[PaQSO] Is it to early to submit applications to be the Bonus Station for 2013

[Hank Greeb]

Don't want to butt in on PAQSO biz, but when QRP ARCI was trying to get 
all state QSO parties covered acouple years ago, we had 6different 
single op stations operating as K6JSS/COUNTY during the Michigan QSO 
party.  This did confuse some folks,because they couldn'tfigure out how 
a "mobile" signing K6JSS/SAGI could have moved more than a 100 miles in 
10 minutes or less and besigning K6JSS/MECO (for example).  We had a 
hard time upon occasion convincing them that we were anOK contact.

Would it be permissibleto the organizers of the PAQSO party for several 
stations to be operating at the same time, on different bands and modes, 
from different locations, using the same call?  It certainly would be 
legal under the FCC's rules. (The idea you mentioned of having a roving 
mobile and a fixed station probably would say that this was OK.)  It 
would "probably" be best that all stations be in the same county, I 
suspect, but with a local club that probably wouldn't be too hard to 
accomplish.  In doing this, interference between rigs on the same band 
but different mode, often a problem with a multi-multi station, would be 
mitigated. The stations/operators could be chosen for the "best"signal 
for each band/mode.  If you don'thave enough stations for concurrent 
operation on all bands, stations could be assigned for several bands, 
for example, say 10 meters during the day, 80 or 160 meters after dark, etc.

Just a thought - thinking outside the box.

72/73 de n8xxHg
QRP >99.44% of the time

On 1/16/2013 5:53 PM, Michael Coslo wrote:
> We don't have a specific date for choosing the station. Why don't you let me know what your rough plans are. I have also made determination of the Bonus station for a few years in a row.
>
> Basic criteria are operating both CW and Phone, Single Ops are okay, but it can be pretty brutal operating the whole party as a popular station, so multi-Ops are encouraged. PSK and or RTTY are nice to have also.
>
> We have experimented with multi-location Bonus stations in the past to good success, so that is also a possibility, though there are some restrictions if a mobile is used as part of a multi-location bonus - the mobile is not to operate in the same county that a fixed bonus station is located.
>
> Multi-location or more traditional single location - it's all good.
>
> Also taken into consideration is if a group is celebrating a noteworthy event or anniversary.
>
> 	- 73 de Mike N3LI
>
> On Jan 16, 2013, at 5:32 PM, David All wrote:
>
>> The Hilltop Transmitting Association W3ZGD York Co. would like to be
>> selected for the 2013 Bonus Station.
>>      Mike I will contact you directly with more detaila on the rough plans
>> we have.
>>      Just let me know a date when applications are being accepted.