Kansas QSO Party - 2021
Call: N4CD
Operator(s): N4CD
Station: N4CD
Class: Mobile Unassisted LP
QTH: KS
Operating Time (hrs): 14
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs
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80:
40:
20:
15:
10:
6:
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Total: 498 0 0 Mults = 54 Total Score = 80,676
Club:
Comments:
KS QSO Party by Bob N4CD
Like previous year, this was to be a park activation trip combined with doing it
during the KS QSO Party. I run unassisted and stop to run counties/parks these
days. There are over 100 state parks, fishing lakes and other 'parks' in KS.
I started out two days early in TX up through OK - west to the pandhandle, then
up to Garden City KS to start the KSQP Friday night. Every day 100F weather.
Hot!
Saturday -
I started out in Finney, headed north up to Scott at the Scott State Park/State
FIshing Lake, then headed to Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park in Logan
County. This is the newest of the KS State Parks. It takes some time to get off
the main road to the invidual parks/sighing lakes but that was my primary
objetive. All those contacts from both state QSO folks and park chaers would
count.
Next up was Sheridan - where I hit Sheriday State Fishing Lake. Made a quick
stop at the Connton Wood State Historic site (same county) then ran just the
county of Graham.
As I was heading east, the road went past Nicodemus National Historic site so
another quick stop there for a few Qs. I zipped over to Rooks with a stop at
Webster Lake Wildlife Area for some Qs, then over to nearly Webster State Park
(same county).
I headed to Rooks State Fishing Lake in Rooks county for the last stop on
Saturday and stopped early at 5pm in Hays. Enough hours of operation for this
'senior' county hunter.
It was hot with temps up to 101F today with lots of sun. Bands so-so.
Lots of QRM with the OH SP going on and not hearing most of KS. Didn't have a
'mobile freq' assigned so wound up here and there. Sometimes worked, sometimes
didn't.
Looked at the weather forecast. Not good for where I was. A cold front was
descending and the 'red' area of severe t-storms was predicted over Hays in the
morning at 8am. The line would extend 150 miles to the east with bad storms
all along it.
Maybe I'd just sleep in!
Sunday
Woke up and it was cool. 70F. No rain or storms so headed out early before
the QSO party to Fort Hays State Historic Site there for some Qs for the park
chasers. Then I headed west. Tons of S9 static crashes on the radio - the
storms weren't far off! S9+ static crashes and they would continue much of the
day on Sunday.
First up in the QSO Party was Cedar Bluff Wildlife Area in Trego County,
followed by nearby Cedar Bluff State Park. Caught only ONE mobile this trip -
N0W had 'good ears'. Many others were S3-S4 but just kept calling CQ CQ...and
never heard me. I suspect many had high noise floors due to
computers/inverters in their car. If you have any noise, it makes mobile to
mobile QSOs challening unless you are on top of them or at the far ends of the
state so 40m propagation works.
That followed by Goodman State Fishing Lake in Ness, then Hoddeman State Fishing
Lake in Hodgeman. Next was Hain State Fishing Lake in Ford County followed by
FOrd State Fishing Lake in Ford
County.
Last up was Kiowa State Fishing lake in Kiowa. Ran out of time and wound up in
Pratt KS for the night.
Never got over 73F the entire day - total clouds, two hours hours of light rain
off and on, one 'car wash' downpour but not bad according to reports elsewhere
where the storms hit.
Headed home the next day with a few park stops in KS early before zipping the
hundreds of miles back to TX.
Worked 46 states (no AK, ND, SD, UT) and just 3 Canadian provinces (SK, BC, ON,
QC) and DX (OM, DL, KP3). HI was easy because of the HI QP. Did make a few Qs
while mobile moving hunting for HI, OH QSO folks and any parks on the air
stations as well as KS mobiles. I heard half a dozen. They didn't hear me or
had big pileups.
.
Five days on the road, 1800 miles on the car.
The TX QSO Party coming up soon so hope everyone plans to chase or be mobile in
it!
Another great event by Bob W0BH and the KS QP team.
Never heard bonus station.
The reason I don't apply/use a 1x1 call is that county hunter awards go by
callsign. Hard to fool the logging programs with a 1x1 for both Parks on the
Air, and Logger - the program used by county hunters for the various awards. So
I use my regular call instead.
73 de N4CD
Rig: IC-706, 20M hamstick on roof of car, 20/30/40/17m resonators horizontal
on 6 foot mast on trunk deck, trusty 2016 Chevy Malibu LTD with 135,000 miles
now. Run off car battery, engine running.
KS submittal KS QP on line form for score doesn't like my Cabrillo file for
some reason. Hmmmm.....
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