[NCC] Fwd: OhQP K8MR Mobile LP

[Jim Pyle]

What an outstanding effort!

Jim, AA8OY

On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 3:45 PM John S Comella <jscomella at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jim,
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> WOW!  Outstanding.
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> I noticed  you did not work BUTLer county(Hamilton, Fairfield, Oxford) as
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> well as HAMIlton (Cincinnati).  I could not hear you.  There were many BUTL
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> stations active.  Skip just wasn't good for us.
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> John,
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> N8AA
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> On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 12:37 PM Jim K8MR via NCC <ncc at contesting.com>
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> wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
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> > From: webform at b4h.net
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> > To: 3830 at contesting.com; k8mr at arrl.net
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> > Sent: Mon, Aug 24, 2020 12:29 pm
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> > Subject: OhQP K8MR Mobile LP
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> >                     Ohio QSO Party - 2020
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> > Call: K8MR
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> > Operator(s): K8MR K3LA
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> > Station: K8MR
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> > Class: Mobile LP
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> > QTH: 28 Counties
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> > Operating Time (hrs): 12
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> > Summary:
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> >  Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
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> > --------------------
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> >   80:  668
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> >   40:  439    34
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> >   20:  282    45
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> >   15:    1
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> >   10:    1
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> > --------------------
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> > Total:  1391    79  CW Mults = 77  Ph Mults = 21  Total Score = 280,378
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> > Club: North Coast Contesters
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> > Comments:
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> > WHAT - A - RUSH !
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> > In recent years an OhQP mobile trip was good for about 850 QSOs. We did a
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> > bit
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> > better this time, what with the SQP challenge, the COVID restrictions
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> > giving a
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> > lot of people a lot of time, and the five weekend calendar in August this
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> > year
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> > that gave us the fourth Saturday with no major competition.
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> > By County, Total QSOs, in order of appearance:
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> > CUYA  20
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> > SUMM  13
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> > PORT  43
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> > TRUM  39
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> > MAHO  71
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> > COLU  37
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> > STAR  29
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> > CARR  46
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> > HARR  57
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> > BELM  68
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> > GUER  54
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> > MONR  52
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> > NOBL  76
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> > MUSK  37
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> > MORG  66
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> > PERR  43
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> > ATHE  59
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> > HOCK  34
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> > FAIR  62
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> > PICK  66
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> > ROSS  73
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> > HIGH  54
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> > CLIN  67
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> > FAYE  91
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> > GREE  60
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> > MADI  35
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> > CLAR  66
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> > Only two hours, 19Z and 20Z, with rate under 100/hr. We saved the best
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> > rate for
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> > last, 164 in the 0300Z hour.  As noted by others, skip zones on 40 and 20
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> > made
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> > things tough for close in places. But OTOH there were good signals from
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> > away. Uli, DM5EE, as ZR2A/4 for ten QSOs was especially cool, and I had
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> > first
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> > mobile contest JA QSO in years with JO7WXN. Fifteen and ten meters was
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> > running
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> > the bands with K1LT as we passed through his county.
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> > All the SSB QSOs were from moving people from CW, with in some cases
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> > folks
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> > following me from a CW pileup to SSB and/or catching a packet spot in
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> > time. I
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> > tried a few random SSB CQs with no production resulting.
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> > While others in Ohio reported rain and thunderstorms, we were able to
> miss
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> > that.
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> > Only two equipment malfunctions: in MUSK the SWR went way up, but it just
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> > tightening the stud in the mag mount to fix that. And we hit a huge
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> > pothole four
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> > miles from our end point in Springfield, which resulted in a very flat
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> > tire by
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> > morning. But thankfully that had no impact on our OhQP efforts, only on
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> > Sunday activities.
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> > In the previous two years I planned my route to start and end near
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> > Youngstown to
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> > allow my partner, K3LA (a friend since high school) to get up for a
> Sunday
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> > bike
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> > ride in Pittsburgh. With COVID cancelling that ride, we combined the OhQP
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> > with a
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> > 40 mile ride on Sunday from Springfield to Xenia. That included going
> past
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> > the
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> > empty Green County Fairgrounds. I hope that does not jinx that place like
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> > I did
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> > when I visited HARA Arena after the 2018 Hamvention. Nine days later the
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> > tornado
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> > did the final job on HARA.
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> > I hope to visit Pennsylvania for one day of their party in October, and
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> > there is
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> > an outside chance I might make it to New York as well. And a big thanks
> to
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> > all
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> > who got on the air for our Party in Ohio!
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> > 73  -  Jim  K8MR
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