[Mldxcc] AD6E S/O county expedition to MEND

[Steve Allred]

Alan,Nice job and great pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Steve / K6SCA 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Maenchen" 
To:"NCCC" , "MLDXCC" 
Cc:
Sent:Mon, 6 Oct 2014 23:53:03 +0000
Subject:[Mldxcc] AD6E S/O county expedition to MEND

 Now that was a GREAT weekend!

 Many thanks to many people, but especially to N6WM for getting the
activity
 up there, and especially to Fred N6YEU for joining forces and making
a "two
 for one" expedition. A little explanation:

 I've been doing CQP expeditions for many years, and while I've honed
in on
 what it takes to be successful with the minimal amount of work, it's
still
 a LOT of work. After pushing myself to the physical limits doing
solitary
 expeditions so many times, I've been looking for ways to ease the
work load
 and still have a great CQP. In 2009 I joined with NI6T and did a two
 station GLEN/MEND expedition. That was a success, but WX, QRN, and
poor
 propagation combined to make it far less of a positive experience.
Yet, the
 idea of sharing antennas to put two counties on the air from the same
QTH
 was worth another attempt.

 This year I noticed that Fred, N6YEU was again heading to rare GLEN
for a
 single-handed expedition. I asked to join him and set up two stations
on
 the MEND - GLEN county line. He agreed, and we did it. Unlike in
2009, WX
 cooperated. If anything it was a bit too hot, but otherwise
beautiful!
 Some photos:

 https://picasaweb.google.com/117668077218135394042/CQP2014GLENMEND

 This QTH is one that I've used 4 or 5 times now over the years. It's
about
 a six hour drive from San Jose, and the last hour is on dirt roads.
With my
 move to KH6 this past summer, I shipped my SUV so I had to rent a car
for
 the weekend. So far, I haven't heard any feedback about how dusty the
car
 got. ;-)

 I got back home last night at about midnight and promptly crashed
(after a
 quick shower). This morning I see some 150 emails that need
attention, but
 before diving through all those, I thought I would put out this quick
 summary:

 AD6E S/O HP CE
 160 0 0
 80 50 64
 40 113 99
 20 183 170
 15 288 235
 10 130 203
 tot: 764 771 or 1535 total QSOs x 56 mults = 214,704 points
 Missed VE2 and NM (!)

 Fred was LP and made a clean sweep, but I'll let him give his own
summary.

 Rig: K3 / P3 + TenTec Hercules II amp 500W output most of the time
 Antenna: A3S at about 30ft. Shared inverted Vees for 80 and 40
 Time: 22 hours (per confuser) Took many short breaks and slept in Sun
 morning.

 Club: MLDXCC

 Note: I see some grousing about club competition. Fred and I showed
what a
 joint operation can do to promote this friendly competition. For
those
 feeling put out, sit back, get a cold one, relax (!) We're all
friends.
 Start planning for next year.

 73, Alan AD6E
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