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I'll 2nd what Dave sez.<br>
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A "portable" station suffers from poorer than average antennae,
sometimes vagaries of weather (we got rained on two or three times when
we were out in the field in BROWn county, plus it does take a lot of
work to set up and operate in a rare county.<br>
<br>
And, for me, it took considerable negotiations to find a suitable park
in which to operate in HENRy county this year. Small villages, with
volunteer or part time governing boards makes contacting, explaining
what amateur radio is all about, etc., a considerable effort.
Considerably more than it took to find a spot in NEWAygo County which
was easy driving distance from home for the Michigan QSO party.<br>
<br>
73 de n8xx Hg<br>
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For several years we have operated “Field Day”
style portable from a park in Mercer county exactly as you
described.
We selected Mercer county primarily because it was fairly rare prior
to
our operations, and it was one of the closer ones to our home in
Lafayette, IN.
It has always been very discouraging to us that while using wires in
trees and 100w from a picnic shelter we are forced to compete in the
same
category as the large multi-multi stations running KW’s, beams, and
other
permanent antennas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Adding
a “portable” category as you suggest for
fixed stations operating “Field Day” style would be a GREAT
addition for OhQP. Successfully setting up
such an operation takes significant effort and could be a great club or
group project,
so such a category should allow multiple operators, and multiple
transmitters
in that class. This would encourage
additional participation in OhQP, provide a mechanism to get a bigger
signal
out of some of your rarer counties for the whole contest, and get more
public exposure
to OhQP as well as Amateur Radio in general.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ohqp-mail-bounces@ohqp.org">ohqp-mail-bounces@ohqp.org</a> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:ohqp-mail-bounces@ohqp.org">mailto:ohqp-mail-bounces@ohqp.org</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Kenneth
Silverman<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 10, 2010 9:47 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:w3hkk@roadrunner.com">w3hkk@roadrunner.com</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ohqp-mail@ohqp.org">ohqp-mail@ohqp.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OhQP-mail] 2010 OQP - Licking County - WW8OH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The SSB/CW ratio for 2009 is front and center of
the web
results: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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(and
usually the results start off with this tally)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There was surprising balance of QSOs, though CW
beat
SSB. Only on 75/80 was there a nod to more SSB QSOs. The 2009
results are also compared to 2005, where CW wins again.<o:p></o:p></p>
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about activating a
rare county next year </span>- would people be inclined to go out on
County
Expeditions (presumably fixed since we have the rover/mobile category)
if
there was some form of recognition (or category) for such efforts? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 9:05 AM, <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:w3hkk@roadrunner.com">w3hkk@roadrunner.com</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As previously noted, COOKEN members will be
putting on
a two station Licking County OQP effort this year. It looks like the
two
will be split - one CW and one SSB station . While Licking Co is
not exactly rare ( it was about the 11th most active county in last
years contest) - we hope to balance both modes, on 80-10.<br>
<br>
Depending on this years success in getting enough operators, targeting
rare
Ohio counties might be on the radar for 2011.<br>
<br>
I wonder what the ssb - cw mix of qsos was in 2009. Im guessing it was
heavily tilted to ssb - despite k8MR's ( and others) efforts to the
contrary.<br>
<br>
Also, Im hoping we get some 15m openings into Europe this year, and
maybe even
10m sporadic E, and have taken the liberty to notify friends at the UBA
(Belgian Radio Club, similar to ARRL) about the OQP and how it enhances
their
chances to work new Ohio counties as well. Hopefully they will pass the
word.<br>
<br>
So keep an ear out for ONs' and other Europeans, as well.<br>
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