[FQP] FQP operating...40 meters

[Charles Wooten]

K1TO is correct, However, if you are going to spend some significant time in the panhandle, 40 meters can be VERY productive during the day.....not so for the central and southern part of the state......it is common to work IL, IN  OH, WV, KY, TN, AL, AR, MO, LA, TX, MS, NC,SC, and VA along with GA while operating during the day on 40 FROM THE PANHANDLE.....I can remember working PA, MD, NY and NJ as well as MI and WI during the day on 40 from the panhandle..... if band conditions are above normal.

NF4A (in the panhandle and veteran of several FQPs operating mobile from the panhandle)

----- Original Message -----
From: K1TO via FCG <fcg at kkn.net>
To: fcg at kkn.net, fqp at kkn.net
Sent: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 14:24:51 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [FCG] FQP operating


 Jack et al - 

The GQP and FQP are different in many ways.

- GA is physically far enough north that 20M skips over many populated areas. We don't generally have that problem.

- 40M is actually productive during the day from GA. Not so much from down here, even in N FL.

- The GQP continues until midnight local on Saturday, and until 8 PM Sunday. Along with the earlier sunset in earlier April, that means about 3 more hours of darkness in the GQP than the FQP.

- For GA stations, they have no incentive to work DX as that all counts as one mult only. For FL stations, each DXCC counts as a mult, so the high bands are more important. 

20M will always be the key band in the FQP. 

GL & vy 73, Dan







-----Original Message-----
From: K1KNQ via FCG <fcg at kkn.net>
To: fcg <fcg at kkn.net>
Sent: Tue, Apr 12, 2016 1:14 pm
Subject: [FCG] FQP operating

After looking over the results from the GQP mobiles, it looks like 40M will 
 be important this year.
I guess I better do more work on the 40M antenna..
 
 
Jack
K1KNQ
aka K4FCG/M
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