[NCC] K8MR/R PAQP Plans

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

This weekend is the PA QSO Party, 16z to 05z Saturday, and 13z to 22z  
Sunday. I'm doing things a bit differently this year, as I'm presently in NNJ  
helping my daughter move into her new house. I'll be leaving early Sunday, to 
 spend time stopping along I-80 as a rover in the PAQP as I head home to  
Cleveland.
 
My present plans are to concentrate in Columbia, Montour, Northumberland,  
Union, Clinton, and Cameron counties, intending to spend about an hour in 
each.  I will be trying out a new rover-specific antenna for 40 meters, 
attaching a 33  ft wire to the magmount on the roof, hanging to some nearby tree. 
In other  words, a 33 foot HamStick. Some simple tests at home had it 
working nearly as  well as a 40 foot high dipole. 
 
As a result I hope to be spending more worthwhile time on phone, but I will 
 still be sure to make a good show on CW, including 20 and 15 meters. 
The exchange in the PAQP is  serial number and ARRL section (not  state), 
so you folks in CA may be able to pass out a rare (or at least  scarce) one 
in this event.
 
If you're on the air Saturday, you may also hear me working a few guys from 
 NNJ as I check out things.
 
I hope to work lots on you in the contest on Sunday.
 
 
73  -  Jim   K8MR