[FQP] [qsoparty] QSO Party workbooks

Sun Apr 26 04:52:14 PDT 2015

Are you telling me you didn't work your Florida 67-county sweep 
yesterday? Some fellows did, but I was a casual entrant and I still need 
6 counties to make my sweep. So I was sitting there last night, jotting 
down a plan of attack when it dawned on me "Hey! I've got a computer 
that can figure this out for me."

And here's the ticket for you... the new & improved, updated, *Rev 4.02 
FQP workbook*. Pan to the right on the Sunday worksheet, fill in the 
county codes that you need, click the big button, and the software will 
build a table for you, telling you who to be looking for, at what time, 
and how long it will be activated.

Use one of the links below to grab this new version.

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN

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> On 4/25/2015 12:07 AM, Robert Chudek - K0RC k0rc at citlink.net 
> [qsoparty] wrote:
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>> Some of you may know I have created a series of QSO Party Excel 
>> workbooks. For those of you who don't, here is a brief summary:
>>
>> These QSO Party workbooks are tools that can be used before, during, 
>> or after a weekend QSO Party. For example, this weekend is the 
>> Florida QSO Party which will be on the air both Saturday and Sunday. 
>> This is a very popular party with many mobiles chasing around their 
>> state.
>>
>> One of the challenges in a QSO Party is trying to work all the 
>> counties. In that regard, many mobiles go out and activate the more 
>> rare counties. The goal is to track them and work them as the move 
>> from county to county so you can log a "Sweep." When there are only a 
>> couple mobiles, it isn't too difficult keeping track of their 
>> where-abouts. When you get a dozen or more mobiles moving about, 
>> keeping track of them is more of a challenge.
>>
>> Here is the link: 
>> https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=D96C61FEB759DC6E&id=d96c61feb759dc6e!3663&sc=documents
>>
>> or the tiny URL: http://tinyurl.com/p9jppmh
>>
>> You must download it (right click the name and select download). This 
>> puts the copy on your local hard drive. Double click the file and 
>> Excel will launch. You must enable macros in Excel for the sorting 
>> buttons to function. All of the routes for the FL mobile stations 
>> have been entered into a table. This table can be sorted using one of 
>> four buttons. It's pretty self evident when you look at the workbook. 
>> You can see who is going to be in each county, at what time, and for 
>> how long. You can also see which counties have very low 
>> participation, alerting you to be on the lookout especially for those.
>>
>> Other workbooks for the Florida QSO Party are used after the party is 
>> over. You can import your Cabrillo formatted log and this workbook 
>> will provide statistics on your "performance."
>>
>> A third workbook is available for the Florida *mobile* operators. It 
>> provides more detail geared toward their operations... what counties 
>> did they visit, when did they arrive, how long did they operate, how 
>> many QSOs were made while there, etc.
>>
>> I typically announce the availability of new / updated workbooks on 
>> the CQ-Contest reflector. I thought I would post this message on this 
>> new reflector for those who are not signed up for the contest reflector.
>>
>> If you have any questions, email me direct. You do need a version of 
>> Excel 2003 or newer for the workbook to function properly. It 
>> "should" work with Open Office, but I have not tested it with that 
>> application.
>>
>> 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
>>
>> Florida QSO Party website: http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/index.html
>>
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