[3830] LaQP NO5W RoverCW-Dig LP

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                    Louisiana QSO Party

Call: NO5W
Operator(s): NO5W K1DW
Station: NO5W

Class: RoverCW-Dig LP
QTH: LA
Operating Time (hrs): 10

Summary:
 Band  CW-Dig Qs  Ph Qs  CW-Dig Mults  Ph Mults
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  160:                                      
   80:      6                               
   40:    423                               
   20:     78                               
   15:                                      
   10:                                      
    6:                                      
    2:                                      
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Total:    507       0          0          61  Total Score = 125,158

Club: Jefferson ARC

Comments:

The score includes 100 points for working bonus station N5LCC.

K3/100, Hi-Q 4/80, CQ/X 1.8.1.0, 2002 Pathfinder

Probably the most striking thing about this year's LaQP were the poor conditions
especially on 20m. For example in 2015 with the same operators, same equipment,
and same route we had 808 Qs with 702 of those on 20m, 99 on 40m, and 7 on 15m.
This year the tables were turned between 20m and 40m with 40m being the money
band but not able to produce the Qs that 20m did in 2015. 

Still we had fun and even Murphy thought the ride was good as he came along
during the first three parishes to produce the error message "a USB device
has failed". It turns out the USB device was the GPS being used by the
logging computer. As best we could determine the extremely rough roads we were
on had caused the GPS connection to vibrate loose enough that the OS marked it
as a failure. Fortunately a little tape applied to the connection fixed that
problem and Murphy pretty much disappeared for the rest of the day.

Here's how it went on a county basis where the first number is the total Qs in
the county, the second is the initial 10 minute rate in the county and the last
column is the first station logged in the county:

Orleans	        39	42	K9CW
Jefferson	33	84	K5OT/2
St.Tammany	32	108	K2DSW
Assumption	28	102	K5OT/2
Plaquemines	27	6	W4IHI
St.James	27	96	N5DO
Iberville	27	84	N2CQ
EastFeliciana	26	78	K0AP
Terrebonne	25	72	N1SOH
St.Bernard	25	132	N5DO
St.Charles	25	96	N5DO
Iberia	        23	84	K2DSW
St.Martin	22	72	W0ZQ
Ascension	21	120	W0ZQ
Lafourche	17	72	W0ZQ
St.Helena	16	66	N5DO
St.John	        15	84	K0AP
PointeCoupee	15	78	K2DSW
WestFeliciana	14	54	K0AP
St.Mary	        14	66	K2DSW
EastBatonRouge	13	60	K2DSW
WestBatonRouge	13	66	K0AP
Livingston	11	60	K0AP
Tangipahoa	10	54	N5DO
Washington	8	36	N5DO

First-caller honors go to Dave-N5DO followed closely by Dragan-K0AP.

Thanks to the following stations who worked us in many parishes contributing
more than half of our QSOs: K2DSW(28), K0AP(26), N5DO(25), KN4Y(23),
K5OT/2(22),
K4AMC(21), N2CQ(21), K0HNC(20), W0ZQ(18), WB9CIF(18), W0TG(15), N6MU(14),
NW0M(13

As is typical in these state QSO parties the morning was slow as seen by the low
QSO numbers in East Baton Rouge - Washington all of which were morning parishes.
The action picked up somewhat during the late afternoon when we were in Orleans,
Jefferson, and St. Tammany. Due to Dallas-K1DW, the driver, having a heavy foot
we actually finished up our route with two hours left in the party and no where
to go except to try 80m and then to succumb to the call of the beer and pizza
where the crew of Jim-W5TUF, Ted-KN5O, Dallas-K1DW, and myself were treated to
some DXpedition tales by David-W5XU who had just returned from Spratly.

Many thanks to Norm-W3DYA who came over from Texas to provide some needed mobile
activity in the north and central part of the state.

Also thanks to Dallas and Lynda for their hospitality putting me up Saturday
night and for the early Sunday morning breakfast and conversation.

Coming up April 7 we will be back on the road sharing the driving and operating
with Skip-W5GAI in the MS QP. We hope for better conditions and hope to put many
of the QSO party group in the log. The route has not been determined yet so if
you need some counties in MS send me an email and we might be able to work it
in.

73/Chuck/NO5W


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