[FQP] FQP Mobile Category Rules

[Kevin Milhorn]

Hey Everyone,
Here are my comments on the changing of the mobile categories. I think we
need to be careful and not add too many different cats. If we make too many,
every mobile than enters will get a plaque, thus taking away their value. I
am sure we could do some more clarification of some of the rules, but I am
really not in favor of to many categories. 
My 2 cents.
Kevin N4KM 1/2 of team OJ in FQP.

-----Original Message-----
From: fqp-bounces at kkn.net [mailto:fqp-bounces at kkn.net] On Behalf Of
K1to at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 1:41 PM
To: ku8e at bellsouth.net; fqp at kkn.net
Cc: k4bai at worldnet.att.net
Subject: Re: [FQP] FQP Mobile Category Rules

Jeff - 

Thanks for your input.  Congrats on a very solid effort and thanks for
coming 
down to participate again! 

Several thoughts:

1)  N4PN's amp puts him into a different power category where he does not
get 
the 2x power multiplier, so I think that example is amply covered now, so to

speak.

2)  Hauling an antenna on a trailer is nothing new.  W5WMU did this years 
ago.  How on earth can we subdivide mobiles based on antenna size?  Is a 
trailer-based vertical that significantly better than one mounted on a low
bumper?

3)  The current rules do specify that mobiles should have antennas that are 
capable of motion.  So the concept of throwing up a dipole or big vertical
in 
some  counties is not really consistent with the concept of a mobile.  This
is 
where we have a hole in the rules and need further discussion to establish 
appropriate rules.  I asked this group before to point us to a set of rules
that 
does address this and got zero response.  

73, Dan, K1TO


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