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In 2011 I was asked, "Why in the %$#^&@ would one choose to
operate as N1L , a 'foreign' prefix number - not 8." It seemed
that some "uptight" members of the sponsoring organization thought
such a call was inappropriate. In 2012 there was some concern when
I operated K6JSS - until I explained that this was the QRP ARCI club
call, and they were trying to get stations on from all 50 states
during state QP's (or regional QP's like NEQP, 7QP, etc)<br>
<br>
I replied with a question, "Is there something illegal, immoral, or
against some OHQP rule to use ANY call which is OK with the Friendly
Candy Company?" The answer I received was, "No, of course not."<br>
<br>
But, this year's choice brought even more questions - particularly
amongst friends and close colleagues, about my choice NØH. Below is
a reply I sent to one fellow:<br>
<br>
"WhØ wØuld be stupid/idiØtic/liddish enØugh tØ chØØse NØH in the
ØhiØ QSØ party when KS was encØuraging multiple (20 Ør mØre, by my
cØunt) 1X1 zerØs fØr bØnus pØints/added wallpaper during their KS
QSØ Party? <br>
<br>
"He must either be an idiØt, Ør have a GRRRRRR8 sense Øf twisted
humØr (Ør bØth :)"<br>
<br>
It WAS "interesting" to say the least, on 20 and 40 meters where the
skip seemed much better for Kansas than for Ohio - so I visited the
KSQP probably too often and I'd call one of the 1x1's who were
calling "CQ KSQP" and have an exchange. It usually would start out
with them sending "5NN WYA" (or whatever county they were in), to
which I replied "NR 123 WARR 5NN OH - pse i need a number for the
OHQP." It's too bad that Kansas Counties don't count for
multipliers for the OHQP, because I have 7 in the log. Kansas was
the most prolific out of state entity which was on the bands. I
even worked 5 of these KS ops on 20 meters! Otherwise 20 meters was
a real drag. I didn't try very hard on 40, but I did work 2 KS
stations on 40 - and probably could have worked many more.<br>
<br>
I'll probably look at whether KS is running their KSQP on the same
date as OHQP next year, and, if so, I'll probably choose a different
call area, or use a club call or somesuch. But, if you ain't
figured out that I like to have fun, rather than competing with
blood and guts, well, that's YOUR problem.<br>
<br>
72/73 de n8xx Hg<br>
QRP >99.44% of the time<br>
Operated N8Q/HENR in OHQP 2010<br>
Operated N1L/BROW in OHQP 2011<br>
Operated K6JSS/UNIO in OHQP 2012<br>
Operated NØH/WARR in OHQP 2013<br>
<br>
p.s. And, each time I had LOTS of fun, even with 20+ hour days
setting up, testing, operating, and tearing down. <br>
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