Kentucky QSO Party
Call: AE8M
Operator(s): AE8M
Station: AE8M
Class: RoverCW LP
QTH: KY
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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160:
80: 53
40: 227
20: 33
15:
10:
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Total: 313 0 Mults = 40 Total Score = 32,040
Club:
Comments:
The mobile setup is an Elecraft K2 with the 100W amp and tuner in the trunk.
The antennas were Lakeview hamsticks.
I operated a total of 7 counties along I-71 between Cincinnati and Louisville.
It was necessary to venture away from the interstate highway to operate in
Trimble County. It was difficult to find a suitable spot to stop to operate,
and I felt somewhat like Daniel Boone must have felt wondering along a narrow
path in a gully surrounded by hills.
I must park to operate which cuts down on the number of counties that can be
visited and the score. Nevertheless, going mobile in a state QSO Party is
great fun. It is amazing how well a modest mobile setup will perform.
Thanks to all who called me. For fear of leaving someone out, I hesitate to
give individual thanks. That notwithstanding, I worked the following 7 or more
Q's: W4UCZ, AD5WI, NW6S, WB2ABD, KM1C, W5MX, KJ4AOM, WA3HAE, K9JF and KO1U. It
was particulary fun to work DL3GA 3 times and K9JF in WA 8 times. I apologize
to whomever I overlooked. The number of Q's for individual calls were compiled
by hand in a state of mental fatigue, after spending about 4 hours generating a
Cabrillo file. There is no Writelog module for this contest, so I produced my
own Writelog entry form with a separate file for each county. It took some
time to go from the Writelog files, to a spreadsheet format, and finally into
the correct Cabrillo text format.
Several times during the contest my microKEYER decided to send gibberish
instead of what the laptop was telling it to send. This happended at least
once when several stations were calling and I felt like an idiot.
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