http://www.qsoparty.com/uncategorized/death-of-a-qso-party.html Details about making the most of the many QSO Parties Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:26:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.qsoparty.com/uncategorized/death-of-a-qso-party.html/comment-page-1#comment-1638 KI4FW Mon, 04 May 2009 02:27:37 +0000 http://www.qsoparty.com/?p=91#comment-1638 There was no compelling demand for a mid-Atlantic QSOP. The two regional QSOPs are the New England QSOP, which brings together small states with few counties, and gives county-hunters a reason to participate. And there's the 7-area QSOP, which groups together states with lots of counties, but few operators. The mid-Atlantic states have neither of these issues -- each state can hold its own QSOP (perhaps with the exception of DE) and draw a crowd from within state and beyond. It was a ill-conceived idea from the start. There was no compelling demand for a mid-Atlantic QSOP. The two regional QSOPs are the New England QSOP, which brings together small states with few counties, and gives county-hunters a reason to participate. And there’s the 7-area QSOP, which groups together states with lots of counties, but few operators. The mid-Atlantic states have neither of these issues — each state can hold its own QSOP (perhaps with the exception of DE) and draw a crowd from within state and beyond. It was a ill-conceived idea from the start.

]]> http://www.qsoparty.com/uncategorized/death-of-a-qso-party.html/comment-page-1#comment-45 KG3V Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:01:28 +0000 http://www.qsoparty.com/?p=91#comment-45 Is it possible that another contributing factor is that nobody feels ownership of a regional QSO party? I know in our State, there is a great deal of enthusiasm because everybody will be lining up to work VA stations. A regional QSO party sounds like a good idea, but maybe operators don't feel like this is their personal "special" event. Is it possible that another contributing factor is that nobody feels ownership of a regional QSO party? I know in our State, there is a great deal of enthusiasm because everybody will be lining up to work VA stations. A regional QSO party sounds like a good idea, but maybe operators don’t feel like this is their personal “special” event.

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