[NCC] MN QSO Party N2CU

[Thomas R. Williams]

Thanks Jim. 

Now that I have a mobile setup, I might just make an attempt at operating in Ohio. I tried it once but had antenna failure, and no backups.

73, Tom N2CU



On February 7, 2016, at 11:21 AM, Jim K8MR via NCC <ncc at contesting.com> wrote:

>
>Great job, Tom. Getting an 87 county sweep in 10 hours is indeed quite an accomplishment!
>Can you work all 88 in Ohio in August? You even get 12 hours to do it!    :-)
>73  -  Jim  K8MR/4
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Williams <n2cu at roadrunner.com>
>To: 'North Coast Contesters' <ncc at contesting.com>
>Sent: Sun, Feb 7, 2016 11:02 am
>Subject: [NCC] MN QSO Party N2CU
>Minnesota QSO Party
>Call: N2CU
>Operator(s): N2CU
>Station: N2CU
>Class: Single Op LP
>QTH: NY
>Operating Time (hrs): 10
>Summary:
>Band  CW-RTTY Qs  Ph Qs
>-------------------------
>  160:                 
>   80:      24        5
>   40:      84       14
>   20:     104      104
>   15:       1        0
>   10:                 
>-------------------------
>Total:     213      123  Mults = 87  Total Score = 58,464
>Club: North Coast Contesters
>Comments:
>Wow. That was one for the history books. The mobiles did a bang up job as
>usual,
>keeping me changing bands and spinning the VFO like a mad man. QSO leaders
>N0IJ
>38, K0PC 31, N0HJZ 27, N0UR-W0ZQ-KC0DMF 19, N0EO 17, KE0TT 9, AD0DX 8, W9FZ
>and
>maybe a few others. 
>With time running out I was at 85 counties. I need WRI and COO. Oh well, as
>I
>said last year, I'm resigned to NEVER getting a sweep in this contest,
>having
>finished with 85 or 86 several times. Then I hear K0PC in WRI. His good ears
>pick me out right away and my adrenaline starts pumping. One to go. With
>about
>15 minutes to go there was N0EO (I think) in, what's that, COO? Could it be?
>Nope. KOO... I kept hoping for that extra dit in his exchange but for
>naught.
>20m went dead and I may have missed N0HJZ in one of his last counties.
>That's a
>bummer. I did another sweep of 80 and 40m and then N0IJ is there, working a
>pileup. I listen for his exchange... JOHN COO! OMG. John has a unique
>ability
>to pick my call out of the masses and at 23:50 I work him for the sweep. My
>first ever in the MNQP. I was so excited at that point it didn't matter if I
>made another QSO. Well, I did make a few more anyway and added an insurance
>QSO
>with John on 80m. 
>Hmmm, my score looks to be much better than last year so I check the MWA
>website and find it is a new LP record, assuming nobody else bests me. Cool
>beans.
>A really, really big thank you to all my friends in Minnesota for making
>this a
>most enjoyable day. You guys put on one heck of a party.
>K3/100, TH6DXX 48', 40m Inv. Vee 35' and Delta loop, 80m wire vertical, N1MM
>Classic.
>73,
>Tom N2CU <><
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