<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>I like the spirit of this conversation.............<br><br></div>But was thinking that maybe there might be issue with N5LCC/Boss etc<br></div>as that is an illegal callsign<br><br></div>So I asked my high school buddy Ward for some input..........<br><br>His reply follows.........<br><br>I assume you mean FCC rules...you are right that self-assigned
identifiers must not conflict with the prefixes assigned to any
other countries. You're not even supposed to sign /M. That's one
of the reasons why Techs who upgraded to Tech Plus had to sign /KT
and not /T or something similar - KT is a US prefix.<br>
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In the MO QSO Party, the county (parish) is obviously part of the
exchange (just as section is in Sweepstakes) and that has proven to
be sufficiently attractive to the callers. So I suggest just using
N5LCC and adding any differentiating information in the QSO
exchange.<br>
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That said, the call's trustee is responsible for knowing the control
operator responsible for any transmission so you'll have to maintain
pretty good scheduling!<br>
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73, Ward N0AX<div class=""><div id=":205" class="" tabindex="0"><img class="" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">
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Really, this is me brainstorming via the fingertips.<br>
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What if we allowed members of the LCC to operate with the N5LCC call during<br>
the year, and then somehow incorporated the resulting QSOs into the LAQP as<br>
bonuses, even thought these QSOs did not take place during the contest<br>
period? I am thinking that we could do N5LCC/<parish abbreviation>. We<br>
could even do a "worked N5LCC in all parishes" award.<br>
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OR<br>
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We could do a fixed number of N5LCC/# during the running of the LCC, and a<br>
QSO with a single N5LCC/# station gets 100 points bonus, but a sweep of QSOs<br>
with all the N5LCC/# stations gets a times 10 bonus or something else, like<br>
an additional multiplier(s)? For the purposes of the contest, we could<br>
randomly assign the /#, and do it kind of like WRTC, that no one knows which<br>
op has which call. Then for log checking and scoring, we could go back to<br>
the original call. For example, operate as N5LCC/8 = W5WZ, & N5LCC/0 =<br>
KG5VK. The in-state results would list N5LCC/8 (@W5WZ), etc.<br>
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OR<br>
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Does anyone think it would be possible to put 16 parishes on the air<br>
simultaneously, and do it 4 times during the year (16 different parishes<br>
each time), so that in the 4 events all 64 parishes have been activated?<br>
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Okay, fingers tired now. Now you other guys let the creative juices flow<br>
and put in your 2 cents worth!<br>
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--Scott, W5WZ<br>
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</span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I seem to recall The Arizona Outlaws Contest club built something that works for them<br><br></div><div>But since the W1AW/5 spreadsheet allowed the coordinators to control who was using N5LCC when and where<br></div><div>we could do the N5LCC without using Interim suffix identifiers (N5LCC/Boss etc).<br><br></div><div>during LAQP or embrace some of the other ideas<br><br></div><div>so lets hear more input from fellow members of LCC ! <br></div></div><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">steve<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">KG5VK<br></div></div>