[PaQSO] Limiting operation to 40 and 80

Thu Sep 8 15:09:30 EDT 2011

limiting operation to 40 & 80m tends to ignore a lot of ops 
utside of PA who might be calling CQ PA on 20, 15 or even 10m looking for PA 
ounties

Norm,

I couldn't agree with you more.  Twenty meters, in particular, is a great place to find ARRL & Canadian sections west of the Mississippi and there are a lot of them!  Many times I've worked as many or more Qs on 20 as on 75/80 but because many are new mults, there is a bigger benefit to my score.  Even simple antennas, a dipole or vertical, can generate a fair number of Qs on 20.   While DX only provides 1 mult, there are a lot of European DX stations who chase PA.  An extra DL or G is worth just as much as an extra BER.  

When 10 is open it can produce some additional section mults, but I've found that some of the operators on 10 have no idea what their ARRL section is.  A few from California had no idea what ARRL was.  :-(

Over the years, fifteen has been my worst producer--both for contacts and for mults.

73,  Blair K3YD

-----Original Message-----
From: Norm Fusaro <w3iz at sbcglobal.net>
To: paqso <paqso at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thu, Sep 8, 2011 12:35 pm
Subject: Re: [PaQSO] PaQSO Digest, Vol 85, Issue 6

One of the attractions to the PAQP has been that other stations outside of PA 
ave sought out QSO with PA stations.  The PAQP is one of only a few State QSO 
arties that regularly attracts out of State operators.  California and Florida 
re also popular QSO parties for out of State ops.)
RRL sections are mults for ops in PA but only PA Counties can be mults for ops 
utside of PA therefore being inside PA is a huge advantage because you are 
eeded by everyone.  

y opinion here but limiting operation to 40 & 80m tends to ignore a lot of ops 
utside of PA who might be calling CQ PA on 20, 15 or even 10m looking for PA 
ounties and it also means missed opportunities for PA ops to get section 
ultipliers thus maximizing a score.  In my opinion this strategy tends to send 
 message that this is a PA only contest rather than a contest for all to 
articipate in.
>From the PAQP 2011 Rules:Purpose of the party
he world.Pennsylvania Amateurs try to contact as many other amateurs in 
ennsylvania, the United States, Canada and

dditionaly operatinging the contest in AM mode or digital modes other than RTTY 
r maybe PSK31 (two most popular digi modes) seems to be self serving rather 
han contesting.  
lso from the PAQP 2011 Rules:
QSO points: CW = 2 points/QSO
SK = 2 points/QSO
TTY = 2 points/QSO
SB =1 point/QSO
M = 1 point/QSO
pecial Event or bonus Station QSO = 200 points bonus per QSO

 only see two digital modes listed that would be scored as valid contacts and 
M is not on the list either.

gain this is only my opinion but I don't want this great operating event to 
urn into a Doo Dah Parade.

et the flaming begin. :-)

orm W3IZ

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I am planning boatanchor ops again this year, mostly cw, but 
lso AM on 80/40 maybe 160; wondering if there are any preferred
reqs other than the usual 3885 +- , i'm thinking 3700 - 3800 area.
 Pike co. Jim kw3u

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Activity between 3600 and 3800 is where you find it.  You might try the
nvirons of 3720.
40M is 7290,  but I've heard 7165 in use also.
Mark K3MSB
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