Ohio QSO Party
Call: K8MR
Operator(s): K8MR K3LA
Station: K8MR
Class: Mobile LP
QTH: 25 Counties
Operating Time (hrs): 12
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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80: 279 30
40: 374 44
20: 107 17
15: 1 0
10: 1 0
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Total: 762 91 CW Mults = 82 Ph Mults = 31 Total Score = 182,495
Club: North Coast Contesters
Comments:
QSOs by county, in order of first appearance.
COLU 20
STAR 33
CARR 26
TUSC 32
HARR 46
BELM 39
GUER 29
NOBL 37
MUSK 30
MORG 32
PERR 39
ATHE 39
HOCK 102
VINT 22
FAIR 48
FRAN 42
DELA 26
MORR 31
RICH 29
ASHL 24
WAYN 19
MEDI 15
SUMM 26
PORT 27
MAHO 40
Another good ride around Ohio. This year I was joined by Barney, K3LA, one of my
longest ham radio friends from back in Sharon, PA, where we grew up. As noted by
everybody else, a slow start followed by somebody turning on the 40 meter short
propagation switch around 2200Z, and ending with a major geomagnetic storm. In
spite of this it was my biggest OhQP mobile score since 2012.
We got sidetracked by a road closure in Hocking county, and proceeded to get
sufficiently lost that we ended up in Fairfield county rather than in Ross and
Pickaway as planned. The unplanned half hour there accounts for the big total,
which may be my biggest single county total in OhQP.
Most phone QSOs were moving guys from CW, plus calling a few for multipliers. We
had zero responses to our phone CQs. OM2VL was the most worked with 45 QSOs,
including six on 80M. Next most worked were KU8E (33) and K5KG (27). Most worked
state outside Ohio was Florida.
The use of 3545 as a mobile frequency worked well, as I was able to efficiently
get some daytime QSOs with other Ohio stations, which would have been impossible
on 40M given the propagation. The two high band QSOs were with K1LT, as we
passed within a mile of his QTH.
Thanks to all we worked and to all that participate. I hope to be out in the
PaQP in October, and looking way ahead, Florida next April.
73 - Jim K8MR
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