The Georgia QSO Party

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The Georgia QSO Party
Get All 159 counties on the air!
The first GQP was 1962 One or two events may have
been missed along the way but next time it the
50th Anniversary!
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Georgia QSO Party
The second full weekend in April. Two
sessions Saturday 1800z to 0400z (Sun) Sunday
1400z to 2400z (10 Hrs each session)

• GA Stations work everyone, Everyone else works GA

160/80/40/20/15/10/6 Phone 1.865, 3.810,
7.225, 14.250, 21.300, 28.450, 50.135 CW    
1.815, 3.545, 7.045, 14.045, 21.045, 28.045,
50.095 Classes Mixed/PH/CW (RTTY, PSK etc in CW)
Plaques, Prizes, and Certificates are awarded to
winners in Club, State, County, PH, CW, Mixed,
other categories Most active bands
Breakfast ??
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GQP

• GA looks for States (51),
• Provinces (13),
• And DX.
• DX are not mults, but count as QSO Points
• Everyone else looks for GA Counties (159)
• Rovers are new as they change counties
• Mults are per mode, but not per band.
• Points PH1 CW2
• See gqp.contesting .com for full rules and a list
  of counties and provinces

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GQP

• 2010 Stats
• 355 logs, 49,783 QSOs
• 158 Counties activated (Burke)
• 51 State/Provinces entered
• 19 Rovers were on the road
• 111 GA Stations -
• 228 State/Prov -
• 16 DX Stations
• 119 Mixed Entries -
• 133 CW Entries -
• 103 PH Entries -

Top Greg, NM2L in snow flurries in April
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GQP

• Operating Hints
• You send and Log 
• W4AW 599 BIBB  (or the actual county you are
  in)
• GA Stations- Do not send GA in the exchange,
  always send a county.
• You do not have to add any /M,  /COBB, or other
  suffix to the call.
•  
• You Receive and Log
• W0BH 599 KS  -when working an out of state
  station
• The location should be one of the 51 State or 13
  Province abbreviations.
• -ARRL sections should not be used.
• We do sort out "VE3" as "ON" and some other
  variations for Canada.
• MD is separate from DC.
•  
• When working a DX station, log "DX" as the
  location, not the country prefix.
• PA3ARM 599 DX -as an example of what you would
  log.
• We do also check for slips here and try to fix
  them if we can.
•  
• When working another GA station, Log the County
  abbreviation, not "GA"
• NE4S 599 COBB - for example

Use the standard 2 letter postal abbreviations
for the states.
Alberta AB for (VE6, VA6) British Columbia
BC for  (VE7, VA7) Manitoba MB for  (VE4,
VA4) New Brunswick NB for (VE9) 
Newfoundland/Labrador NL for (VO1, VO2)
Northwest Territories NT for  (VE8) Nova
Scotia NS  for (VE1, VA1, CY9, CY) Nunavut
NU for  (VY0) Ontario ON for  (VE3, VA3)
Prince Edward Island PE for  (VY2) Quebec
QC for  (VE2, VA2) Saskatchewan SK for 
(VE5, VA5) Yukon YT for  (VY1)
Top Pic John, K4BAI Eavesdrop on John for
On-the-Air operating methods.
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GQP
Rovers. They make it fun!

• Rovers may use a driver and be Single OP
• Rover must do all operating and logging
• Safety first, some laws may apply here
• Rovers are not classed by power
• Run as much as you can
• All are grouped together for awards
• A rover may also submit a separate home log
• Home county is not in the Rover Run Log.
• Saturday day on the road, Sunday at home
• Fixed stations are grouped QRP/LP/HP
• 5W/150W/1500W
• Fixed Stations may split to CW and PH
• But not enter as Mixed also, Qs are to be used
  once

Now Thats a Rover!! 3 el A3 with 40M kit 30 foot
Pneumatic mast Ft1000mp, 500w TenTec (I wish I
had it back!! NE4S)
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GQP

• Rare Counties
• It seems that the one we miss is the "rare" one. 
  
• It is hard to say what misfortune befalls the
  rovers or why no fixed station got on the air
  from some counties.
• At http//gqp.contesting.com/RareCounties.htm is
  a historical record of counties we have missed in
  recent years.
• A good route would be one that visits a few of
  those counties that had 0Q's or have a low ham
  population as part of a trip you would find
  enjoy.
• We try to coordinate activity of Rovers and Fixed
  operation. Please let us know of your plans at
  gqprovers_at_iham.us as soon as you can.
• Fixed and Rover can also post listings at
  listmycounty4gqp_at_iham.us
• Middle and Southern counties tend to be missed.
• Burke was only 2010 miss
• Terrell and Twiggs were the only ones missed in
  2009! Echols, Atkinson, Wilcox, Seminole,
  Berrien, McDuffie, Glascock, Hancock, Lincoln,
  Charlton, Jasper, Jenkins, Screven, Burke,
  Brantley, Elbert, Hart, Franklin, Jones, Putnam,
  Dade, Baldwin, Pickens, Liberty, Stephens,
  Richmond, and Columbia have been missed in prior
  years.
• Put some rovers on the road
• Get your club and county members active

Top Pic Tad, WF4W, and his portable station in
rare Seminole Co.
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Your Club - Your County

• How can your club participate?

Sponsor a plaque or prize
Put the GQP link on you site
Get your members active in GQP
And enter a log with your club designated for
score.
Get some rovers out on the road -Short runs,
2-10 counties nearby
Put your club station for GQP
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GQP

• Remember to use your Official club name when
  entering your club.
• Everyone spell it the same way, avoid
  abbreviations.
• Use ARRL registered Club name if you have
  registered
• Send a note to listmycounty4gqp_at_iham.us to get
  yourplan posted on the web site.
• Help is available for log problems (Late,
  Missing, Didnt do a log, ???)
• Contact NE4S ne4s_at_iham.us ASAP after the Party
  Dates.

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GQP

• If your club was not entered in last GQP---
• Perhaps scores went to other area clubs
• SECC SEDXC Local County
• SECC and SEDXC are NOT eligible for club awards
• In March or early April have a GQP presentation
  at your club meeting.
• Use this PowerPoint, or invite one of the GQP
  Team to your meeting.

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State QSO Parties
The Georgia QSO Party
Florida QSO Party
South Carolina
North Carolina
Texas QSO Party
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Thank you

• Donations for plaques are 20 currently.
• You will be listed as a sponsor on the plaque,
  and on our web pages
• Contact Chaz, W4GKF at gqpplaques_at_iham.us
• Donations for the bonus prizes can be made by a
  note to Skip, K4EAK at gqpprizes_at_iham.us

The GQP team
Jim, W4QO and Bob, W2WG are on the team for GQP 50
Greg, NM2L, Scott, KB4KBS, and Skip, K4EAK have
joined us in 2010.
Mike NE4S Chaz W4GKF
Lee WI4R John
K4BAI Gordon K4OD