the score to work the bonus station 
if it is one of 500 q's in my log. Yet somehow, there is always a 
little celebration around the shack when one of the operators work  it. 
Now matter how fast the run is going, it's fun to take the headphones 
off for a split second and holler out, "I JUST WORKED THE BONUS 
STATION!!!".
Yes, I view the bonus station as a "good thing."

What if the bonus station is running 5 watts in a state park? Well 
alrighty then! We just gotta try a little harder, but then again, so 
must everyone.

What if they are in multiple locations? I do like a station to be in 
one place, under the control of, well, a control operator. Whoever is 
the holder of the bonus callsign should be where the operation is.

Now I'm going to have some fun. I nominate W3TDF to be the bonus 
station. OK, so I know this isn't an elected position, but here's what 
I'm thinking. Ray is ALWAYS THERE. He gets big scores because he gives 
out LOTS OF Qs. ((Look at your logs, folks. He's probably in everyone's 
logs two or three times each year, and that's without even trying!)) 
And best of all, he is "THE GRUMP". What better person to give out 
bonus points for the Friendly QSO Party?

Best wishes,
JP
N3GWR

In other news, I will say to all that this station will focus on SSB 
and CW operation in the HF bands. An effort was made to utilize VHF and 
try PSK31 and it was found to scatter our efforts. Those modes are in 
the rules, but not much fun for us. I'm sure there will be a group of 
folks saying "look for me on VHF" or "look for me on the (new) digital 
modes". How nice for them.


On Apr 5, 2007, at 9:07 AM, Michael Coslo wrote:

> 	For the 50th Anniversary of the Pennsylvania QSO Party, we wanted to 
> have a different sort of Special Event station.
>
> 	My original plans were to have a multiple station/multiple county 
> setup under the W3YA callsign. Indeed the results mailers were printed 
> out with that very thing.
>
> 	However, most of the NARC members are clustered in and around State 
> College. We do have members in Huntingdon, Clinton, and Clearfield 
> county, and a few other nearby QTH's, but all in all, except for 
> whatever mobile operations happened, it would be near our Centre 
> County home.
>
> 	At our recent meeting, a suggestion was made that we do things with a 
> bit of a twist. It is an idea that has enough merit to get me to back 
> up a moment and shift gears. (and do cliches)
>
> 	We're going to run a Special Event Call for the party, probably W3P.
>
> 	Now here is the fun part. We want to have some other operations join 
> in. NARC would be running Stations in Centre County - maybe a county 
> line CEN/HUN effort.
>
> 	We are looking for stations in WPA and EPA who would be willing to 
> run under the W3P call sign in their counties for the weekend.  A club 
> effort, or even an ad-hoc group that would get together just for the 
> event would be great. A mobile or two would be a help also - I'm 
> planning on running a mobile station during the party myself. Of 
> course, there will need to be a coordination effort between the 
> respective mobiles and the fixed stations.
>
> 	We are looking for at least 4 other fixed stations in addition to the 
> NARC station. Mobiles are another matter-we'll be looking at the 
> response.
>
> 	But here is the issue. We have our stuffing/mailing party of the 
> mugs, t-shirts, and results on the 15th of April. I had the results 
> mailing printed, but need to change it to reflect the new special 
> event station idea.
>
> 	What I need is to get some response from prospective stations to see 
> if this dog hunts, and be able to have enough of an idea to redo the 
> announcement page of the results by that April 15th deadline.
>
> 	note: that means I need to have some good idea pretty soon- like 
> before the 15th,  so I can rewrite the flyer, and get copies made and 
> folded for the mailing.
>
> 	If anyone might like to be part of the special event station for the 
> historic 07 PAQSO party, give us feedback - soon -  and let's see what 
> develops.
>
>
> -73 de Mike KB3EIA -
>
>
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