Ohio QSO Party
Call: AE8M
Operator(s): AE8M
Station: AE8M
Class: Mobile LP
QTH: 9 OH COUNTIES
Operating Time (hrs): 11.5
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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80: 92 35
40: 74 35
20: 74 0
15: 0 0
10: 0 0
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Total: 0 0 CW Mults = 54 Ph Mults = 36 Total Score = 49,500
Club:
Comments:
My mobile setup consists of a K3 with one antenna mount on the roof and another
antenna mount on the trunk lid of a Honda Accord. Lakeview Hamsticks for 20,
40, 80 and 75 were frequently rotated between the mounts. I drove 200 miles
during the contest and another 120 miles prior to the start to get to the first
county. I park to operate.
The EU stations added some extra excitement with Qâ??s as follows: DL3DXX 5,
HA8IB 5, DL2HBX 4, DL3GA 4, HA1AG 3, OK2EC 3, and one each for LY2FN, PA3ARM
AND SP5SA. Whenever I entered a new county and started CQing on 20M, they were
there immediately. After dark, I abandoned 20M but they found me on 40M.
The first half hour of the contest was a disaster. I had replaced my usual
mobile laptop with a new little Samsung netbook. I was unaware that the touch
pad on the netbook has a feature called virtual scrolling which duplicates the
operation of a wheel on a standard mouse. Moving a finger across the touch pad
would cause the rig frequency to change. I unwittingly did this in the middle
of two Qâ??s (K1ZZI & W4DAN, sorry guys) and probably numerous times while
CQing. Of course, the QSO rate was very bad the first half hour and I was
quite discouraged. About 20 minutes into the contest I noticed that the rig
frequency at the end of a CQ was not the same as when I started calling. I did
not know the source of the frequency shift, but I did figure out that engaging
the frequency lock button on the K3 would prevent it. The frequency lock
button kept me in the contest and about two counties later I figured out that
the touch pad was the source of the problem. I now know that this virtual
scrolling â??featureâ?? can be disabled in the touch pad settings.
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