[NCC] Fwd: PaQP K8MR Rover Multi-Op LP

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

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Pennsylvania QSO Party

Call: K8MR
Operator(s): K8MR  W3JL
Station: K8MR

Class: Rover Multi-Op LP
QTH: 3  Counties
Operating Time (hrs): 4

Summary:
Band  CW Qs   Ph Qs  ---------------------------------------
:        
80:    1      0   
40:   81     43           
20:   53     3                  
15:   16      3       
10:     1       0                 

---------------------------------------
Total:  151   49      0         0   Mults = 79  Total Score = 27,887

Club: North Coast  Contesters

Comments:

CW  SSB

BUT  50   17
LAW  70  30
MER  32   2

42  Sections   36 counties



A Murphy outing. I had a  Saturday evening wedding in Cleveland, so PAQP 
was a
Sunday only event.  This year I was joined by one of my longest time radio
friends, Glenn,  W3JL.

Shortly before the start of the contest on Sunday we stopped to  get Glenn 
into
the driver seat. Pulling out he asked if there was something  odd about the
brakes on the minivan, and I said no. But a few miles down  the road when he
pushed the brake pedal nearly to the floor and the brake  warning light 
came on,
we decided that there really was a problem. Got out  to find brake fluid all
around the left rear wheel.

So me made the  obvious decision to head back to his QTH and then home.
Fortunately we  weren't all that far away, and the road (US422) was mostly 4
lane and  relatively straight by PA standards. Good thing the brakes didn't
break  heading down some big hill a hundred miles from home.

We stopped on the  way back to set up the mast and 33 foot wire in BUT, 
then in
Glenn's  driveway in Lawrence. After an hour there we headed out to lunch 
(in
his  car) at the original Quaker Steak & Lube in Sharon, along with  K3LR,
K3LA, and K3LA's XYL.

After lunch a few more qsos from Glen's  driveway, I then did a careful 
drive on
I-376, I-80, and I-271 back to my  home in Cleveland. I made a brief stop 
just
off I-376 to activate Mercer.  No problems on that part of the trip, and I
dropped the car at the repair  shop where my wife picked me up.

Conditions did not seem very good on  Sunday, compared to what I heard from 
home
in Ohio on Saturday. Highlight  was moving Uli, DM5EE, through five QSOs on 
20,
15, and 10 CW. Barely heard  him on 10SSB, but no QSO.

Sorry I wasn't able to pass out a lot more  QSOs than we did.


73  -  Jim  K8MR


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