Florida QSO Party
Call: W4AN/M
Operator(s): K4BAI, KU8E
Station: KU8E/M
Class: SO Mobile+DriverMixed LP
QTH: 28 FL counties
Operating Time (hrs): 18.22
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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40: 616 25
20: 1068 50
15: 0 0
10: 0 0
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Total: 1684 75 CW Mults = 63 Ph Mults = 28 Total Score = 626,626
Club: South East Contest Club
Comments:
Actual category is M/O Mobile. Two ops/drivers (KU8E and K4BAI). The 3830
forms don't recognize multi op mobile as a category. IC756, Hustler mobile
whips with DX Engineering Top Hats. 100 W.
We had some unexpected difficulties and didn't get to operate full time and
failed to reach 7 of our intended counties. Most of the other FL stations
didn't seem to realize it, but we were able to work as far as WI and ON
at mid
day on 40 meters, at least from N. Fla. We had Jeff's car fitted out
with two
separate mobile masts and QSYing from 20 to 40 was almost instantaneous.
Our
intent was to CQ on both 20 and 40 in all counties until 20 was totally
dead.
In a few counties, we may have reached the county line before we got to the
second band. After lunch Sunday, we were unable to work 40 meters
without RF
causing the logging computer to crash. So, we worked no 40M after that
and we
apologize, particularly to those close in stations who had been
following us on
40. It didn't seem to us that the pileups were as deep as in past years and
conditions on 20, particularly for DX didn't seem very good. It was our
pleasure to work all that we could hear and we thank each of you for your
interest and support. Any QSLs may be obtained from K4BAI. DX stations may
make request for bureau QSLs via e-mail.
Our most exciting moment was giving a "sweep" to K0RC from HAMilton
County with
about 17 minutes to go in the contest. We were pleased to work former FL
resident KH7XS (formerly K4XS) from Hawaii several times. Sometimes
Bill was
quite loud. There were certainly a lot of Canadians QRV, particularly
from ON.
We don't think we worked NV, ID, AK, ND, VE5 and VE6 on either mode.
We didn't
have a lot of luck on phone. Our signal with 100 watts was insufficient
to hold
a frequency on phone. DX worked on CW: CT, CU, CX, DL, F, G, HA, I,
KP4, OK,
OM, VP9. Thanks to all. I4VEQ was extremely strong on 20 and 40. DX
worked
on SSB: WP3GW.
We apologize for confusing some of you by starting off using the wrong
abbreviations for Calhoun and Columbia counties. We started off calling
Calhoun CAL, when it should have been CAH and calling Columbia COL when it
should have been CLM. We changed after a few QSOs and I hope the
logchecking
can work out what was a dupe for you and what was not. That was my
mistake for
setting up the files for those counties with the wrong abbreviations.
Here is the brakdown by counties:
County CW Q Ph Q CW M Ph M Score Time 40C 20C 40Ph 20Ph
BAK 41 0 21 0 3,444 0:18 0 41 0 0
BAY 54 0 23 0 4,968 0:21 0 54 0 0
BRA 35 0 17 0 2,380 0:15 0 35 0 0
CAH 59 7 28 7 8,750 0:48 7 52 2 5
CIT 53 0 24 0 5,088 0:31 43 10 0 0
CLA 59 1 27 1 6,664 0:39 0 59 0 1
CLM 63 0 25 0 6,300 0:30 0 63 0 0
DIX 51 7 29 5 7,412 0:32 34 17 7 0
FLG 51 0 29 0 6,032 0:38 15 37 0 0
FRA 114 12 42 8 24,000 1:32 22 92 0 12
GIL 56 1 27 1 6,328 0:25 48 8 1 0
GUL 77 2 33 2 10,920 0:50 15 62 0 2
HAM 41 0 20 0 3,280 0:16 0 41 0 0
HOL 43 1 21 1 3,828 0:39 7 36 0 1
JAC 50 0 28 0 5,600 0:34 5 45 0 0
JEF 22 1 13 1 1,260 0:16 0 22 0 1
LAF 68 1 34 1 9,590 0:29 56 12 0 1
LAK 120 19 36 13 25,382 1:44 28 92 0 19
LEV 98 0 36 0 14,112 0:52 93 5 0 0
MAO 50 0 21 0 4,200 0:39 50 0 0 0
PUT 60 0 27 0 6,480 0:48 9 51 0 0
STJ 60 4 27 4 7,688 1:03 16 44 0 4
SUM 51 0 23 0 4,692 0:23 32 19 0 0
TAY 96 9 42 9 20,502 1:05 69 27 9 0
UNI 38 0 16 0 2,432 0:12 38 0 0 0
VOL 68 0 27 0 7,344 0:48 3 65 0 0
WAG 26 4 18 2 2,240 0:28 2 24 0 4
WAK 79 6 32 6 12,464 0:38 24 55 6 0
The committee might want to consider a couple of suggestions as to the
rules. Out of consideration for stations in the states surrounding
Florida and to compensate for long skip on 40 that we sometimes have,
80M could be added. This could be a good band for the nearby states for
three hours or so on Saturday night and would be a good alternative if
the 40M band goes long before the contest ends for Saturday. Also, as
RTTY contesting becomes more popular, it would open up more CW
frequencies away from RTTY contest QRM. We didn't notice a lot of QRM
from the SP RTTY contest this year. Secondly, allowing the use of
internet spots by single ops would bring more contesters into the
contest and would increase the fun for the FL hams by helping bring more
callers into their pileups. This would particularly be true for
marginal bands, 15 and 10M as the next cycle progresses and 80M if a
permitted band. Naturally, self-spotting should still be prohibited for
all stations.
Thanks to FCG, K1TO, and all the others who organize and sponsor this FB
contest and a tip of the hat for the memory of K4OJ and W1CW.
I am sorry that the breakdown didn't get included in the post to the
3830 reflector. I accidentally hit a wrong key and the post was made
before I was ready to send it.
Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at:
http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
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