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[3830] MnQP N0IJ/COUNTY Mobile Single Xmtr LP

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Subject: [3830] MnQP N0IJ/COUNTY Mobile Single Xmtr LP
From: webform@b4h.net
Reply-to: jbaumgarte@aol.com
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2015 05:35:38 +0000
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                    Minnesota QSO Party

Call: N0IJ/COUNTY
Operator(s): N0IJ
Station: N0IJ

Class: Mobile Single Xmtr LP
QTH: MN
Operating Time (hrs): 10

Summary:
 Band  CW-RTTY Qs  Ph Qs
-------------------------
  160:                
   80:      15        
   40:     487        
   20:     421        
   15:                
   10:                
-------------------------
Total:     923       0  Mults = 61  Total Score = 112,606

Club: Minnesota Wireless Assn

Comments:

First off, a big thanks to Brian, NX0X, for a great job driving me around  
on a very challenging 24 county course through much of northern MN 
(excluding  the far north border counties).  We were actually within 2-4
minutes in  
each county of the projected time.  We gained a bit at the end giving  me 19 
minutes in Cook instead of projected 11.  Weather was not a factor  UNTIL 
we got to the north shore.  All day we enjoyed sunny skies and temp  in the 
30's, but the final 2 counties, Lake and Cook, had other plans for  us.  Once 
we reached Castle Danger, the snow came enough so that the plows  were out. 
We made it to the Cook county border in time to make 40 QSO with the  
deserving.  The log shows two five minute qso gaps for the contest--525  miles.
 
Total miles for the day was 725.

As Brian suggested, I consider the conditions in the North about  as hard 
going as I have ever had. At times it was great,but a lot of time,  there was 
just weak signals that I couldn't pick a call out of.  I now  think that 
often, one was Bill, HC1WDT or  Laci, OM2VL just below  critical mass for me. 

The toughest time was between 10-2pm local  time.  At times I would scan 40 
and not hear any signals at all.   Looking back, I should have keyed more 
on 20, maybe, but often it sounded pretty  dead, as well.  The strange part 
was that out of a totally dead sounding  band, either one, suddenly K9NW, 
N8II, or W0BV would come crashing in.   Then, a bit later, K9NW would be just 
above the noise. I feared antenna  problems, but the SWR never changed from 
almost flat on all bands with the  screwdriver.   Then, as we made our way 
east and a bit south, things  improved dramatically, and we made up a lot in 
the last 4 hours.  

I caused myself some grief in Norman and Clay when I must have bumped the  
"shape" knob and caused a kind of roar which I couldn't figure out in
the 
heat  of battle.  We passed someone while we were going south and they were 
going  north in NOR.  I figured it must be Doug, but he said he wasn't going 
into  Norman??  Anyone else go up there?

Thankfully, we ran over NO skunks, like Mark, MHJ, did!  Laughed out  loud 
when I read that.  

Mults came hard, and if I hadn't run down 4 mobile counties near the end,  
it would have been worse. Only heard and worked 3 VE's--3,5,& 7.  No  AZ, 
NM, LA, OK, OR, ND, ME, SD???  

Always fun to work OM2VL (3 times on 20, once on 40) and Bill, HC1WDT 3  
times near the end plus a couple of Germans. 

QSO leaders were: K9NW with an amazing 45, W0BV, 32, N2CU, NU0Q and  AF9T 
with 26, plus the following with over 15: VE3KZ, W0AIH, NT2A, N2WN,  
N0AT,N0UY, WA6KHK, W7GKF, K0FVF, W0PI.  Thanks, guys!! 

I realized that we travel 106 miles (round trip) to get to one county--Cook 
for the usual 15-20 minutes. Not sure if anyone else was on from Cook, and 
that  what keeps me going back.  It is important to give folks the chance 
to make  all 87--especially near the end on cw!

Still a ton of fun--even at 73-3/4. 

73, John, N0IJ


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