[3830] PAQP K8MR/M M/S Mobile LP

[jimk8mr at aol.com]

                     Pennsylvania QSO Party
                    
Call: K8MR/M
Operator(s): K8MR, W8DRZ
Station: 

Class: M/S Mobile  Power: LP
QTH: 
Operating Time (hrs): 9
 

Summary:
 Band     CW Qs    Ph Qs    Mults
-----------------------------------
  160:                 
   80:                 
   40:     258      144
   20:     119       31
   15:      19       16
   10:       2         
    6:                 
    2:                 
-----------------------------------
Total:     398      194       99  =  86,509

Club: 

Comments:

K8MR/m (with W8DRZ, driver)   2001 PaQSO Party, Sunday only.

In order of appearance:

			CW		SSB
Mercer			20		3
Venango		        18		0
Butler			13		5
Armstrong		9		2
Clarion			32		6
Jefferson		8		10
Forest			35		45
Warren			8		6
McKean		        16		5
Elk		        41		43
Clearfield		27		35
Centre			25		3
Blair			41		6
Bedford			46		3
Somerset		29		7
Westmoreland	        30		12	

Total			398		194

50 Sections    49 counties

 	 78309 		points	
	  8000		16 counties x 500
	   200		one qso with K3CSG

	86,509		Final Score 	



I think this includes all the multipliers, county line stations, etc. 

By band:

			CW		SSB
40			258		144
20			119		31
15			19		16
10			 2		0

Equipment:  IC-746, Hamsticks (two bands at a time), IBM Laptop running NA, 
1996 Ford Windstar.

We had a great time. The weather was a disappointment, as the fall colors would 
have been far nicer with some sunshine.  The rain was quite heavy from 
Clearfield to west of Somerset, which slowed our driving. Although we had 
pretty good luck on 15 meters early on, once the rain picked up neither of us 
wanted to stand in the rain changing antennas, so it was only 40 and 20 meters 
from Elk on.

We spent about half an hour parked in Forest, and 10 minutes in Elk, to pass 
out as many qsos from those two rare places as we could. We also spent about 5 
minutes in Armstrong to get past the 10 qso threshold for the bonus points. A 
McDonalds stop in Phillipsburg was the only other stop.

8 of the 18 counties we missed were ones we operated from:  ARM, CLA, JEF, FOR, 
ELK, BLA, BED, and SOM.

I was impressed by the ability of KC3M to find us repeatedly on 20 CW.  The 
most difficult qso was with K3NM on 20 SSB from Warren county.  I'm sure I was 
puny weak, but since I had worked him from home in Ohio on Saturday, it took me 
a long time to convince him and/or his computer that I was not in Ohio on 
Sunday as well. 

Pennsylvania certainly wastes no money on county line signs.  There were a lot 
of places we missed them and had to make an educated guess that we had entered 
a new county.  

I hope to be back next year, perhaps for both days. It will be fun to go head 
to head with my good friend W1NN on his home turf.


73  -  Jim   K8MR 	


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