Georgia QSO Party
Call: W5ZL
Operator(s): W5ZL
Station: W5ZL
Class: Single OpMixed LP
QTH: STX
Operating Time (hrs): 6.25
Summary:
Band CW-Dig Qs Ph Qs
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160:
80: 8
40: 56 4
20: 112 27
15:
10:
6:
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Total: 176 31 CW-Dig Mults = 96 Ph Mults = 24 Total Score = 45,960
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Comments:
You Georgia guys know how to throw a party!
First off, thanks to the organizers for such a wonderfully run operation. This
was my first semi-serious GQP, and had it not been for a timely email reminder
from my old friend K4BAI it would have likely passed me right by. Second, a
huge of the hat to all the mobiles. You guys rock, especially double-digit
counters N4ZZ (22), N5WR (21), W4NZ (19), W4R (15), W3DYA (11) and N0TW (10).
You are the heart and soul of the QSO Party. I know all about blisters on butts
and bleeding eardrums after scurrying through county after county for two days.
I hope it was as much fun for you as for me chasing you. Your signals were
phenomenal on 20 both days, and I felt I had my own personal pipeline.
GQP was, as mentioned, something of an afterthought for me, as I was originally
scheduled to fly out Sunday morning on a business trip. The "almost" government
shutdown convinced me to cancel the trip, so I had an unexpected "almost" free
weekend. The XYL and I spent most of the daylight hours both days working on a
backyard project, but I was able to duck into the shack here and there to play
GQP. You can imagine which part of the weekend I enjoyed most.
Others have commented on the operating techniques of the mobiles who were
seemingly always covered up in pileups, but let me add my $0.02. I really liked
N4ZZ's operating style. I never had to hang around listening long to know who
and where he was. No wasted motion. W4R and N5WR much the same. W3DYA could, in
my opinion, benefit himself and the hunters by throwing his call in more often.
W4NZ, another super op, was at the other extreme with full ID and county after
every QSO. Either conditions were really good or the mobiles all had
exceptional ears. Both maybe?
Once again, thanks to everyone who put in the hard miles that made this so much
fun.
73,
Gary W5ZL
Rig: IC-756 Pro II
Antennas: Tennadyne T-11 Log Periodic at 51', W9INN trap dipole for 40/80.
Logger: N1MM with K1EL keyer
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