[FQP] FQP tools

[Christopher Blake]

Thanks Chuck!  Great news to learn you'll be joining in the /m fun this
year!

vy 73,
Chris, NX4N :-)


On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Charles Sanders <no5w.chuck at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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)
>>
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>>
>> 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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