[3830] PaQP K8MR Multi-Op Mobile LP

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                    Pennsylvania QSO Party

Call: K8MR
Operator(s): K8MR AF8A
Station: K8MR

Class: Multi-Op Mobile LP
QTH: 23 Counties
Operating Time (hrs): 12.5

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  Dig Qs
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  160:                   
   80:  350      5      0
   40:  352     32      0
   20:   63      4      0
   15:                   
   10:                   
    6:                   
    2:                   
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Total:  765     41      0  Mults = 101  Total Score = 173,507

Club: North Coast Contesters

Comments:

Not sure if this score includes the bonus points for one N3LI QSO or 23 counties
activated.

A good one day ride around my home state of Pennsylvania. Two days on the road
is too much IMHO, and in any case I had other things planned in Cleveland on
Sunday.

Things started poorly. I got the antennas installed on Friday evening, but did
not get the time to test them. Saturday morning things were behaving oddly,
which I was able to trace to a crappy coax connection on the mag mount. Got out
the soldering gun and put on a real connector. Then the K3 was behaving oddly,
apparently from a night in the cool damp car. Fortunately it warmed up after the
first half hour heading to PA and gave no further problems.

Our start was delayed by a 15 minute construction tie up on US 422 in Parkman
Ohio. Only three cars ahead of us, but nobody passing while every dump truck,
front end loader, and paving machine moved around in front of us. Arrived in PA
10 minutes after the start.

The contest started off slowly - barely doing 50/hr for the first few. Then late
afternoon things got going well, and kept it up until the last few hours when
things slowed down. 80 CW worked well, but very little action on 40 in the last
few hours. After the great 15/10 opening in the California QSO Party last week I
made a few tries on 15, but heard absolutely zero.

One new mobile contesting experience: while parked at a picnic area in Prince
Galitizin State Forest in Somerset county, a small bus pulled in carrying a
wedding party. Not sure if they were there for photos or to just to check us
out.

Thanks to Gary, AF8A, who willingly did 90+% of the driving, letting me get my
radio fix; to the new folks running the PAQP; and all who got on to work us.

And the PAQP was not the best thing of the weekend. New granddaughter arrived
this afternoon in Cleveland, via a scheduled C-section which allowed me to
better plan for PAQP. All, including Grandpa, are doing fine.


73  -  Jim   K8MR


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