Illinois QSO Party
Call: AD4EB
Operator(s): AD4EB
Station: AD4EB
Class: Mobile LP
QTH: IL
Operating Time (hrs): 8
Summary:
Band CW-Dig Qs Ph Qs
------------------------
160:
80: 234
40: 681
20: 81
15:
10:
6:
2:
------------------------
Total: 996 0 Mults = 87 Total Score = 173,304
Club: Tennessee Contest Group
Comments:
This was our third time entering the ILQP, and again we operated CW mobile.
Melody is an artist, and we needed to make a trip up to my parents retirement
villiage in Urbana IL to pick up paintings she had on display there.
Fortunately for me, the ILQP occurred at the perfect time, and she was willing
to drive me thru 22 counties on the way up to Champaign county, as I operated
CW in the back of our Montana van.
Compared to last ILQP, the number of QSOs were down by 14 percent (1152 in 2015
vs
996 this year). However, the number of mulitpliers was up by 5. There were
some slow periods early in the contest that hurt the final score. Twenty meters
fizzled about 4:30, so I replaced that antenna with the 80m hustler at 5:00 pm
local.
We had rain showers during the second half the contest, and winds were quite
high at times. This made for challenging driving and navigating. It sure was
dark in the rain in the central Illinois farm country.
Most worked stations were:
W9AIU(64) - Thanks for taking the time to find us so may times, nice getting 4
counties at a time.
K1RO(30) - Was always one of the first to get us as we entered a new county or
changed bands.
OM2VL(23) - Wow Laci, you had a tremendous signal and excellent skill in
getting thru the pileups.
K9PG(20)
K5KPE(19)
K9CT(19)
N4VV(18)
KI0I(17)
N9CK(16)
WN4AFP(15)
Melody and I both really enjoyed this contest. Thanks to those that took the
time to work me, and especially to Jim, N9JF, who really makes the ILQP a great
contest to be in. And of course, thanks Melody for supporting me in this crazy
mobile contesting hobby.
73 - Jim (AD4EB) and Melody (KI4HVY)
Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/
______________________________________________
3830 mailing list
3830@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/3830
|