[3830] IaQP K0PC SO Mobile LP

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                    Iowa QSO Party

Call: K0PC
Operator(s): K0PC
Station: K0PC

Class: SO Mobile LP
QTH: IA
Operating Time (hrs): 9

Summary:
 Band  CW-Dig Qs  Ph Qs
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  160:               
   80:               
   40:    399        
   20:    285        
   15:               
   10:               
    6:               
    2:               
  222:               
  432:               
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Total:    684       0  Mults = 61  Total Score = 83,448

Club: Minnesota Wireless Association

Comments:

The IA QSO Party occurred on a beautiful fall day. Harvest activities were in
full swing across the state 

and we shared the road with many tractors and combines. The harvest of QSOs
went pretty well too with an 

overall rate of over 75 QSOs/hr for the nine hour contest. Short term rates
topped at at 150/hr.

Most of the equipment worked well. I am still having issues with the
screwdriver antenna controller but I 

had a manual control as a back up this trip. It was a good addition.

My driver John, W9DND, kept us on schedule to within 10 minutes all day in
spite of a few unexpected road 

closures for construction. We also abandoned our route in Humboldt county in
favor of a gravel road. The 

power line noise was so high I couldn't copy anyone. I will drop that road from
my future trips.

I ended up bouncing back and forth between 40M & 20M all day. Both bands were
in great shape. I was 

particularly impressed by 40M. Even mobile to mobile contacts within Iowa were
possible on 40M. I was going 

to try 80M at the end of the day but never got a break.

My list of big hitters contains many familiar calls:
34- N5NA (I think Alan was sitting in the back seat)
26- K5LH
24- N5XG
19- N4CD, NN9K, NT5O, W4AWF
17- NU0Q
16- N0BUI, W4UCZ, W7GVE
15- WA9LT
13- K4AMC
12- AD1C, K7TM
11- K8NYG, K9EN, W0BH
10- K0HNC, W9MSE, W9OO
and many more in single digits

I had 167 unique calls in the log but these 21 stations accounted for half the
QSOs.

Equipment:
IC-7000 Xcvr, HiQ 4-80 antenna, WriteLog, old (but trusty) IBM ThinkPad laptop,
08 Honda Accord

Thanks to the Ottumwa ARC for sponsoring this event and providing the great
weather!

73, Pat  K0PC


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