Texas QSO Party
Call: KS5A/M
Operator(s): KS5A
Station: KS5A/M
Class: SO CW Mobile LP
QTH: Texas
Operating Time (hrs): 6.1
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs
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160:
80:
40: 232
20: 640
15: 34
10:
6:
2:
UHF:
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Total: 906 0 0 Mults = 84 Total Score = 250,312
Club: Arizona Outlaws Contest Club
Comments:
Score includes Bonus points.
Once again Texas put on a great party. Before time ran out on Sunday, I ran 22
of the planned 24 counties out of San Antonio and south. N1MM displayed
on-the-air as 6.1 hours, but the 757 travel miles took care of the remaining
party time, plus some more getting back to SAT.
This was strictly a Run operation (no S&P) due to the solo ops and
equipment setup. Only ran two single counties, and the rest were county lines.
Considering all the oil field traffic, the roads were in generally good shape.
Only WX problems were severe thunderstorms for the last 4 hours on Sat night in
South Texas. It was slow going due to pooling water and limited visibility. I
pulled over one time in hopes of a break - to no avail. The 20m resonance went
out of whack due to all the water (not enough Rain X?), but the tuner took care
of the issue. Heavy rain static and lightening caused receiving issues on the
low bands that evening and limited ops. Sunday was a perfect day, WX wise.
Country power line RFI was minimal considering all the oil field sites. Only
in Bee County was it a major issue. I had to go in and out of the county over
the same route. RFI was still an issue although I went several miles into the
county without a change in the S9 levels. I am sure I left some guys hanging
in this one - Sorry!
I had planned for 30 minute runs on Saturday and 20 min runs on Sunday. In a
few cases this plan was stretched to an hour. I hate to leave the stop in
counties with some still calling. It worked out as I made up the time somehow
without blue lights in the rear view. I did get some curiosity questions at
each Border Patrol inspection site. I am not sure my explanation of helping
out the Texas guys in a contest while driving with Arizona plates fully
satisfied the Agents! Think I passed on pure ugliness.
Pileups were generally good and manageable. Saturday was better than Sunday in
this regard, probably due to new stations entering the contest. Thanks to
those that followed me over the weekend and apologies to those I just could not
pull out.
The other good but personal point for this QSO party, was that I finally
finished transmitting from all 254 TX counties. It has taken several years
going in and out of this huge state. Thanks to those in the logs.
All QSOs will be uploaded with all pertinent date in LoTW before the end of the
year. To get a LoTW match, use the mobile call sign I used in the party -
KS5A/m. Although most of you will have the same time stamp for the two
counties, you will have to have different time stamps for those two counties.
Otherwise, one county will replace the other with the same time stamp. One
minute difference is sufficient. I will do the same to my LoTW uploads.
Lastly, a lot of atta-boys and atta-gals to the organizers of this event. It
takes many volunteers to make this QP so successful. Hopefully, NO5W will be
overwhelmed with logs! Thanks, Chuck.
73/Guff
KS5A/m
IC-7000 100w
8 horizontal Hustler array, 12' AGL
LDG AT-7000 tuner
N8XJK Voltage Boost Regulator
N1MM+ software
Logikey K-5 Keyer
Delorme Street Atlas with GPS
F-350 diesel
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