[MiQP-Mail] Suggestion for Mobiles/Rovers

James Walter wt9u at verizon.net
Mon Apr 17 20:04:13 CDT 2006


Hank and others,

There was quite a bit of coordination off the list between the mobiles. 
This was my 5th year in the MIQP as a mobile/rover (thanks to K8MR's article 
in NCJ that got me inspired).

I know from my experiences that there will be a core of fixed stations that 
I work over and over again, county to county.  That's why I try to do as 
many counties as possible (within reason) to maximize the rate.

Last year in Ohio Ted, W8UE and I did 28 counties in 12 hours.  That allows 
about 25 minutes per county.  Of course some counties take a bit longer than 
others to traverse so some adjustments have to be made.

Since the multipliers count only once per mode for the duration of the 
contest there's little incentive for me to stay in any one county too long. 
There's not a lot of incentive for me to S&P and call fixed stations either 
because they normally CQ in my face.  I don't know how the other mobiles 
fare but I  normally have a couple of S units more noise on the receive side 
as well which makes it more difficult, especially when the QRP stations 
call.

Of course, if the contest sponsors were to add bonus points for say 50 Q's 
per county that would change my strategy.  If I were to go out as a solo 
operation I would approach the contest considerably different as well 
hanging near 4 corner counties and minimizing drive time.

Please look for WT9U/m in the upcoming Indiana QSO Party the 6th of May.

73...Jim, WT9U
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hank Greeb" <n8xx at arrl.org>
To: <miqp-mail at miqp.org>
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 2:10 PM
Subject: [MiQP-Mail] Suggestion for Mobiles/Rovers


>
> A suggestions, NOT a criticism for MIQP mobile/rover operation.
>
> Why not get together as a group (I thimk most of the mobiles are members
> of MRRC) and decide on who will cover what counties, and divide the
> number of counties amongst the mobiles.  Maybe this was done, but I've
> seen 20+ counties per mobile, giving less than an hour per county.
>
> If conditions are great, it really doesn't matter how long a particular
> county is on the air, because people from everywhere can contact people
> from anywhere.  But, when conditions are not optimal, then only distant
> stations can contact mobiles from many of the counties, and the local
> (Michigan) stations do not have an opportunity to gain "rare" multipliers.
>
> The fellow who ran four counties, and switched from 40/20 during the day
> from each of the counties for the "far out" states, and back to the same
> 4 counties for a tour of 80/75 meters had a good idea.  He was on over
> an hour in each county on each band, which should have allowed folks who
> were really looking for the county to find the station.
>
> The optimum contest would have a well equipped fixed station in every
> county for the duration of the contest, and the mobiles would be "icing
> on the cake."   That doesn't even happen in Sweepsteaks  (for ARRL
> Sections) so this is certainly a "pipe dream."
>
> 73 de n8xx/N8M Hg
>
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