Ohio QSO Party - 2020
Call: K8MR
Operator(s): K8MR K3LA
Station: K8MR
Class: Mobile LP
QTH: 28 Counties
Operating Time (hrs): 12
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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80: 668
40: 439 34
20: 282 45
15: 1
10: 1
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Total: 1391 79 CW Mults = 77 Ph Mults = 21 Total Score = 280,378
Club: North Coast Contesters
Comments:
WHAT - A - RUSH !
In recent years an OhQP mobile trip was good for about 850 QSOs. We did a bit
better this time, what with the SQP challenge, the COVID restrictions giving a
lot of people a lot of time, and the five weekend calendar in August this year
that gave us the fourth Saturday with no major competition.
By County, Total QSOs, in order of appearance:
CUYA 20
SUMM 13
PORT 43
TRUM 39
MAHO 71
COLU 37
STAR 29
CARR 46
HARR 57
BELM 68
GUER 54
MONR 52
NOBL 76
MUSK 37
MORG 66
PERR 43
ATHE 59
HOCK 34
FAIR 62
PICK 66
ROSS 73
HIGH 54
CLIN 67
FAYE 91
GREE 60
MADI 35
CLAR 66
Only two hours, 19Z and 20Z, with rate under 100/hr. We saved the best rate for
last, 164 in the 0300Z hour. As noted by others, skip zones on 40 and 20 made
things tough for close in places. But OTOH there were good signals from far
away. Uli, DM5EE, as ZR2A/4 for ten QSOs was especially cool, and I had my first
mobile contest JA QSO in years with JO7WXN. Fifteen and ten meters was running
the bands with K1LT as we passed through his county.
All the SSB QSOs were from moving people from CW, with in some cases other folks
following me from a CW pileup to SSB and/or catching a packet spot in time. I
tried a few random SSB CQs with no production resulting.
While others in Ohio reported rain and thunderstorms, we were able to miss that.
Only two equipment malfunctions: in MUSK the SWR went way up, but it just took
tightening the stud in the mag mount to fix that. And we hit a huge pothole four
miles from our end point in Springfield, which resulted in a very flat tire by
morning. But thankfully that had no impact on our OhQP efforts, only on our
Sunday activities.
In the previous two years I planned my route to start and end near Youngstown to
allow my partner, K3LA (a friend since high school) to get up for a Sunday bike
ride in Pittsburgh. With COVID cancelling that ride, we combined the OhQP with a
40 mile ride on Sunday from Springfield to Xenia. That included going past the
empty Green County Fairgrounds. I hope that does not jinx that place like I did
when I visited HARA Arena after the 2018 Hamvention. Nine days later the tornado
did the final job on HARA.
I hope to visit Pennsylvania for one day of their party in October, and there is
an outside chance I might make it to New York as well. And a big thanks to all
who got on the air for our Party in Ohio!
73 - Jim K8MR
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