[3830] TnQP N2WN SO MobileCW QRP

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                    Tennessee QSO Party

Call: N2WN
Operator(s): N2WN
Station: N2WN

Class: SO MobileCW QRP
QTH: 
Operating Time (hrs): 5

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  Dig Qs  Mults
-----------------------------------
  160:                           
   80:                           
   40:  117                    40
   20:   63                    23
   15:                           
   10:                           
    6:                           
    2:                           
  222:                           
  432:                           
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Total:  180     0       0      63  Total Score = 37,520

Club: Tennessee Contest Group

Comments:

Another QRP mobile run under the belt, conditions were only so-so. Missed many
of the QP "regulars", but happy to work a bunch of new folks.

Added new counties this year, one on request, which was great as it turned into
my second best county.

Started in Knox, SEVI, JEFF, HAMB, COCK, GREE, HAWK, GRAI, UNIO and covered a
couple twice. GREE was a major disappointment, had a great spot up high and in
the clear, but only managed 3 QSOs, on the other hand Cocke was down in a
narrow valley with power lines... go figure hihi.

#Qs by county: GRAI 33, COCK 30, KNOX 29, HAWK 24, UNIO 20, SEVI 18, HAMB 15,
JEFF 8 and GREE 3.

K2DSW worked me 8 times for top spot, K5LH 6, VE3KZ 5, NU0Q 5, W4SIG 5. KI0I 4
and had some hopes of making a 15M Q with him, but no go. No one worked me in
all of 'em. 

I worked more TN mobiles this year, K4SIG had a consistent solid signal, N4ZZ
was either LOUD or just copyable. TX, NC, IA, FL and OH were the most common
multipliers. I never heard anyone past NM. Good to work a nice variety of
Canadian Provinces with VE2FK, VE3KZ, VE5KS and VE9AA. DX was a bit sparse but
SP9LJD, SP5SA, OK1CF and UA3AGW all managed a contact.

My setup was based on a 1997 Toyota Tacoma with a HB bumper mount for the
Hustler with 80, 40 and 20 resonators this trip. The rig was an Elecraft K3
(which evidently I haven't touched in a very long time, some of the settings
were for a demo I had done, and for the life of me, I couldn't recall where to
change them to something more mobile friendly. Left my preferred CW headphones
with the adapter on the table, so had to use the Heil headset, not the best
range for my hearing to dig out weak CW signals.

My posted score does not have any bonus points added.

Thanks to all who came out to play and who pulled my signal out of the mud.

72,
Julius
n2wn


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