[FQP] FQP tools

[Charles Sanders]

Chris --

Yes I plan to publish maps again this year and I am also planning to be
mobile. I should be posting the first version by the end of this week.

Please change my email address to no5w.chuck at gmail.com


On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Robert Chudek - K0RC <k0rc at citlink.net>wrote:

> Hello Chris and all FQPers...
>
> For 2013 I streamlined the tools for users interested in following the
> mobile activity during FQP.
>
> I created a simplified Excel workbook that allows you to view the
> planned itineraries. It contains two worksheets, one for Saturday and
> one for Sunday. Both worksheets have 4 sort buttons. These allow you to
> view the activity in different 'views'; alphabetically by call sign or
> county name, chronologically by time, or numerically by 'least visited
> to most visited' counties. That last view can be important when trying
> to log a 67-county sweep. It provides a 'heads up' on activations,
> giving you the approximate time and call sign to be looking for in those
> rare counties.
>
> You will also find two PDF files that can be printed for reference.
> These list the chronological order that the counties will be activated
> each day.
>
> The information is current as of this afternoon, 15-Apr-2013. I imported
> the data from the web page at: http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/cota.php
> Please check the FQP website and verify your plan (order) to visit the
> counties is listed correctly. This is the basis used to predict which
> counties will be active throughout the weekend.
>
> Download these files from my DropBox site, here:
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/oyt1i08qf6qjdk0/6QprAp8jhV
>
> I will update these files with any changes a few days prior to FQP.
>
> 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
>
> P.S. I have a separate tool for *mobile *operators who would like to
> review their previous years logs. It will digest your Cabrillo file and
> tell you the order you visited the counties, how long  you were in each,
> your first contact, the number of QSOs logged, your effective rate, and
> how long it took you to activate the next county. This tool can be
> helpful to compare 'planned', 'perceived', and 'actual' performance as
> you made your way around the state. Let me know if you need help in
> getting your log(s) imported. The *QP- FL Mobile Analyzer* can be
> downloaded from here: *http://tinyurl.com/82en6wd* (Note: import
> Saturday as Log1 and Sunday as Log2)
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> On 4/15/2013 8:13 AM, Christopher Blake wrote:
> > Hi Bob and Chuck,
> > As I am gearing up for FQP (4 hustlers on top of my SUV this year!) I
> > wanted to check in with you both to see if you were planning to
> > support FQP againg with your helpful tools.
> > Looking forward to working you both from many counties and on several
> > bands...
> > Thanks as always for your tremendous support.
> > vy 73,
> > Chris, NX4N
>
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