[MiQP-Mail] Suggestion for improving participation in MiQP

[Hank Greeb]

The fellow at the ARRL VEC said that he grants any of the 1by1 calls on 
a first come, first serve basis.  It appears to me that any reason seems 
good enough to warrant such a call.  I suppose that if the 1 by 1's 
became much more popular than they current are, then the NVEC's might 
become more picky on what they approve, but so far the requests have 
been very sparse compared with the number of 1 by 1's available (75 for 
each day of the year - the N, K, and W's for each of the letters of the 
alphabet except for "X".).  The form for applying is at 
http://www.ncvec.org/1x1_request_form.php

So far, Queen City Emergency Net's 60th anniversary, Tour of the Scioto 
River Valley, Ohio QSO Party, Michigan QSO Party, and ARRL Field Day 
have been sufficient "justification" for a 1 by 1 call.

73 de n8xx/N8M (during MiQP 2006) Hg

Hal Offutt wrote:

>I think this is a pretty cool idea.  It would be very interesting to try it
>next year.
>
>If there were a couple of dozen 1X1 calls on the air, participants would get 
>used to it pretty quickly.
>
>How does one arrange for a 1X1 call?  My impression is that they were
>designed for special occasions and handed out rather sparingly.  Can you
>update us on the procedure?
>
>73,
>
>Hal W1NN
>
>(will be /M on April 15!)
>
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Hank Greeb" <n8xx at arrl.org>
>To: <MiQP-Mail at miqp.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 8:20 AM
>Subject: [MiQP-Mail] Suggestion for improving participation in MiQP
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>>I've reserved N8M for the weekend of MiQP.   Look for me on the CW
>>portion, and possibly the phone portion, if I can find my microphone, and
>>if the modulator part of the TR-7 still works.  :)
>>
>>Based on interest of folks who contacted me when I operated W8B in the
>>Ohio QSO party, this should improve my chances of getting contacts during
>>the Michigan QSO party.
>>
>>We could have something like 75 one by one calls operating during MiQP,
>>and, if folks would reserve them early enough, we could get them all
>>listed in QST and elsewhere.  This could generate a LOT of extra interest
>>in folks who want "special event" wallpaper.  It's too late to get listed
>>in QST for this year, but there's always next year.
>>
>>The "wallpaper" I use is a photo of the hamshack or operational site, with
>>either stickon labels for the contact info or printed info from my 4 by 6
>>printing device on my computer (if and when I figure out how to do this
>>feature!)
>>
>>I know that some "die hard" contesters say that 1 X 1 calls are harder to
>>get across during a contest, but I haven't found this to be a problemme.
>>There seems to be many "queue's" of folks who learn about the special
>>event station, which makes up for any difficulty in getting across the 1 X
>>1 call sign.
>>
>>73 de n8xx Hg
>>Operating N8M KENT during MiQP
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