Texas QSO Party - 2020
Call: AD4EB
Operator(s): AD4EB
Station: AD4EB
Class: SO CW Mobile LP
QTH: TX
Operating Time (hrs): 18
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs
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160:
80: 107
40: 1011
20: 1628
15:
10:
6:
2:
UHF:
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Total: 2746 0 0 Mults = 85 Total Score = 743,230
Club: Tennessee Contest Group
Comments:
Score computation:
2746 QSOs * 3 for CW = 8,238 Points
Counties + State/Prov + DX = 85 Mults
43 Counties Driven * 1000 = 43,000 Bonus Points
(8,238 Pts * 85 Mults) + 43000 Bonus = 743,230 Total Score
Wow, that was fun! This was our 3rd TXQP and by far the most exciting.
Participation was way up with 406 unique calls in the log (possibly related to
COVID-19). Previous number of QSOs were 2,071 then 2,070 (in 2010 and 2019), I
never thought 2,746 QSOs would have been possible, the pileups were huge.
Everything went pretty darned perfect, weather excellent, band conditions
exceptional (especially on 20m), roads good, equipment and 2000 Montana Van no
issues, and Melody kept our county line crossing times on track. There were
some traffic delays due to accidents and construction, so she adjusted the route
to gain time to keep on schedule.
Multipliers were way down from previous years due to not as many DX and TX
counties worked. That could be because the pileups were so big that weaker
signals did not stand much chance of getting worked. However, that did not seem
to apply to DL3DXX, as Dietmar was fairly loud and his timing was really good
(he really knows how to work the pileups) and he was one of the first to call as
we entered many of the counties.
Rates were much better on Sunday. There were quite a few contests going on this
weekend, and the CW sprint caused the most issues Saturday evening. Lost my run
frequency many times, and many sprinters thought I was in their contest. But we
got thru it okay, hope I did not cause them many issues in the process.
Here are the hourly rates:
Day Hr 3.5 7 14 Tot Accum
2020-09-12 14 0 83 45 128 128
2020-09-12 15 0 58 63 121 249
2020-09-12 16 0 29 105 134 383
2020-09-12 17 0 45 107 152 535
2020-09-12 18 0 29 95 124 659
2020-09-12 19 0 39 128 167 826
2020-09-12 20 0 50 103 153 979
2020-09-12 21 0 60 96 156 1135
2020-09-12 22 0 28 73 101 1236
2020-09-12 23 0 97 45 142 1378
2020-09-13 00 35 93 0 128 1506
2020-09-13 01 72 35 0 107 1613
2020-09-13 14 0 105 70 175 1788
2020-09-13 15 0 51 123 174 1962
2020-09-13 16 0 46 103 149 2111
2020-09-13 17 0 61 156 217 2328
2020-09-13 18 0 44 127 171 2499
2020-09-13 19 0 58 189 247 2746
Total 107 1011 1628 2746 2746
These are the station who worked us over 30 times:
N4ZZ (62) - Don was loudest and ZZ was really easy to pick out of the pileups.
K1RO (53) - Excellent job Mark, you were great just like in the TNQP last
weekend.
K3WJV (50) - Bill, nice signal good timing in the pileups.
W0ZQ (47)
WB9CIF (42)
DL3DXX (40)
W6OAT (39)
W4NZ (39)
NS2N (38)
N6MU (38)
N8II (37)
KV8Q (37)
K9CW (37)
K7TM (34)
WA6KHK (33)
K3IE (33)
KM4HI (31)
KA6BIM (31)
DX stations worked:
DL3DXX (40) - Excellent operator with a great signal
DL8USA (14) - Wolfgang - thanks for the QSOs
DL9USA (7) - Andreas - nice job
HA8IB (1)
OT6M (2)
PA3AAV (4)
SP6JOE (1)
On my QRZ.com page I had our estimated county line crossing times, which we
stuck really close to. Also, there was a link to APRS.fi that had our route,
county lines, and live position. Hopefully this helped people track us as we
entered each county. For those that are interested, there is a write-up in
Jan/Feb NCJ about our mobile operation. You can find it at
https://ncjweb.com/bonus-content/2020jan-feb-AD4EB.pdf
Again, we appreciate everyone that took the time to work us as we traveled
around the beautiful state of Texas. The pielups were really big, but everyone
was courteous.
Thanks to the TQP committee and NO5W who is always a big help to the mobile
operations. Melody carefully drove the 823 miles why I played on the radio in
the back of our van, I can't thank her enough. She is the one that makes it all
possible.
73 – Jim – AD4EB and Melody – KI4HVY
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