Florida QSO Party - 2021
Call: K8MR
Operator(s): K8MR
Station: K8MR
Class: SO MobileMixed LP
QTH: 19 Counties
Operating Time (hrs): 19
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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40: 723 4
20: 1589 281
15: 12 1
10:
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Total: 2324 286 CW Mults = 69 Ph Mults = 48 Total Score = 1,152,450
Club: Mad River Radio Club
Comments:
Quite the contest! I wasn't sure what to expect given the geomagnetic storm
forecasts, but things worked. I found signals to be down for much of the day on
Saturday, finally picking up early evening. Sunday was a bit more normal. I did
not feel impacted by storm QRN - I guess I already had quite enough QRN that I
was making myself.
I took much advantage of county lines. I never found good parking spots on
Sunday, but I did six county line stops on Saturday, including three with
DeSoto. Charlotte, Sarasota, and Sumter were purely drive through operations.
Once heading north on I-75 on Saturday night I had no quick or easy place to
stop and reload the WinKey messages, so CHA and SAR were sent entirely by hand.
CHA was not too tough to get out by hand, but I hope I didn't give too many
people a HAR or SAN "multiplier" from Sarasota.
I also took advantage of salt water in Manatee, Hillsborough, and Pinellas. I
was parked ten feet from the water in Manatee on Sunday morning, where I had a
hundred QSOs on 20SSB. In HIL and PIN I was parked over salt water at the North
Fishing Pier State Park.
The interesting sights award: my first ever roadside road kill alligator in
Hendry county, and what appeared from a quick glance, a big electronic billboard
in St. Petersburg that appeared to have about 30 lines of an error message.
The one hour off time was driving through St. Petersburg and Tampa on I-275.
There is way too much traffic there to safely operate while driving. Otherwise I
record the driving part and transcribe those QSOs later.
Thanks to all who followed us mobiles around the state. It was a lot of fun!
73 - Jim K8MR
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