[FQP] Florida QSO Party - finalizing the plans

[K1to at aol.com]

Great job and mega-thanks, Bob!  
 
Pinellas will be well represented all weekend long by the fine W4GAC team  
using W4P.  
Escambia will also likely have N4OX in there for a bunch of hours as a  
fixed stn.  
LIB and FRA will have more mobiles than have reported their routes.  
 
Good luck to all on getting the sweeps of both the 67 counties and the 15  
1x1s!
 
73, Dan, K1TO
 
 
In a message dated 4/25/2012 2:37:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
k0rc at citlink.net writes:

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

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