Florida QSO Party
Call: K0HC
Operator(s): W0BH
Station: K0HC
Class: SchoolMixed LP
QTH: KS
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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40: 65 15
20: 117 184
15: 1 0
10:
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Total: 183 199 CW Mults = 60 Ph Mults = 51 Total Score = 125,430
Club: Hesston College ARC
Comments:
I'm usually in Nebraska running the Nebraska QSO Party from the mobile during
the FQP, but this year I stayed in Kansas with the intention of enjoying the
complete 20 hours. We had 50+ mph winds most of the day Friday, and I noticed
one of the wire antennas was down, but it was fixed with an hour to spare. As
I set up the radios, I tried to point the beam towards Florida and nothing
moved. A quick check of the rotor cable showed wire number 8 broken (all worked
fine the day before), so most of Saturday turned into aerial fun instead. At
least it was a nice sunny day with lighter winds.
To make a long story short, the rotor once again turns towards Florida. After
that, it was a really fun time chasing mobiles around the state and chatting
with stations on SSB. When I was in high school, I worked in Florida for a
couple of summers and ran into several ops who lived near where I worked. We
also have family in Clermont and Sarasota.
Overall, I missed only two counties: Jefferson and Union. Special thanks to
N3AWS/m on SSB who kept coming back to my run frequency with one new county
after another!
Thanks to all the hard-working sponsors, Floridians and their mobile guests who
make this such an enjoyable yearly event!
73, Bob, w0bh
trustee, k0hc
Hesston College ARC
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