Thanks Jim,
There is no question propagation was odd this weekend - definately better on
Saturday and on Sunday at times the West Coast US was booming on but the
band was devoid of signals...not exactly what us QSO hungry mobiles were
looking for!
Thanks for your support...
73,
Uncle Spam, K4OJ
----- Original Message -----
From: <webform@hornucopia.com>
To: <3830@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 12:42 AM
Subject: [3830] FlQP VE7FO M/SMixed HP
> Florida QSO Party
>
> Call: VE7FO
> Operator(s): VE7FO, VE7CX
> Station: VE7FO
>
> Class: M/SMixed HP
> QTH: BC
> Operating Time (hrs): 9
>
> Summary:
> Band CW Qs Ph Qs
> --------------------
> 40:
> 20: 44 1
> 15: 16 2
> 10: 2
> --------------------
> Total: 62 3 CW Mults = 37 Ph Mults = 3 Total Score = 5,080
>
> Club:
>
> Comments:
>
> It has become evident to me that the world needs more contest ops. To
that end
> I'm looking for contests with enough activity to keep a newbie interested
(other
> than the ones I go in myself) to enter as M/S and provide training,
experience
> and fun for new ops. The relentless "spam" from K4OJ convinced me the FQP
would
> be a good one for this purpose. Friday night I spent happily drawing
lines on
> Florida maps showing the itineraries of the various mobiles. Having them
> available on the web site was great. As Fred, VE7CX, could only
participate for
> the last three hours on Sunday, I entered on my own for the last 7 hours
on
> Saturday. Cndx didn't seem very good. Ten was hopeless from VE7 and 15
wasn't
> very good. 40 isn't open to W4 at all during the contest hours so missed
out on
> all that fun. This leaves 20, which wasn't very good either but there
were
> contacts to be made, many of them quite weak and with QSB. I restricted
myself
> to chasing mobiles and leaving the fixed stations for VE7CX to have
available on
> Sunday. Everytime I worked a mobile I put a little blue circle on his
line on
> the map in the appropriate county. It was fun watching them move along
and
> annoying when someone passed right through a county without me hearing
them.
> When are you mobiles gonna get GPS and 2m links so we can watch your
progress on
> the net? Then again, it would take the fun out of trying to read the
county
> through the QRN and QSB
>
> On Sunday, VE7CX arrived and, after a brief orientation to the station, he
set
> to work. Cndx were a little better on 15 but the activity level seemed
low.
> Hardly any fixed stations to work so he did his best with the mobiles.
Tried
> CQing with negligible result so all S&P. 16 Qs in 3 hours. Not enough to
get a
> newbie's pulse racing.
>
> In looking at previous FQP participation it appears that VE7 doesn't get
into
> many logs. So, it was kind of fun as we moved up the band to hear VE7QO
work
> someone who probably thought, "Wow, a VE7" only to have us call and work
him
> next for 2 in a row.
>
> So, for newbie training and fun it was kind of a bust from here. However,
I'm
> blaming conditions and would certainly try it again next year.
>
> Maybe for phone next year I'll say VOLUSIA ESCAMBIA 7 FLAGLER OSCEOLA.
Waddya
> think, would it help people to get my call?
>
> Thanks for the patience with the difficult contacts.
>
> Mobile count
> K4FCG-9 KN4Y-9 N4TO-9 N4BP-5 NF4A-3 W5WMU-3 NY4N-2 N4OO-1 W2JDH-1
> W4YA-1
>
> 73 de Jim Smith VE7FO
>
>
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