[OhQP-mail] OhQP : New category request.

[w3hkk at roadrunner.com]

Hank, you had me going there for a minute!  

The request is really to recognize barefoot rigs over high power, so whether the limit is 100w or 200w doesnt make a lot of difference to me.  ( You clearly know more about QRPers than I do.  But Life is too......)

IMO, the change   would recognize and encourage  group/club  events at normal power levels, which might be one of the  goals of a state qso party.....  a bunch of folks getting together for a day, looking for all those who operate mobile, or in "exotic" counties, etc. I always have the OhQP goal of working all Ohio counties, and from central Ohio that's been a toughie.

I am all for the OhQP's one day contest format, and just see this as a tweak. a step towards enccouraging more club activity. Methinks club activity could use a boost, especially as we get older, it often takes more guys to get the same amount of work done, and to get involved in efforts that one person may no longer be willing to do on his/her own.  Besides, its fun when a group of like-minded individuals get together and pools their resources/abilities.  ...That assumes a group of like-minded individuals exists.  But if you try hard enough, you can find them.

Id love to see a Multi-QRP group get together, pull their rigs out of their pockets, hang some antennas and go to town.  Anybody have photos of such a group?

Bob  


---- Hank Greeb <n8xx at arrl.org> wrote: 
> Robert:
> 
> Great Idea - But will methinks thee dreameth.  Could something which 
> makes even a minute "change" in the rules, which were carved in stone 
> before the advent of quill and papyrus, receive any serious consideration?
> 
> But, shucky durn, if there were a QRP-Multi/Multi category, I'd place a 
> bet that I could round up enough fellers silly enough to knock the pants 
> off any of the operators who run multi-multi @ >1.5 KW+++.  (well, mebbe 
> not beat them, but at least we'd make a mark in the QRP-Multi-Multi 
> category.)  For me, I'd never even consider making such a suggestions, 
> because I'm categorized as a pariah amongst the "real OHQP crowd."
> 
> However, I NEVER cease to be amazed at what a mediocre op like N8XX, 
> often called a LID, Rabble rouser, or other terms of endearment, can do 
> with >5 watts to a marginal antenna in a "Field Day" type setup.
> 
> If I could find one or two REAL contest ops to join my mediocre 
> operating effort, we'd make a "Jollie Goode Show" of it.
> 
> 72/73 de n8xx Hg
> QRP >99.44% of the time
> 
> On 10/8/2012 10:12 PM, w3hkk at roadrunner.com wrote:
> > The guys here at COOKEN have traditionally gotten together for some annual camraderie by entering the Multi Op Category of the OhQP. We run a barefoot rig @ 100w.
> >
> > The Multi Op category  had 18 log submissions this year, presumably from stations running  somewhere between 1w and 1000w.
> >
> > Im not sure if we want to encourage more KWs in a state QSO party, when barefoot rigs do just fine. So we request consideration be given to at least one more Multi-Op category for 2013 and beyond, by dividing the current Multi-Op category  into Multi-Op(200w or less)  ( to accomodate barefoot stations) and Multi-Op (over 200w) ( for those with amplifiers.)
> >
> > I didnt suggest a QRP category for Multi-Ops, since I didnt think you could find more than one QRP operator per club. :)
> >
> > Thanks for your consideration.
> 
> 
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