[SEDXC] N4G First Day GQP

[Mike / W5JR]

Wow, that started off slow. No sigs on 15 or 10 and a handful on 20. The one of our stations was not cooperating. 

After a couple of hours, I doubted if we could make 400 Q's by midnight. 

And things began to pick up. The counties were coming faster and the prop seemed to come alive. Both stations settled in and played very well together. 20 seemed to die early, so forced us to put a station on 80 an hour before sunset. Turned out to be a great thing. Prop was good and signals loud. Once spotted, the contacts flowed in. 40 continued to produce good runs. 

Max, N5ZZ did all the driving today while Tim, WK4U and I operated. He sits in an Op seat in the morning. 

We touched a total of 24 counties today. Most I've ever done in a single day. Arrived at our overnight spot right on schedule. 

Managed to bag just over 800 total Q's from the two stations, way more than I expected given the start. I managed to sustain 100+ per hour for 3 hours on 80m. Insane. Where did they all come from??? Touching 8 counties helped. 

Another 22-24 counties on Sunday. We will be listening for you. 

The stations for N4G
2 x Flex 6300, 2 x laptops, 2 x Flex Controls, 2 x Begali keys, 2 x WinKey, 2 x USB 8 relay band selector switching 2 x Dunestar 600 bandpass filters,  2 x switcher power supplies, 2 x UPS backup power, 1 x Hi-Q 580 ant, 1 x Little Tarheel ant. 

And one Honda EU2000i generator mounted on the hitch platform. The pair of UPS's were worth the effort. Ran the generator out of gas but we kept on working the pile for 5 miles until our scheduled stop.

Oh, and a 4 port router/LAN to support the Flex and computers. 

See you tomorrow. Actually, in just 8 hours!!!! 

tnx
Mike / W5JR
Alpharetta GA