[FQP] [FCG] Solutions Looking for Problems

[George K5KG]

I agree with John/EEB on this one.  Keep the FQP as it currently is. 

Each State QSO Party has its unique features, and ours is the 40-10m format.  It's certainly possible to modify the format of which bands to include as we pass through the 11-year solar cycles, but this would invite possible adjustments to the "band" rules every few years.  My vote is to NOT adopt this method, but rather to keep the rules as they are year after year.

There are "unintended consequences" to changing contest rules which must be taken into consideration.  They are: need to revise and publish the rules; possible revisions to the awards; updating the FQP web site; revising the log checking procedures; inconsistencies in score records over the years, etc.  

Consequently, proposed changes to ANY contest rule must be taken with very careful consideration.

Our challenge as participants in the FQP each year is to find inventive ways of adapting to the effects of the changing solar condx on 40, 20, 15 & 10.

My two cents worth...

73, George,  k5kg
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> On May 3, 2017, at 13:18, John Bayne N4EEB <john.bayne at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> One of the neat things about contesting is that each event has it's own personality, its own rules, etc.
> 
> The subject of adding 80 meters comes up almost every year.   While there are a few outlying opinions, the majority likes the current format, and I agree.  When exactly are we going to have all of this 80-meter activity with a 20-hour contest that ends at 1800 HRS EDT on Sunday?  This is a unique event.  It's the Florida QSO Party.  Comparing it to California and Georgia and suggesting rule changes is, well, not cool!
> 
> Why don't we shorten the exchange in Sweepstakes?  599 NFL would be much faster.  And 160 in SS? Useless.  Let's trade that for 6-meters.  Where does this discussion end?
> 
> Come on guys, show some respect and thanks to the organizers who spend hundreds of hours of their own time trying to make this fun for as many people as possible.  Embrace this for what it is and try to have some fun.
> 
> John N4EEB
> 
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