[NCC] [PaQSOParty] PaQP K8MR Multi-Op Mobile LP

Mon Oct 12 17:46:09 EDT 2020

Thank you for ARM, JUN and JEF.  

73 

 Bruce NJ3K MCK 

On Mon, 12 Oct
2020 21:00:15 +0000 (UTC), "Jim Stahl via groups.io"  wrote:  Thanks to all
who got on to chase us around PA!   

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  Pennsylvania QSO
Party - 2020   Call: K8MR Operator(s): K8MR AF8A Station: K8MR   Class:
Multi-Op Mobile LP QTH: 25 Counties Operating Time (hrs): 15.5   Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs ----------------------------  160:   80: 537 2  
40: 317 3   20: 154 6   15:   10:   6:   2:  ----------------------------
Total: 1018 11 0 Mults = 92 Total Score = 203,038   Club: North Coast
Contesters   Comments:   A very interesting, and nice, trip through
Pennsylvania.   QSOs per county, in order of first appearance:   CRA 71 VEN
29 WAR 34 FOR 14 CLA 15 JEF 57 CLE 60 ELK 24 CRN 42 CEN 58 CLI 73 UNI 35
NUM 52 SNY 34 JUN 32 PER 35 MIF 39 HUN 33 BLA 41 CMB 27 INN 46 ARM 21 BUT
47 LAW 53 MER 48   We got to our starting point in Crawford, and when I hit
the key no RF came out of the K3. Found that it would make RF on SSB, and
make RF sending CW in SSB mode. After a few minutes beating the radio,
etc., we decided to swap it out for the backup IC-746. I did not bring a
C-IV interface for that, so all the band changes had to be made manually. I
spent a good bit of time after the contest cleaning up the log for all the
ones we missed in real time. I briefly fired up the K3 after we got home
and it's now making RF. ?????   Once we got going, 40 meters was in great
shape. I was working lots of people around PA and had a great rate. But
unfortunately after 90 minutes or so 40 went back to its usual self of
nothing within 400 miles or so, and it was still too early for 80 to be
worth much. Hence some low rates in places like Forest and Clarion
counties.   One Saturday highlight: driving through Cochranton in CRA,
CQing away as we drove down the main street through town, we heard a very
loud alarm go off in one of the buildings. Not sure which one, but we did
not stop to find out and offer to loan them some Mix 31 ferrite snap-ons.  
We stayed overnight in INN and Sunday rode the Ghost Town Trail, along with
K3LA, W3NO, and two friends of W3NO. It's a beautiful trail, and with the
fall leaves changing colors it was a great bike ride. Due to forecasts of
rain later in the day, we cut the ride to 40 miles, but we never did get
wet or have any especially threatening skies.   Checking emails on Sunday
we saw that LAW was still missing in action. It is right on our route back
to Cleveland, so we made a special point to spend some extra time there,
parked at a rest area on I-79. I saw that another guy in LAW had finally
shown up on 75 SSB shortly before we got there, so I did not have to face
the challenge of people hearing me with a super puny SSB signal.   I'm of
the opinion that PAQP is not the most mobile friendly contest, but
nevertheless the combo radio/bike effort made for a very enjoyable weekend.
   73 - Jim K8MR     Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at:
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