[SECC] GAQP Notes NM2l/N9JF from ILL

[gregpotter at charter.net]

I don't think there is a category for this operation so the actual score has not been submitted.  It was a "two men and station" out of state operation, but we really weren't going for score and as an SECC member I don't think the rules let me submit.  My partner (Jim N9JF the owner of the operating location) wrote a nice summary for the County Hunter forum so I have attached most of that narrative.  This was a real BLAST!!!  .... I managed to finish up the state of Georgia for USACA.  Many thanks to all of the mobiles that provided all these opportunities to work Georgia counties.  Great job folks!  Next year I will be back to roving.  73 de Greg NM2L  

CALLSIGN: NM2L
CATEGORY: MULTI-ONE ALL LOW CW (Out of State)
CLAIMED-SCORE: 91,494
CLUB: SECC
NAME: Greg Potter
ADDRESS: 5390 Lexington View Place
ADDRESS: Sugar Hill GA 30518
OPERATORS: NM2L, N9JF

                    Georgia QSO Party 
 
Call: NM2L
Operator(s): NM2L, N9JF 
Station: N9JF 
 
Class: Multi-Single (sort of), Low Power 
QTH: Illinois 
Operating Time (hrs): Entire Contest 
 
Summary: 
  Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs 
-------------------- 
   160:     1      0 
    80:    34      0 
    40:   253     0 
    20:     7       0 
    15:     0       0 
    10:     0       0 
     6:      0        0 
-------------------- 
          295     0

Total:The weekend was indeed a blast! The organizers did a great job drumming up activity, and one 

cannot say enough good about all the mobiles and rovers. My plan for the weekend was to simply 

clear a path to the shack and try to have everything in operational condition so Greg could get the 

last few counties he needed for USACA. Once the party started, I "got the fever" and Greg would 

move aside to let me pick up the counties I needed for CW or Bingo. He primarily worked on 40 

meters on one radio and I played around on the other one on 20, 80, 160 and 40 SSB (Greg didn't 

work any SSB at all). His total for the party was about 300 contacts in 153 of the 159 counties. I 

worked one other county while he was on the telephone: W4AN in Camden who moved into another county 

within a couple of minutes. I mostly just worked stations who were new band-counties on the second 

radio (except for grabbing the ones needed for CW/Bingo on Radio 1 on 40 CW). I also spotted like 

crazy :) We missed Atkinson, Lee, Oconee, Oglethorpe and Terrell. I don't think any of them were 

spotted. I didn't even keep a log except in my master spreadsheet. Greg is a SECC member and not 

eligible for competition, so neither of our logs will appear in the official results. He did, 

however, work all the needed counties, and I wound up getting all GA for CW except for Atkinson. If 

we had done a true multi-single under one call, there is no telling what score we could have 

recorded, but that wasn't the point.... N4PN was the only mobile worked on 160. W4AN in Echols was 

the only mobile to move the meter on 20 all weekend, though KN4Y repeatedly heard me call even 

though he was at ESP level here. The mobile signal strengths on 40 were fairly even on CW. They 

were also even on SSB: I did not work a single GA mobile on SSB the entire weekend! Mobiles worked 

were as follows: (counties/contacts): K4ZGB 5/5, KC4HW 11/11, KN4Y 28/30, N4FD 6/6, N4PN 30/30, 

NE4S 7/7, NF4GA 4/4, NG4Z 3/3, NY4N 32/32, W3DYA 29/30, W4AN 32/35 (!!), W4NZ 23/24, W5LE 16/16, 

WB4A 5/5. Greg made one contact on 160 (N4PN in JASP), 34 on 80, 253 on 40 and 7 on 20 (all CW). I 

have no idea how many I made. In addition, I chased W6TMD and AA9JJ around the various bands and 

modes and just generally had a good time! Cherokee was the easiest county to work (8 contacts). A 

whole bucketload of them had one or two contacts. As noted in various places, some mobiles did not 

identify very often. I have been on both sides of that controversy; there has to be a middle ground 

that will satisfy everyone...or maybe not! Those who consistently came back to the same frequency 

on 40 after being on 20 sure helped make it easy to find them! The pileups were just amazing. 

Thanks to all who participated. 73, Jim N9JF
  1933    44  CW Mults = 51  Ph Mults = 17  Total Score = 265,880