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

[Jim]

> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: webform at b4h.net
> Subject: PaQP K8MR Multi-Op Mobile LP
> Date: October 14, 2018 at 2:01:03 PM EDT
> To: 3830 at contesting.com, k8mr at arrl.net
> Reply-To: k8mr at arrl.net
> 
>                    Pennsylvania QSO Party
> 
> Call: K8MR
> Operator(s): K8MR AF8A
> Station: K8MR
> 
> Class: Multi-Op Mobile LP
> QTH: 23 Counties
> Operating Time (hrs): 12.5
> 
> Summary:
> Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  Dig Qs
> ----------------------------
>  160:                   
>   80:  350      5      0
>   40:  352     32      0
>   20:   63      4      0
>   15:                   
>   10:                   
>    6:                   
>    2:                   
> ----------------------------
> Total:  765     41      0  Mults = 101  Total Score = 173,507
> 
> Club: North Coast Contesters
> 
> Comments:
> 
> Not sure if this score includes the bonus points for one N3LI QSO or 23 counties
> activated.
> 
> A good one day ride around my home state of Pennsylvania. Two days on the road
> is too much IMHO, and in any case I had other things planned in Cleveland on
> Sunday.
> 
> Things started poorly. I got the antennas installed on Friday evening, but did
> not get the time to test them. Saturday morning things were behaving oddly,
> which I was able to trace to a crappy coax connection on the mag mount. Got out
> the soldering gun and put on a real connector. Then the K3 was behaving oddly,
> apparently from a night in the cool damp car. Fortunately it warmed up after the
> first half hour heading to PA and gave no further problems.
> 
> Our start was delayed by a 15 minute construction tie up on US 422 in Parkman
> Ohio. Only three cars ahead of us, but nobody passing while every dump truck,
> front end loader, and paving machine moved around in front of us. Arrived in PA
> 10 minutes after the start.
> 
> The contest started off slowly - barely doing 50/hr for the first few. Then late
> afternoon things got going well, and kept it up until the last few hours when
> things slowed down. 80 CW worked well, but very little action on 40 in the last
> few hours. After the great 15/10 opening in the California QSO Party last week I
> made a few tries on 15, but heard absolutely zero.
> 
> One new mobile contesting experience: while parked at a picnic area in Prince
> Galitizin State Forest in Somerset county, a small bus pulled in carrying a
> wedding party. Not sure if they were there for photos or to just to check us
> out.
> 
> Thanks to Gary, AF8A, who willingly did 90+% of the driving, letting me get my
> radio fix; to the new folks running the PAQP; and all who got on to work us.
> 
> And the PAQP was not the best thing of the weekend. New granddaughter arrived
> this afternoon in Cleveland, via a scheduled C-section which allowed me to
> better plan for PAQP. All, including Grandpa, are doing fine.
> 
> 
> 73  -  Jim   K8MR
> 
> 
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