[3830] TxQP WB0TEV SO SSB Mobile LP
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Thu Oct 2 13:02:28 EDT 2014
Texas QSO Party
Call: WB0TEV
Operator(s): WB0TEV
Station: WB0TEV
Class: SO SSB Mobile LP
QTH: 27 Tx Counties
Operating Time (hrs): 13
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs
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160:
80: 2
40: 212
20: 445
15: 131
10:
6:
2:
UHF:
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Total: 0 790 0 Mults = 106 Total Score = 194,480
Club: DFW Contest Group
Comments:
Score includes 27,000 bonus points for activating 27 Tx counties with 5 or more
QSOs.
Rig: Yaesu FT-757
Antennas: Hustler 40/20/15/10 resonators all on the same mast, replaceable with
single 80m resonator
Platform: 1986 Pontiac Parisienne
Another TxQP has come and gone and "the olde grey lady" (my antenna
festooned 1986 Pontiac) had a grand time covering about 550 miles and 27
counties.
Prior to the contest I'd published my route plan on my qrz.com page and sent
out notices of same to some of the most frequent callers I'd worked in March's
Oklahoma QSO Party and last years TxQP.
For most of Saturday I was able to keep to within just a few minutes of my
published schedule where I aimed for at least 20-25 minutes in each county with
a goal of getting on 40, 20 and 15 from each. That always didn't work out. For
example I had such a good pileup going on 20m as I drove across Titus county
that I was still getting a steady stream when I reached the next county and had
no more time to go to another band.
I didn't realize it at the time, but Upshur county also was one from which I
only made 20m QSOs. In contrast, while in Panola county I was only successful
on 40m & 15m. Late Saturday night, the short amount of time (10 minutes
each) I spent catching the corners of Anderson and Henderson counties in my
push to be close to my overnight hotel in Smith county conspired to make those
40m only activations.
When I was about 4 miles from my hotel in Tyler, with 30 minutes to go I
pulled off into a parking lot, removed the 40/20/15/10 stack from the Hustler
mast and put on the 80m resonator. Only made two QSOs on 80m and the 20
minutes I spent switching resonators and then getting the 40/20/15/10 stack
back in place with 10 minutes to go probably would have been better spent just
staying on 40 and 20. But hope for 80m springs eternal. Thanks to KD5YUK in
BOWI and N5MLP in MGMY for seeing my spot and working me on 3838 kHz.
Had some really great runs on 20m during the day and 40m really came to life
starting about 2300Z Saturday.
While I had a 28 county plan, I had to drop Rains county Sunday afternoon. I
had planned to hit the road again at 1700Z after going to church Sunday AM with
my daughter in Smith county, but they had a potluck dinner that ran a little
long and I didn't get on the road again until almost 1800Z. By omitting the in
and out incursion into Rains I was eventually able to get back on my planned
time line and made it to my last planned county line (ROCK/COLN) 10 minutes
before the closing bell. 13 QSOs from Collin county on 40m ensued ensuring the
county activation bonus. Managed to pick up 2 more Tx counties in those closing
minutes as well.
Many thanks for those who *accurately* spotted me at ch.w6rk.com especially
N8OYY and KK5MR. Those especially brought out the county hunter types.
As with a growing number of Single Op SSB mobile types, I drive and operate
continuously, record the whole thing on digital audio/video recorders and then
play the whole thing back after the contest to transcribe a log. (Guess what I
did for most of the first couple of days after the contest!) I really didn't
have a good feel for how I was doing in terms of multipliers (or QSO totals) and
was pleasantly surprised by the growing numbers during playback and log
transcription.
And now some statistics:
MOST FREQUENT WORKED STATIONS:
# QSOs Call(s)
19 OM2VL
18 N8OYY
16 NT2A
15 WA4WKL
14 N4PN, NJ5W
12 WA3HAE, WD5DDH
11 KK5MR,SP9LJD, W7GDK
10 AJ5ZX
9 K4BAI
8 N5MLP
7 KE4ZS,K5IZO,K7DTB,KJ5LTA,N3RM,N4JT,N5SJS,W0UO,WA6KHK
6 NA2NY, W0ZQ, W1ATV, W6AFA
5 K0AE, KC0ZVN, KC3X, N1LN, N4MUJ,N9QS
MULTIPLIERS: 106 Total
40 States (missed AK,HI,KS,ME,MT,ND,NH,OR,UT);
3 Provinces: VE3, VE4, VE7
4 DX (OM,PY, SP, YV)
59 Texas Counties: ARAN, AUST, BAND, BAST, BELL, BEXA, BOWI, BURN,
BZIA,BZOS,CAME,CAMP,CASS,CHER,COLN,CORY,DALS,DENT,DEWI,ELLI,EPAS,ERAT,
GOLI,GREG,GUAD,HAMI,HARR,HUNT,IRIO,JOHN,KINN,LASA,LUBB,MATA,MEDI,MGMY,
MILL,MLEN,MOTL,NACO,PARK,POTT,REEV,ROCK,RUSK,SABI,SAUG,SHER,SMIT,SOME,
TARR,TGRE,UVAL,WALL,WARD,WICH,WLSN,WMSN,WOOD
MOST FREQUENTLY WORKED MULTS:
#QSOS MULT
43 GA
40 FL
39 AZ
37 NC
36 PA
33 CA
29 EPAS
29 NY
25 IL
24 OH
23 AL
22 WV
QSOs/Clock Hr
DAY/HR 80m 40m 20m 15m TOTAL
SAT-1400 0 13 68 18 99
SAT-1500 0 4 62 12 78
SAT-1600 0 11 28 10 49
SAT-1700 0 1 36 28 65
SAT-1800 0 5 64 0 69
SAT-1900 0 3 51 12 66
SAT-2000 0 2 64 1 67
SAT-2100 0 39 0 7 46
SAT-2200 0 0 0 0 0
SAT-2300 0 18 5 6 29
SUN-0000 0 50 20 0 70
SUN-0100 2 14 10 0 26
SUN-1400 0 0 0 0 0
SUN-1500 0 0 0 0 0
SUN-1600 0 0 0 0 0
SUN-1700 0 0 2 3 5
SUN-1800 0 15 20 8 43
SUN-1900 0 38 15 25 78
QSOs & Minutes /COUNTY
COUNTY 80m 40m 20m 15m TOTAL Minutes
HUNT 0 3 30 33 23*
FANN 0 9 30 9 48 46*
LAMA 0 1 36 9 46 39*
DELT 0 3 24 12 39 31
HOPK 0 5 18 2 25 29
FRAN 0 4 12 0 16 22
RRIV 0 3 9 8 20 24@
TITU 0 0 32 0 32 23
MORR 0 0 44 11 55 52*
BOWI 0 6 1 17 24 40@
CASS 0 2 23 1 26 28*
MARI 0 1 15 1 17 23
UPSH 0 0 41 0 41 31
CAMP 0 1 18 12 31 21
GREG 0 23 15 2 40 49
HRSN 0 8 25 0 33 30
PANO 0 10 0 7 17 20@
RUSK 0 17 18 4 39 42
CHER 0 28 7 0 35 40
ANDE 0 18 0 0 18 10
HEND 0 9 0 0 9 10
SMIT 2 9 24 3 38 83
WOOD 0 1 5 0 6 11
VZAN 0 13 3 11 27 32
KAUF 0 6 13 5 24 23
ROCK 0 19 2 17 38 35*
COLN 0 13 0 0 13 10*@
* = includes a county line stop
@ = largely a non-moving park and operate condition
I may lose some to log checking but 790 QSOs, 106 mults, 13 hours on the road
added up to a whole lot of fun! I'm already looking forward to next year.
73,
Victor - WB0TEV
Greenville (Hunt County) Texas
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