Solar Eclipse QSO Party
Call: K7Y
Operator(s): KD6WKY
Station: K7Y
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: Madras, OR
Operating Time (hrs): 2
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs Grids
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160:
80:
40: 2 0 2
20: 14 11 0 34
15:
10:
6:
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Total: 32 11 0 36 Total Score = 339
Club: Mother Lode DX/Contest Club
Comments:
Arrived in Madras, OR 2330 local Saturday night and found a one star motel room
for $100 per night. No traffic to speak of driving into town. I was prepared
to sleep in my car for a few days, but got lucky with the motel room at the
Relax Inn. It was the last available room for the weekend. Worked SEQP from
the Madras City Hall parking lot with no problem. Parking lot only about 50%
full; plenty of room for a portable HF station. Worked K7Y before, and after,
but turned off the generator just before and for awhile after the total solar
eclipse so I could absorb the experience. Madras, OR is a town of 6,000 but
had 100,000 visitors for the eclipse. Traffic out of town after the event was
complete grid lock going north the Seattle and south to California. I didn't
leave Madras, OR until 5pm on the advice of Police Chief Tanner Stanfill. The
trek home still took 23 hours to drive 480 miles from Madras, OR to Vacaville,
CA. The total solar eclipse was breathtakingly wonderful. I'd do this again
without hesitation. 73!
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