[3830] AlQP W0BH SOMixed HP

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                    Alabama QSO Party

Call: W0BH
Operator(s): W0BH
Station: W0BH

Class: SOMixed HP
QTH: KS
Operating Time (hrs): 11.6
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
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  160:            
   80:   15      8
   40:   77     27
   20:   83     28
   15:   13      6
   10:    7      3
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Total:  195     72  CW Mults = 62  Ph Mults = 33  Total Score = 43,890

Club: 

Comments:

Another enjoyable ALQP in the log!  There were some notable mobiles missing from
the fray this year, and my CW total was down almost 50 from 2010.  On the bright
side, both PH Qs and PH mults were up (perhaps because I had more time in
between chasing mobiles).

The bands really cooperated for me from Kansas.  I think a 20m path from AL to
KS was possible the entire time with a brief one hour stretch in the afternoon
when it went long (and I still managed an ESP Q). My last Q was with N4ZZ/m on
20m with 2 minutes to go (sorry about the dupe) with Don pounding in at s9+10.
There was a several hour stretch on Saturday afternoon when both 15 and 10 were
really loud from AL.  We've been so used to not having those bands, that a
number of mobiles must not have had antennas ready, so I moved a number of
fixed stations instead.  In fact, from 1929Z to 1942Z, I put AL stations in the
CW log on 10, 15, 20, and 40m!  At 2221Z, I connected with NE4M on 40m SSB, and
by 2224Z, we added 20SSB, 15SSB, and 10SSB as well.  Really fun!  I later
worked NE4M on 80CW which gave us 9 total Qs and 5 bands.

Besides NE4M, three other stations - W4AN, AB9CA/4 and K4SAV were in the log on
5 bands, missing only 160m.  I spent a total of about 20 minutes CQing on 160
CW, but never heard anyone.  Later in the evening, 80 also got really noisy
here in Kansas, so most of the late action was on 40.

Overall, I worked 64/67 counties .. missing Coffee, Crenshaw, and Talladega in
mixed mode. Escambia and Tallapoosa were worked only on SSB.  N4AST/m was
scheduled through Talladega twice, so I must have missed him both times.  Not
sure if I missed KC4HW/m in Coffee or he just ran out of time at the end. I was
hearing Jim really well most of the day and he ran through many counties I
needed (including Geneva right at the end). N3FU/m was the only mobile
scheduled through Crenshaw.  I worked him in his first county (Houston), then
never heard him again, so I hope nothing serious happened. 

The mobiles did a terrific job as always.  Here's the mobile scoreboard from
Kansas:

39 N4ZZ/m - hands down, the loudest signal into Kansas award
24 W4NZ/m - easy to find
17 KC0HW/m - also very easy to find
15 KN4Y/m
12 W4AQP/m
08 AD8J/r - great rover signal (a KW will do that!)
07 KU8E/m
05 N4AST/m
04 KY5R/m - very loud SSB, but couldn't find you after 2121Z
01 N3FU/m

The fixed stations were everywhere and always!

9 NE4M
6 W4AN
5 AB9CA/4 K4ACG K4HAL K4SAV

Special mention: K4AB (4) was really, really loud.

I worked 71 unique calls and only 3 dupes this year, with 68% of my contacts
coming from mobiles and one rover.

Jim, KC0HW, and the Alabama Contest Group are to be commended for an excellent
2011 edition of the AQP. Hope to work many of you in the 2011 Kansas
Sesqicentennial (150th anniversary of statehood) QSO Party the last weekend in
August.

73, Bob, w0bh


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