[PaQSO] re: new award, good neighbor

[John Unger]

At 11:46 AM 9/17/2007, Michael Coslo wrote:

Hi Mike -

Having a good presence on 20 meters during the PAQP is not just a good idea 
for being a "good neighbor", but it's also a great way to accumulate many 
needed mults and make lots of QSO's. Our W3ZI PAQP operation last year had 
almost 950 QSO's on 20 SSB and CW (most on SSB)! We worked 58 ARRL/RAC 
sections and 15 PA counties as well.

73 - John, W4AU




>Good feedback, Scott.
>
>         The impetus for the good neighbor award was to encourage partyers 
> to
>head on up to 20 meters for a while so that OOS Ops can get in on the
>fun.
>
>         A number of us have been calling for increased presence on 20 
> meters
>for some time now. There are a lot of people out there especially in
>the southern states, who are ready and willing to get involved in the
>party, if only we are there to QSO with them. I know this is true,
>because 2 years ago, I was generating some pileups on 20 meters. I
>was keeping up with John, W3JXP - no small feat- for a fair amount of
>time.  It was worthwhile from the QSO perspective.
>
>         The issue of what bands to use for the award is based on what the 
> Op
>might be giving up. 20 isn't all that great for QSOs with other PA
>Ops and the nearby states due to propagation. But there is plenty of
>OOS hop further away. and DX and County Hunters to keep us busy.  So
>a little side award like the Good Neighbor might just get some
>competitive juices flowing as well as allow more Hams into the party.
>
>         Opening up more bands to Good Neighbor status such as 15M is a
>pretty good idea. We'll see how things work out this year.
>
>
>-73 de Mike KB3EIA -
>
>
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