[FQP] Florida QSO Party - finalizing the plans

[Robert Chudek - K0RC]

Hello FQPers...

There's only a few days to go before the log books will begin to be 
filled with Florida stations during the annual QSO Party!

A few minutes ago I updated my workbook and PDFs with the current 
information on the FQP website. If there are any additions, changes, or 
deletions please forward these to Ron and myself. I will post an updated 
workbook later this evening (Wednesday night).

Here's some of the stats, as of now:

A total of 260 "county activations" will be performed by the mobile 
corps on Saturday. Escambia remains a "hold out' county. Neither fixed 
nor mobile stations have planned activity. Obviously, unless this county 
is activated, there can be no 67-county sweep on Saturday. In addition 
to Escambia, Pinellas, Liberty, and Franklin will have only one station 
on the air and therefore top the "rare county" list for Saturday.

Looking at Sunday, there will be 238 "county activations" by the mobile 
stations. All 67 counties will be represented. Broward, Miami-Dade, and 
Monroe will have fixed station coverage. Hamilton and Collier counties 
will find one mobile whizzing through their boundaries. The duration is 
only 23 and 46 minutes so these two counties top the "rare county" list 
on Sunday. Two mobiles will activate Escambia on Sunday with a combined 
duration of 53 minutes on the air.

On the opposite end of the spectrum (which are the most visited 
counties), here is the list of counties that will be visited 10 or more 
times by mobiles during the weekend and the number of hours:minutes 
estimated they will be available. This information could be useful to 
decide if a few of these visits might be sacrificed to provide 
additional coverage to the more rare counties. I do not know the 
feasibility of any route changes. I'm just "putting it out there" for 
your consumption!

Baker 	10 	5:58
Clay 	10 	6:08
Dixie 	10 	5:34
Gilchrist 	10 	5:33
Jefferson 	10 	5:10
Lake 	10 	7:09
Polk 	10 	6:04
Seminole 	10 	4:47
Union 	10 	5:24
Volusia 	10 	4:40
Bradford 	11 	6:11
Columbia 	11 	5:52
Lafayette 	11 	6:21
Marion 	11 	7:18
Putnam 	11 	8:44
Sumter 	11 	5:48
Suwannee 	12 	6:41
Alachua 	13 	8:17


And a final note, this workbook and statistics are based on 'known' 
station activity. It's impossible to forecast exactly how the weekend 
will plan out. Unexpected and unreported activity can (and does) fill in 
a lot of gaps. To me, that is what makes the FQP both a challenge and FUN!

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN