[PaQSO] 20m vs 40 & 80m

[John Myers]

All good points. Even the "Angry Texan" wasn't wrong.He just caught me in
the wrong mood, that's all.

This was the first year that we actually put up a 20 Meter antenna (Just a
dipole). Next year, we plan to try harder on the non-40/80 bands.

John, KD8MQ


On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 5:29 PM, <Jimk8mr at aol.com> wrote:

> W3IZ's comments are much in agreement with what I have observed.
>
> I'm of the opinion that this is a culture issue, not something that will be
>  affected much by rules (i.e. extra points for 20 meters & up, for
> example).
>
> The PA QSO **PARTY** is much like any other party. There are two types of
> parties - ones where you invite close friends and have a good time hanging
> out  together, and ones where you invite lots of people, including people
> you
> may not  know well or even at all, but would like to get to know. Think
> fraternity  parties - do you limit it to your own fraternity, or do you
> invite
> the whole  campus?
>
> If you extend an invitation to all but then just hang out with your close
> friends, the outsiders will lose interest and wander off to someplace where
> they  are welcomed, or at least not ignored. Hold several events like this
> and  experience and the word do get out.
>
> Parties of the first kind can still be a lot of fun. Just don't be
> surprised when outsiders don't get excited about coming.
>
>
> 73   -   Jim   K8MR         ( /R in 2013 until the  minivan breaks broke)
>
>
>
> p.s   Comments  posted on the 3830 Contest Score reporting  site, from KU8E
> in Georgia, who spent 12 hours and made 250 QSOs in  the PaQP this year.
> Things must be even worse in W6 where 40 meters is not an  option at all
> for
> most of the time:
>
> "This  is the first time I really spent much time in the PQP. It appears
> that
> most  of the activity is on 40 meters (during the day and 80 at night) with
>  PA
> stations  mostly working each other. If you were too far away to work PA
> during
> the  day on the lower bands this QSO party would really suck. I'm
> borderline  and
> could  work the louder stations on 40 during the day. Too bad more stations
> didn't  go to 20 meters since it was open to PA pretty good from GA. Most
> of  my
> 20  meter SSB QSO's were answers to my CQ's."
>
>
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 10/25/2013 4:56:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> w3iz at sbcglobal.net writes:
>
>
> My  observation has been that many ops seem to be looking for a clean sweep
> of PA  counties and pass up on more mults outside of the state.
> I have  operated this contest for a few decades both inside and outside of
> PA and from  some rare counties. I can say that the advantage of being
> inside PA is that  you get to work EVERYBODY.  When operating outside of
> PA you
> can go for  some long stretches without a QSO if trying to run.  It also
> seems that  there are fewer stations running and just S&P looking for
>  counties.
> Just my observations.
> 73,
> Norm  W3IZ
>
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