[3830] OkQP AH7RF(@KH6LC) SOABCW LP

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                    Oklahoma QSO Party - 2023

Call: AH7RF
Operator(s): AH7RF
Station: KH6LC

Class: SOABCW LP
QTH: 
Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  Dig Qs
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  160:                   
   80:                   
   40:                   
   20:    3              
   15:    9              
   10:    4              
    6:                   
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Total:   16     0       0  Mults = 10  Total Score = 480

Club: 

Comments:

Hello from Keaau, Big Island, Hawaii!

I operated from Lloyd KH6LC's place, and used a Yaesu FTDX5000, monobanders, and
100W. Operating from about Mar 11 18Z to about Mar 12 04Z. 

This is my first time to participate in the OK and ID QSO Parties, new states
for my WAS :)

Lloyd seems to have adopted me, as a new(ish) ham in need of more experience /
elmering. I have found several CW/HF elmers in the past year or so, and it's
been incredibly helpful, each elmer has a different sort of operating style and
different sorts of stations. This has been a great experience for me!  Lloyd's
station is a multi-multi station, with lots of watts and very nice antenna
towers. Lloyd offered that on a free weekend, I could come visit his station and
operate a contest, to get more experience. I couldn't say no to that! So I
suggested this weekend, and one of the QSO parties, and he suggested all 3
(before we realized Wisconsin was on Sunday).  It had never occurred to me to
participate in MULTIPLE contests at the same time! 

Wow!  I'm usually QRP / Portable, with a variety of different wire antennas.  It
was quite nice to hear more than I'm used to hearing, and easy to get contacts
with 100W (instead of QRP 5W).  Also quite nice to just have stuff that works
(no weather, no antenna failures, no random other self-inflicted problems I
encounter on my usual radio adventures), and Lloyd did all the work of setting
everything up (including N1MM), so it was ready to go for me when I arrived! 
The 2 QSO parties were at a more leisurely pace than the weekly CWTs, and during
some of the slow times, I had fun practicing with the Begali, and (carefully)
poking around on the radio, which has a whole lot more knobs and dials than my
KX2. 

Wow!  I'm kind of at a loss of what to say.  It was an amazing experience! 
Thanks everyone for the QSOs and your patience to work the Hawaii station :)

Thanks very much to Lloyd for his generous hospitality, and I hope I can visit
again, it was a lot of fun!

Aloha and 73

Heather
AH7RF


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