[FQP] FQP Mobile Schedule

[Ron Wetjen]

Bob, K0RC, passes along an interesting Spreadsheet for folks tracking 
the mobile stations for their "Sweeps".


This tool can help participants achieve a 67-county sweep. There are 
four worksheets in the workbook; three reports and the source data:

1) By Time - This report shows the sequential clock time and which 
counties are being activated by which mobile stations. For example, when 
it's 19:30 on Saturday, you can determine which mobiles are activating 
which counties.

2) By County - This report shows the alphabetical list of counties and 
at what times it will be activated by which mobile stations. The 
sequence number shows the county number in the itinerary of the mobile 
station. For example, if you still need Pinellas county on Sunday you 
can look to see the ETA of the four opportunities to work that county.

3) County Visits - This reports shows the alphabetical list of all 
counties, their abbreviation, how many mobiles will activate the county 
on Saturday, Sunday, and in total. Counties with 2 or less activations 
are highlighted in yellow to draw attention to this fact. Counties not 
activated by any mobile stations are highlighted in red. For example, no 
mobile stations will visit Pinellas county on Saturday, so if a fixed 
station has not been logged the first day, there are only 4 "chances" of 
a mobile contact on Sunday. The right side of this worksheet shows the 
itineraries with the ETA's for each mobile.

4) Source Data - This worksheet is the raw data and calculation 
scratch-pad used to compile the information for the first three worksheets.

The data used to compile the listings was retrieved from the FLQP 
website. A general assumption was made that mobile stations would 
participate the full 10-hours in each segment. The county activations 
were then calculated by dividing the number of counties listed into the 
10-hour contest period. The ETA for each succeeding county was 
determined by adding this time to the previous ETA. The workbook further 
assumes all mobile stations will begin operating at 16:00 on Saturday 
and 12:00 on Sunday.

I have also posted this workbook on my website:
http://tinyurl.com/26vjdcd

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN