[PaQSO] Puzzling

[J. P. Fox, III]

Mike, 

Blair said it all.  

73,

JP N3GWR, 33k from Berks County. :-)

> On Oct 15, 2015, at 5:08 PM, K3YD via PaQSO <paqso at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> Hi Mike,
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> I'm baffled too.  PAQP was the first contest in which I participated.  (I won't say how many thousand year ago.)  I've watched the rules change a bit over the years (remember 1.5 points for CW Q's?) while the contest grew to be "Something Big". 
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> This is a contest where a guy with 100 watts and a decent dipole, in a rare county, can feel like real rare DX.  This is a contest where I can say "Hello" to old friends who I hear year-after-year but probably wouldn't recognize if I encountered them in a Mall.
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> It's a fun contest because I can operate from home, or go to a rare county and either way I can get some sleep overnight.  The 2-day format is wonderful because I can't always get on for both days.  I remember one year when I showed up for the first time about 1600 EDST Sunday and enjoyed a bottomless 2-hour run.  :-)
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> I keep trying for a sweep of PA counties (never got more than 66), and wonder if anyone will every get a Super-sweep (all counties plus all ARRL/CRRL mults).
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> Thanks Mike (and before you, Doug) for all your hard work of organizing and managing.  Thanks NARC for sponsoring the best weekend activity in Ham radio.  And it isn't broken . . . don't fix it!
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> 73,  Blair K3YD
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Coslo <mjcn3li at gmail.com>
> To: paqso <paqso at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wed, Oct 14, 2015 10:20 pm
> Subject: Re: [PaQSO] Puzzling
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> I’m also baffled. 
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> If I might note, it gets a little discouraging to come home,
> and most of what I hear is all the things I’m doing wrong. Both via the list and
> privately.
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> I always suggest that people who love contesting should try
> administering one. This is my tenth administration of the QSO Party. I am
> amazed.
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> As you note -  the party is not broken. It does not need fixed. The
> original complaint that started this was an out of state Op who didn’t hear many
> mobiles. As noted, propagation was not terribly good. We have mobiles, we have
> activity. 
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> I am going to take a few days off from the list now, to quiet my
> ragged nerves. Carry on.
> 
> Mike
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>>> On Oct 14, 2015, at 9:58 PM, Herb Krumich via
>> PaQSO <paqso at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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>> I am baffled why hams try fixing
> things that aren't broke. This is a beautiful contest and the results every year
> confirm this.
>> So what i