[NCC] Fwd: OhQP K8MR Mobile LP

[jimk8mr at aol.com]

 I worked Butler a bunch of times, as well as Hamilton, Warren, and Darke from the Cinci area. Those numbers were the QSOs I made from the counties I operated from.

73  -  Jim   K8MR


 
 
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From: Jim Pyle <jpyle723 at gmail.com>
To: John S Comella <jscomella at gmail.com>
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What an outstanding effort!
Jim, AA8OY
On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 3:45 PM John S Comella <jscomella at gmail.com> wrote:

Jim,



WOW!  Outstanding.



I noticed  you did not work BUTLer county(Hamilton, Fairfield, Oxford) as

well as HAMIlton (Cincinnati).  I could not hear you.  There were many BUTL

stations active.  Skip just wasn't good for us.



John,

N8AA



On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 12:37 PM Jim K8MR via NCC <ncc at contesting.com>

wrote:



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> Sent: Mon, Aug 24, 2020 12:29 pm

> Subject: OhQP K8MR Mobile LP

>

>                     Ohio QSO Party - 2020

>

> Call: K8MR

> Operator(s): K8MR K3LA

> Station: K8MR

>

> Class: Mobile LP

> QTH: 28 Counties

> Operating Time (hrs): 12

>

> Summary:

>  Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs

> --------------------

>   80:  668

>   40:  439    34

>   20:  282    45

>   15:    1

>   10:    1

> --------------------

> Total:  1391    79  CW Mults = 77  Ph Mults = 21  Total Score = 280,378

>

> Club: North Coast Contesters

>

> Comments:

>

> WHAT - A - RUSH !

>

> In recent years an OhQP mobile trip was good for about 850 QSOs. We did a

> bit

> better this time, what with the SQP challenge, the COVID restrictions

> giving a

> lot of people a lot of time, and the five weekend calendar in August this

> year

> that gave us the fourth Saturday with no major competition.

>

> By County, Total QSOs, in order of appearance:

>

> CUYA  20

> SUMM  13

> PORT  43

> TRUM  39

> MAHO  71

> COLU  37

> STAR  29

> CARR  46

> HARR  57

> BELM  68

> GUER  54

> MONR  52

> NOBL  76

> MUSK  37

> MORG  66

> PERR  43

> ATHE  59

> HOCK  34

> FAIR  62

> PICK  66

> ROSS  73

> HIGH  54

> CLIN  67

> FAYE  91

> GREE  60

> MADI  35

> CLAR  66

>

> Only two hours, 19Z and 20Z, with rate under 100/hr. We saved the best

> rate for

> last, 164 in the 0300Z hour.  As noted by others, skip zones on 40 and 20

> made

> things tough for close in places. But OTOH there were good signals from far

> away. Uli, DM5EE, as ZR2A/4 for ten QSOs was especially cool, and I had my

> first

> mobile contest JA QSO in years with JO7WXN. Fifteen and ten meters was

> running

> the bands with K1LT as we passed through his county.

>

> All the SSB QSOs were from moving people from CW, with in some cases other

> folks

> following me from a CW pileup to SSB and/or catching a packet spot in

> time. I

> tried a few random SSB CQs with no production resulting.

>

> While others in Ohio reported rain and thunderstorms, we were able to miss

> that.

> Only two equipment malfunctions: in MUSK the SWR went way up, but it just

> took

> tightening the stud in the mag mount to fix that. And we hit a huge

> pothole four

> miles from our end point in Springfield, which resulted in a very flat

> tire by

> morning. But thankfully that had no impact on our OhQP efforts, only on our

> Sunday activities.

>

> In the previous two years I planned my route to start and end near

> Youngstown to

> allow my partner, K3LA (a friend since high school) to get up for a Sunday

> bike

> ride in Pittsburgh. With COVID cancelling that ride, we combined the OhQP

> with a

> 40 mile ride on Sunday from Springfield to Xenia. That included going past

> the

> empty Green County Fairgrounds. I hope that does not jinx that place like

> I did

> when I visited HARA Arena after the 2018 Hamvention. Nine days later the

> tornado

> did the final job on HARA.

>

> I hope to visit Pennsylvania for one day of their party in October, and

> there is

> an outside chance I might make it to New York as well. And a big thanks to

> all

> who got on the air for our Party in Ohio!

>

>

> 73  -  Jim  K8MR

>

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