[Mldxcc] AD6E S/O county expedition to MEND

[Chris Tate - N6WM]

Al,

These pics are awesome!  I found myself wishing I was out there with you guys. Great job and kudos for capturing the county expedition spirit

~C./WM



> On Oct 6, 2014, at 4:53 PM, Alan Maenchen <ad6e at arrl.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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