[NCC] K8MR CW Sprint

[jimk8mr at aol.com]

Call: K8MR
Operator(s): K8MR 
Station: K8MR
Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: FL
Operating Time (hrs): 4





Band
QSOs
Op Time

80:
37



40:
73



20:
43



Total:
153
Mults
41
Total Score
6,273


 
Club: Florida Contest Group
Team: NCC MRRC FRIENDS SOUTH





For the past three years K5KG has hosted this snowbird for the February Sprint,but this year George had out of town visitors so his QTH was not available. SoI decided to try a QRP effort from my favorite waterfront park at the south endof Sarasota Bay. K3 at 5 watts with a 43 foot vertical at the edge of the water;the feedpoint was about 30 feet out, in about a foot of water at high tide whenI set up, wet sand when I took things down.

Good signals and low noise, but QRP gets beat in any jump ball and gets fewanswers to CQs. Heard but did not work ME, KY, NE, ID, and HI. Nothing heardfrom often active places like AL, AR, UT, and NV. VE3 and 5 the only Canadians.And I thought KE3X was now required to stay at home to put DC on the air :-)

73  -  Jim K8MR