Louisiana QSO Party
Call: NO5W
Operator(s): K1DW NO5W
Station: NO5W/M
Class: RoverCW-Dig LP
QTH: LA
Operating Time (hrs): 11
Summary:
Band CW-Dig Qs Ph Qs CW-Dig Mults Ph Mults
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160:
80:
40: 99 34
20: 702 47
15: 7 6
10:
6:
2:
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Total: 808 0 84 0 Total Score = 282,434
Club: LA Contest Club
Comments:
The above score includes 1250 points for activating 25 parishes.
K3/100, HIQ-4/80, 2002 Pathfinder, CQ/X 1.8.0.8
After several weeks of continuous rain and cold it was good to be out and about
in the LaQP on a sunny and warm Saturday trying to keep the run rate up while
dodging potholes, bouncing along some of Louisiana's finest roads, listening to
massive power line noise, and navigating the back roads of Louisiana. Picking up
Dallas-K1DW near Folsom around 1330z we had the navigation and logging computers
up and running by 1340z and headed out to our first stop just inside the
southwest corner of Washington parish arriving just a few minutes before the
starting bell.
At the start of these QSO parties there's always a concern of whether all the
right gear is in the vehicle, whether everything will work as planned, and will
there be a crowd of frequent callers to keep us company during the 400+ miles
making the trip and preparations worthwhile. Having used the mobile for many of
the CWOps CWT contests recently I was pretty confident about the performance of
the radio stuff but you never know for sure about propagation and activity.
After a few CQs on 40m we had NA4K in the log at 1401 and by 1420 twenty more,
about half on 40m and half on 20m. So with things looking promising on two
bands we moved on to Tangipahoa parish spending a little extra time in that one
due to the driver missing a turn from I-55 to LA40. Fortunately that was the
only missed turn all day and we were able to keep very close to the published
schedule and out of the sink holes and bayous.
Here's how it went on a parish by parish basis:
Parish QSOs 10-Min-Rate FirstInLog
Assumption 72 156 W7OM
Orleans 65 150 WB4UNS
Ascension 52 168 K4BAI
St.Bernard 52 162 W8CAG
West Baton Rouge 47 90 W5PF
Terrebonne 41 162 W4NZ
St.James 41 102 K5KG/M
St.Mary 39 132 K3TN
Tangipahoa 33 90 N1LN
St.Martin 32 96 NF0N
St.John the Baptist 31 168 PA3ARM
St.Tammany 29 150 KI0I
St.Charles 28 114 WB0PYF
EastFeliciana 27 84 WI0WA
Iberia 27 156 K9NW
Plaquemines 26 126 WB0PYF
Livingston 26 72 N1LN
Iberville 25 96 K9NW
West Feliciana 25 120 AD1C
Lafourche 23 102 W8WVU
Pointe Coupee 23 96 K7REL
Washington 21 72 NA4K
Jefferson 19 108 W1END
St.Helena 19 66 W1END
East Baton Rouge 9 48 WB0PYF
Thanks to the following for keeping us company and accounting for half of our
QSOs: OM2VL(27), W1END(21), WB0PYF(21), WN4AFP(17), K0HNC(17), W1DWA(17),
W7OM(16), DL5AWI(16),KC3X(16), AD1C(14), K9NW(14), N3RM(14), N8OT(14),
N3RJ(14), WM1K(13), NA4K(12),W0EAR(12), WA9LEY(12), K0PC(12), KJ4IWZ(12),
W8WVU(12), VA3ATT(12), W2CVW(12), NU0Q(11), N4RS(11), N1LN(11), W9GHX(11),
W8CAG(11), K0PFV(11), N3KR(10).
Congratulations to Matt-K5UQ for keeping SE LA well-represented on the SSB side
of the LaQP. A few weeks before the party we met for Sunday breakfast to discuss
rover operation and answer a few questions about CQ/X. From Matt's excellent
solo results it sure looks like he took the ball and ran with it and most
importantly had enough fun to try it again.
Thanks to Dallas for doing most of the driving while I had fun on the radio and
to Lynda and Dallas for hosting me on Saturday night.
Coming up there's MS QP in a few weeks. Hope to CU again in that one from many
counties in southern MS.
73
Chuck-NO5W
Dallas-K1DW
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