Alabama QSO Party
Call: N4ZZ/M
Operator(s): N4ZZ, AD4EB, KI4HVY
Station: N4ZZ/M
Class: Mobile Multi-OpCW LP
QTH: AL
Operating Time (hrs): 12
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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160:
80: 125 0
40: 705 0
20: 385 0
15:
10:
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Total: 1215 0 CW Mults = 43 Ph Mults = 0 Total Score = 104,490
Club: Tennessee Contest Group
Comments:
What a blast!
This was the second mobile operation for our team, with Don and Jim operating,
and Melody driving/navigating. We were able to cover 28 counties by following
our planned route of 550 miles (750 total including from/to TN).
We drove our 2000 Montana van, with 2 Hustler verticals roof mounted. We
swapped the 20m coil with 80m at 0000z. Radio was a ProIII, and used N1MM
logging software. A Garmin GPS was used to alert us as we approached each
county line, based on coordinates extracted from Google Earth. Everything
worked flawlessly.
We drove thru a couple of rain and thunderstorms starting at 2100z, which made
copy quite difficult. But for the most part propagation was good, especially
during evening hours on 40m. Only saw one other team, K4ZGB Tom, and "WIFE"
Charlotte at a gas station/cafe at the intersection of Hwys 118 and 13 (had a
nice but quick chat).
We frequently swapped bands just as soon as the rates started to decrease,
trying to land on the same frequencies every time (except when they became
occupied). This seemed to work well, and folks seemed to find us quickly. The
pileups were huge, but everyone was very professional which made them a pleasure
on our end. Very few repeats of our call/county were ever required.
Here is a short list of the stations who we worked most often: W0BH 38, K9EU
30, NO5W 24, W2LHL 24, K4BSK 21, N4ARO 21, W70M 21, DL3DXX 20, then a whole
bunch of 19's, 18's, and 17's. We really want to thank everyone for all the
QSOs, it sure made for an adrenaline filled trip.
Thanks to Jim KC4HW for helping make this contest possible. Also a special
thanks to my wife Melody KI4HVY for driving so many miles and helping us
prepare for this adventure. And Don, thanks for getting me interested in
mobiling, you said it would be fun, fast and furious, but I had no idea how
much.
73 - Jim - AD4EB
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