Hank & Kenny -<br><br>First of all... Congrats on your respective wins last year. <br><br>I think Kenny makes an excellent point. I don't think many of us enter ANY contest really EXPECTING to win... but I'll bet all of us enter a given state QSO party expecting, assuming, or at least HOPING that the stations operating IN that state would not DELIBERATELY do something to confuse others, or make their participation less efficient or less enjoyable. When N9FN and I operate from OH or MI in the OHQP or MIQP we recognize and accept that our rate may suffer somewhat, because, although N9FN has now operated from those states for many years, there are always folks who are new to QSO parties, and/or don't subscribe to the respective reflectors, and are thus caught off guard by the '9' land call in MI or OH. <br>
<br>I won't argue the "cuteness" of N1L, but when you already have an '8' land call I guess I just don't understand why you would make the change. It seems to me that ESPECIALLY if you choose to operate QRP once again, you would not want to add an additional hurdle for your fellow hams to jump over in order to make a QSO with what very well may be a needed mult.<br>
<br>Regardless... even if I don't understand your motivation, I do hope you and many many others have a great time in the OHQP and all the other excuses we come up with to enjoy this great and diverse hobby of ours.<br>
<br>-Dave-<br>-K9FN-<br><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Kenneth Silverman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kenny.k2kw@gmail.com" target="_blank">kenny.k2kw@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div>If I had to chose a call for the Oh/MiQP it would have an 8 in it, but that's just me. N1L is cute, but IMHO it would be better to have a native #. That's why I used N8M or K8O in the QSO parties instead of signing K2KW or K2KW/8</div>
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<div>Just go to QRZ.com and put in the zip code. Not many hams in that zip code, but WZ8D is there and is very active, mainly on 6m. AF8V seems pretty active. Just click on each call (there are not many) and see who's active.</div>
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<div>Kenny K2KW<br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 10:12 PM, Hank Greeb <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:n8xx@arrl.org" target="_blank">n8xx@arrl.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote"><br>I'm reserving the special call for N1L/CLINton county during Ohio QSO Party 2011.<br>
<br>I'm looking at Blanchester, about 30 miles from where my son and daughter in law live, as a site for the operation.<br>
<br>N1L is a takeoff on N)ot 1)n L)og, so that everyone who works me will have at least one NIL contact.<br><br>It was fun with N8Q/HENRy duringn OQP 2010, where I set a new (only, first) record for QRP in HENRy county, so why not CLINton? :)<br>
<br>73 de n8xx Hg<br><br>p.s. Does anyone know an active ham in Blanchester, zip 45107, who could vouch for me and introduce me to the village park board?<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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