[Nodxa] Fwd: OhQP K8MR Mobile LP

[Jim Stahl]

Thanks to all who got on the air!


73  -  Jim   K8MR



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> From: webform at b4h.net
> Subject: OhQP K8MR Mobile LP
> Date: August 27, 2017 at 12:40:48 PM EDT
> To: 3830 at contesting.com, k8mr at arrl.net
> Reply-To: k8mr at arrl.net
> 
> Ohio QSO Party
> 
> Call: K8MR
> Operator(s): K8MR W8BG
> Station: K8MR
> 
> Class: Mobile LP
> QTH: 22 Counties
> Operating Time (hrs): 12
> 
> Summary:
> Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
> --------------------
>   80:  294      5
>   40:  383     14
>   20:   96     15
>   15:    3      1
>   10:    2      0
> --------------------
> Total:  778     35  CW Mults = 78  Ph Mults = 10  Total Score = 140,008
> 
> Club: Northern Ohio DX Association
> 
> Comments:
> 
> A beautiful day to be out on the road. The contest started off great, with 92
> QSOs in the first hour, including short in-state stuff on 40 and as close as NJ
> on 20. But the bands then returned to more normal low sunspot conditions, with
> less than exciting rates until 80 opened up after dark. 20 gave up the ghost
> before dark, sooner than I expected.
> 
> My partner this year was Bill, W8BG, a NODXA member and relatively new
> contester. His contest experience to date had been largely S&P in the CWOPs
> tests using N3FJP, and no computer generated CW. So running with N1MM+ was a
> completely new experience for him. He eventually started getting the hang of
> it, but it was still a major learning experience. He did admit to not being too
> good if more than one person was calling.
> 
> SSB was pretty unproductive, nearly all QSOs were moving for guys asking. I
> wasn't in total run up the score mode, and when rates were slow enough to take
> time to move, signals were often not strong enough to likely complete a SSB
> contact. When conditions were good enough, the rates were too good to move.
> 
> The 10 and 15 meter QSOs were with K1LT. When he hit S9+60, ( <2 miles from
> his QTH) I figured we could run the bands, and then did the same again soon
> after I left Fairfield county into Franklin. VA2CZ (CW) and N8PR (SSB) were the
> other 15 meter QSOs.
> 
> In the last hour, driving up I-71 with new counties coming pretty quickly, I
> had N1MM+ run statistic rates as high as 199/hr for 27 Qs, and 188/hr for 54
> Qs. That was fun!
> 
> Thanks to all to took part in the 2017 OhQP!
> 
> 
> 73  -  Jim  K8MR
> 
> 
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