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<DIV>I fully agree that the more fixed station activity the better.
However, mobiles can very effectively cover a state the size of Michigan.</DIV>
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<DIV>In the 2006 Ohio QSO Party (the results of which are at the printer) the
top five stations in number of counties worked missed 4, 5, 6, 7, and 10 of
Ohio's 88 counties.</DIV>
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<DIV>Of the top three stations, 14 of the 15 counties missed were unique.
In other words, with one exception what those guys missed the others
worked. Of the top 5 stations, only 1 county was missed by three
people.</DIV>
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<DIV>So there are stations out there. The trick is to work them.
Especially in a contest like MiQP - a lot of counties, 12 hours, activity spread
out among several bands and modes - working them all is one of the great
challenges in contesting.</DIV>
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<DIV>And if that still seems too easy, work them all on both modes.</DIV>
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<DIV>73 - Jim</DIV>
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<DIV>Team Special K</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 4/16/2007 10:06:12 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
n8xx@arrl.org writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>The
problem with working all counties is that all counties aren't on <BR>when the
propagation is right. For example, had I been serious with the <BR>GQP
yesterday, I'd have had a very hard time catching all the counties <BR>because
often I heard the "other half" of a mobile's contact on 20 <BR>meters.
He never showed up on 40 from that county, which was the <BR>propagation that
"probably" would have worked from Michigan to that <BR>Georgia county at that
time. Other Georgia stations, fixed and mobiles <BR>were making it on
40. <BR><BR>The contest might be more fun if we'd each try to convince a
fellow ham <BR>to get on from home in a "rare" county. Sure,
mobiling is fun, but <BR>there are so many counties without a fixed station
entry (33 out of 88 <BR>possible counties) that it's almost
embarrassing.<BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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