[3830] GaQP N4N(@W5JR) Rover Multi-Op LP

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                    Georgia QSO Party - 2021

Call: N4N
Operator(s): W5JR WK4U N5ZZ KX4MZ
Station: W5JR

Class: Rover Multi-Op LP
QTH: GA
Operating Time (hrs): 20

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
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  160:     0     0
   80:   428    10
   40:  1252    74
   20:   445     9
   15:    11     0
   10:     0     0
    6:     0     0
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Total:  2136    93  CW Mults = 49  Ph Mults = 30  Total Score = 344,385

Club: NOrth Fulton Amateur Radio League

Comments:

WOW, what a GQP!!

First, we want to thank all of you that contacted us as we traversed GA. This is
the 7th year of the N4N RM effort using a pair of Flex SDR radios, operated as a
Multi-2 Rover in motion. Our pair of Hi-Q antennas are only 6 feet apart. This
makes it possible for many of you to more easily work us on multiple bands while
in each county, depending on propagation. Pictures of the Rovermobile are posted
on the NFARL Facebook page. We keep one Flex on 40 the whole 20 hours, while the
other one follows propagation, 80/75/20/15. Waiting for 10m to become productive
again. Glad to have made a few contacts on 15 this year.

40m remains the money band, as it is always open to somewhere as we change
counties. The 75/80 Hi-Q continues to impress. Our late Saturday route takes us
close to the GA coast. We manage to put OM2VL and DL3DXX in the 80m log in
*every* county when on 80 CW. Those guys are operating some fabulous stations.
OM2VL, DL3DXX and K9CT are logged on almost every county, on at least 2 bands,
sometime 3.

We adjusted our routes this year to help maximize the number of counties that
W4AN/M and N4N covered. The number of counties for N4N was only going to be
possible if everything went smoothly. Many of the eastern GA counties are
*HUGE*. The Saturday storms slowed the driving occasionally and kept us from
touching the final 2 counties. Maybe next year.

Like any complex station operation, a few gremlins find their way in. An antenna
combination that worked great on Saturday didn't on Sunday. The Baby Tarheel on
the roof rack, used on 20/15, kept knocking the 40m Flex off line when used on
20m (OK on 15). So, switched to plan B and run the 75/80m Hi-Q back and forth
between 20m and 75/80m. That's takes away from precious operating time.
Technical issues and coupled with heavy traffic in a few counties, we were
unable get to the final handful of planned counties. An opportunity to tweak the
route for next year.

All in all, after over 1000 miles (amazingly without missing a turn), it was a
great weekend, good friends cooped up in the Yukon (19 years old with 270,000
miles!), lots of contacts made, and incredibly  ---  

*** AN ALL TIME BEST SCORE FOR THE N4N ROVERMOBILE ***

Thanks again for all of you contacting us.

See you next year.


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