Pennsylvania QSO Party
Call: K8MR/M
Operator(s): K8MR, W8DRZ
Station:
Class: M/S Mobile Power: LP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 9
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Mults
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160:
80:
40: 258 144
20: 119 31
15: 19 16
10: 2
6:
2:
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Total: 398 194 99 = 86,509
Club:
Comments:
K8MR/m (with W8DRZ, driver) 2001 PaQSO Party, Sunday only.
In order of appearance:
CW SSB
Mercer 20 3
Venango 18 0
Butler 13 5
Armstrong 9 2
Clarion 32 6
Jefferson 8 10
Forest 35 45
Warren 8 6
McKean 16 5
Elk 41 43
Clearfield 27 35
Centre 25 3
Blair 41 6
Bedford 46 3
Somerset 29 7
Westmoreland 30 12
Total 398 194
50 Sections 49 counties
78309 points
8000 16 counties x 500
200 one qso with K3CSG
86,509 Final Score
I think this includes all the multipliers, county line stations, etc.
By band:
CW SSB
40 258 144
20 119 31
15 19 16
10 2 0
Equipment: IC-746, Hamsticks (two bands at a time), IBM Laptop running NA,
1996 Ford Windstar.
We had a great time. The weather was a disappointment, as the fall colors would
have been far nicer with some sunshine. The rain was quite heavy from
Clearfield to west of Somerset, which slowed our driving. Although we had
pretty good luck on 15 meters early on, once the rain picked up neither of us
wanted to stand in the rain changing antennas, so it was only 40 and 20 meters
from Elk on.
We spent about half an hour parked in Forest, and 10 minutes in Elk, to pass
out as many qsos from those two rare places as we could. We also spent about 5
minutes in Armstrong to get past the 10 qso threshold for the bonus points. A
McDonalds stop in Phillipsburg was the only other stop.
8 of the 18 counties we missed were ones we operated from: ARM, CLA, JEF, FOR,
ELK, BLA, BED, and SOM.
I was impressed by the ability of KC3M to find us repeatedly on 20 CW. The
most difficult qso was with K3NM on 20 SSB from Warren county. I'm sure I was
puny weak, but since I had worked him from home in Ohio on Saturday, it took me
a long time to convince him and/or his computer that I was not in Ohio on
Sunday as well.
Pennsylvania certainly wastes no money on county line signs. There were a lot
of places we missed them and had to make an educated guess that we had entered
a new county.
I hope to be back next year, perhaps for both days. It will be fun to go head
to head with my good friend W1NN on his home turf.
73 - Jim K8MR
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