North America QSO Party - SSB
Call: K0GQ
Operator(s): K0OU, KC0DEA, KC0DXK, N0EVH, W0RDE
Station: K0GQ
Class: M/2 LP
QTH: MO
Operating Time (hrs): 12
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 28 14
80: 100 32
40: 130 37
20: 178 50
15: 266 46
10: 45 18
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Total: 747 197 = 147,159
Club: Raytown ARC
Team:
Comments:
Rig 1: TS-940s -> 500' long wire
586 desktop w/NA10
Rig 2: IC-756 -> HF6V vert
286 laptop x/NA10 networked
The Raytown ARC, a general interest club, worked the NAQP as our "Polar Bear
FD". We operated field day style from Lake Jacomo State Park, where temperature
was around 30 degrees and there was 4 inches of snow on the ground. The roads
in the park were snow and ice covered and we were not able to get our pop-up
camper up the hill to the camp site, so we ended up taking over an open shelter
house with picnic benches. We made it into a big tent by wrapping plastic
sheeting around the whole structure, and we heated it (sort of) with space
heaters. There is commercial power so we ran extension cords from the adjcent
campsites.
For the two stations we planted an HF6V vertical in the snow, and then ran
about 500' of wire out through the trees. This worked to a fashion and got us
on all the bands, although the long wire got 10 meter rf into the computer,
and there was enough snow and ice on the coils of the vertical that it wouldn't
load on 80. The rigs featured computer controlled radios and networked
computers. The whole set up took us less than 3 hours to put up.
The operation itself was an adventure as the heaters melted enough snow to keep
the floor wet the whole time and we still had to wear heavy coats and even
gloves while operating. We did have a picnic table full of food and hot coffee
and soup for our creature comforts. We were also visited by some boy scouts
who were snow camping in another camp site and they really enjoyed the ham
radio set up and talked about their communications merit badges. That was a fun
distraction and was real PR like FD operations.
All in all, our score in the contest was rather meager, but the gang got some
real emergency style communications practice and had a great radio adventure.
This was about the most fun we have ever had :-)
Thanks to NCJ for the event and to every one who dug out our puny signals for
a contact or two.
CU all in the next one - 73 de K0OU Steve in KC
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