[FQP]W4WLC unoffical results....

[Jim White, K4OJ]

Thanks for getting on, Dave

The Florida QSO Party grows each year, we are at the point where for it 
to grow it its next evolutionary phase we need more folks like yourself 
operating from home stations... this adds to the fun for the guys on the 
other end as we pretty much so can guarantee sweepability in the FQP 
barring acts of God...so, if an entrant from out of state gets on and 
works all 67 counties should he QRT... we hope not - besides "insurance" 
QSOs with other mobiles passing through a given mult if enough guys 
operate in the contest the fact that you swept will be kinda "ho hum" 
and it then comes down to who worked the most outside of Florida 
stations! We have been focused on covering the counties with the mobiles 
on CW since we figure most home stations who would casually get on would 
do so on SSB... pretty much so like you did when you took the plunge 
this weekend.

I am curious if you would share with us why you decided to get your feet 
wet in the FQP.  We need more guys like yourself who have not previously 
been active in the FQP, or any contest for that matter, to turn on their 
rigs and hand out QSOs - being at the "rare" end of the pileup is fun. 
Its almost like being exotic DX on some far away island.  For one 
weekend a year anyone with a home station can join the fun and enjoy 
being "wanted".  There is a confirmed rumor that this weekend one 
Florida entrant had so many out of state guys calling him he had to 
operate split frequency so the callers would not cover him up! N4PM was 
taking callers up 5 KHz!

Please let us know why you decided to get on for this one, and - if you 
would be so kind, let us know the highs and lows of being a new entrant.

Welcome to the fun - if you wanna try some more contesting check out the 
web site for the Florida Contest Group, sponsors of the FQP at:

http://www.qsl.net/fcg

Thanks again for joining us... of course we hope you will be back in 363 
days... think I got that right 2004 is a leap year...

73,

Jim, K4OJ




Dave wrote:
> This was first contest I have ever worked.  I took a lot of breaks, had a
> lot of fun especially during the runs.  I worked all SSB with a G5RV at 28
> feet.  The ICOM 756 Pro II worked great.  I guess I need get back into CW,
> haven't worked any in 20 years.  Looking forward to next year.
> 
> Call:      W4WLC
>       Category:  Single Operator
>       Power:     Low Power
>       Band:      All Band
>       Mode:      SSB
>       County:    BAY
> 
>       MODE      QSO    QSO PTS  MULTS
> 
> 
>        CW        0        0        0
>       SSB      325      325       52
>       -----------------------------------------
> 
>       Totals   325      325       52
> 
>       Power Multiplier = 2  Final Score = 33,800
> 
> Dave
> W4WLC
> Lynn Haven, FL
> 
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