[PaQSO] Questions and Comments from a PAQSOP Newbie...

[Michael Coslo]

On Sep 9, 2008, at 4:22 PM, n8ofs at mjbrowns.com wrote:

> I was reading the rules, and there's a few things that have ReAlLy  
> got me
> scratchin my head...
>
> Suggested Frequencies:
> SSB 146.55...  Are you CrAzY???  146.55 is a FM freq...

You'll note that FM is also a permissible mode.

And my mental state has been called into question here before. 8^)


>
> PSK 50.250...  Wrong...  50.250 is the RTTY Callin freq...  PSK is
> 50.290...  FSK is 50.270...
> No mention of FM, which is 50.300 Horizontal, 52.525 Vertical...

A couple of comments here. During contesting, the standard gentlemen's  
agreements get squashed. Even our mobile window is regularly ignored.  
As the bands fill up with activity - and they do - Ops shift around a  
bit in frequency.

>
> Mobile Window - 5 KHz down...  Bad idea, that would put the 6M USB  
> freq on
> 50.120, that's in the DX window...  QRP/M freq is 50.1625...

All of our frequencies are suggested - just some idea as to where to  
go to look to QSO.

>
> Participation Coffee Mugs - 100 QSOs...  100Qs on 20 is cake, but  
> 100 Qs
> on 6 is ImPoSsIbLe...  Is there an exception for us mono-band  
> VHFers???
> :)  Hell, I'd pay double for one...

Sounds like a good  incentive to me! 8^) But giving out a 100 QSO cup  
for less than 100 QSO's wouldn't be right. And keep in mind that the  
"Setup Fee" for the mugs makes 1 mug cost almost as much as 50 mugs.  
If the setup fee is 1000 dollars and we make say 2 mugs at 5 dollars a  
mug, the average cost per mug is $502.50.

> Participation T-Shirts - Is this a one time only silk-screen jobs,  
> or can
> we get our names and calls on them???

Those are printed without callsigns and names. But I'll take it as a  
suggestion that we might try some day.

-73 de Mike N3LI -