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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>Congrats on a great score and a great
effort! 2210 Qs in 20 hours is outstanding. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>Looking forward to having NO5W as an <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">LCC</st1:PersonName> member.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>Marsh, KA5M<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">LCC</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<st1:PersonName w:st="on">lcc-bounces@louisianacontestclub.org</st1:PersonName>]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>K1DW@aol.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, May 02, 2013 10:19
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> lcc@louisianacontestclub.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> no5w.chuck@gmail.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [<st1:PersonName w:st="on">LCC</st1:PersonName>]
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Florida</st1:place></st1:State> QSO
Party NO5W / K1DW</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>An adventure from last weekend with Chuck
NO5W...( He will join the <st1:PersonName w:st="on">LCC</st1:PersonName>
soon.) The pileups were way beyond what I had expected..
2210 Qs in 20 hours !!! 73 BCNU de Dallas
K1DW<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Florida</st1:place></st1:State> QSO
Party<br>
<br>
Call: NO5W/M<br>
Operator(s): NO5W K1DW<br>
Station: NO5W<br>
<br>
Class: M/SCW LP<br>
QTH: <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mobile</st1:place></st1:City><br>
Operating Time (hrs): 20<br>
<br>
Summary:<br>
Band CW Qs Ph Qs<br>
--------------------<br>
40: 131 <br>
20: 1997 <br>
15: 82 <br>
10: 0 <br>
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Total: 2210 0 CW Mults = 69 Ph Mults =
0 Total Score = 609,960<br>
<br>
Club: <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Louisiana</st1:place></st1:State>
Contest Club<br>
<br>
Comments:<br>
<br>
K3/100, Hi-Q 4/80, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Garmin GPS-18PC</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place> Navigator
USB interface, CQ/X version<br>
1.8.0.4, Streets and Trips 2013, 2002 Pathfinder.<br>
<br>
Wow, what fun, and what a challenge! The almost continuous intense pileups,<br>
especially on Sunday, resulted in a score that is about 43% better than my<br>
previous best. It was great to get back into the mobile FQP fray after being<br>
away for several years. I had operated as a mobile in 2007-2009 driving over to<br>
the panhandle from <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Houston</st1:place></st1:City>.
After the 2009 event my XYL driver told me that two<br>
straight days of 10 hour driving was more than she could endure, she was<br>
retiring, turning in her grand prix driving gloves, and I should look around<br>
for one of my crazy ham buddies to serve as driver and co-operator. It took me<br>
a few years but I found one. <br>
<br>
After moving to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Orleans</st1:place></st1:City>
in 2012 I was fortunate enough to be invited to<br>
operate in several multi-ops at KN5O's fine station in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Covington</st1:place></st1:City> on the<br>
northshore of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Lake</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ponchatrain</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. During a
break in the 2013 ARRL DX CW I<br>
mentioned to Dallas-K1DW that the FQP was coming up in April and how much fun<br>
mobile operation in the FQP would be. <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:City>
had never operated as a mobile in<br>
the FQP, or any state QSO party, but thought it sounded interesting.<br>
Fortunately he was free the weekend of the FQP and ready to see what it was all<br>
about. After that I mentioned to him that we would be using a logging program<br>
that he had probably not used before. He was still interested! NO5W/m was a go<br>
for FQP-2013!<br>
<br>
In previous years our route went essentially east on I-10 from <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Escambia</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><br>
near <st1:City w:st="on">Pensacola</st1:City> to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Jacksonville</st1:place></st1:City> on Saturday and then swung south
a little past<br>
<st1:City w:st="on">Ocala</st1:City> on Sunday returning up the west coast and
ending up in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Bay</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> near<br>
<st1:City w:st="on">Panama City</st1:City> where we would spend a few days of
vacation near <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Grayton</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Beach</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. But<br>
this year no vacation was planned and we wanted to avoid three nights on the<br>
road so we planned to drive all the way back to the K1DW QTH near Folsom, LA<br>
after the party. To minimize that after-party drive we wanted to end the<br>
contest in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Escambia</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> on I-10 as close
as possible to the Florida-Alabama<br>
state line -- about 200 miles from Folsom. So we decided to reverse my previous<br>
route by driving about 120 miles past <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pensacola</st1:place></st1:City>
to Chipley on Friday to allow us<br>
a short drive to a Saturday start in <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Bay</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType> north of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Panama City</st1:place></st1:City>. Reversing<br>
the route worked out well as we managed to be parked less than three miles from<br>
the state line with about five minutes left in the party. About 40 minutes
later<br>
we were sitting at a restaurant in Spanish Fort overlooking <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Mobile</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Bay</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
enjoying<br>
an adult beverage and dinner before driving the remaining 160 miles to Folsom. <br>
<br>
<br>
Our route worked well and we arrived at our destination in each session just as<br>
the session ended. Saturday we drove the planned route without a missed turn
but<br>
on Sunday we missed a couple which we caught without any significant lost time.<br>
A total of 40 different counties was covered with the following results:<br>
<br>
County QSOs Op
Mins Avg Initial 10 <br>
Rate Min Rate<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Marion</st1:place></st1:City>
128 60
128 192<br>
Citrus
105 45
140 204<br>
Levy
82 36
137 168<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Taylor</st1:place></st1:City>
79 49
97 174<br>
Calhoun
78 45
104 156<br>
Gilchrist 77
34 136 162<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Jackson</st1:place></st1:City>
72 30
144 174<br>
Volusia
71 28
152 180<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Franklin</st1:place></st1:City>
71 65
66 156<br>
Putnam
69 54
77 150<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nassau</st1:place></st1:City>
68 24
170 168<br>
Holmes
67 22
183 180<br>
Walton
67 23
175 210<br>
<st1:place w:st="on">Bradford</st1:place>
62 23
162 156<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Santa Rosa</st1:place></st1:City>
61 23
159 168<br>
Alachua
59 27
131 174<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Madison</st1:place></st1:City>
58 26
134 132<br>
Okaloosa
57 21
163 192<br>
<st1:place w:st="on">Escambia</st1:place>
55 20
165 174<br>
Wakulla
55 23 143
168<br>
<st1:place w:st="on">Jefferson</st1:place>
53 22
145 126<br>
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Leon</st1:place></st1:country-region>
53 33
96 198<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Columbia</st1:place></st1:City>
51 21
146 168<br>
Gulf
47 42
67 168<br>
Duval
46 16
173 180<br>
<st1:place w:st="on">Lake</st1:place>
45 16
169 186<br>
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State>
44 16
165 180<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">St. Johns</st1:place></st1:City>
44 22
120 150<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gadsden</st1:place></st1:City>
44 23
115 144<br>
<st1:place w:st="on">Dixie</st1:place>
44 28
94 114<br>
Clay
43 14
184 174<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sumter</st1:place></st1:City>
43 16
161 168<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Liberty</st1:place></st1:City>
43 19
136 132<br>
<st1:place w:st="on">Suwannee</st1:place>
43 19
136 186<br>
Baker
42 15
168 180<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lafayette</st1:place></st1:City>
42 22
115 126<br>
Union
40 26
92 150<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hamilton</st1:place></st1:City>
38 21
109 186<br>
Flagler
23 12
115 120<br>
Bay
13 14
56 72<br>
<br>
There are a few dupes in the above QSO numbers and the total operating minutes<br>
is shy of the 1200 available due to one gas stop each day, bio breaks, operator<br>
changeovers, leg stretches, etc. The counties with the best average hourly
rates<br>
were Clay(184), Holmes(183), Walton(175), Duval(173), and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Nassau</st1:place></st1:City>(170). Counties<br>
with the most intense pileups on initial entry (initial 10 minute hourly rate)<br>
were: Walton(210), Citrus(204), <st1:country-region w:st="on">Leon</st1:country-region>(198),
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Marion</st1:place></st1:City>(192),
Okaloosa(192),<br>
Lake(186), <st1:City w:st="on">Hamilton</st1:City>(186), <st1:place w:st="on">Suwannee</st1:place>(186),
Volusia(180), Holmes(180), Duval(180),<br>
and Baker(180). Where possible we tried to work the pileup down before moving
on<br>
to the next county. Our apologies if you did not make it into our log in each<br>
county where you called us. <br>
<br>
At the break on Saturday evening at <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ormond
Beach</st1:place></st1:City> we had 936 Qs in the log and<br>
commented at dinner that with a little more push on Sunday we should be able to<br>
break 2000 Qs, something I had never done. But Sunday came on so strong with an<br>
average hourly rate of 132 that we blew on past that goal. Here's what the<br>
hourly QSO totals looked like with a typical slow start and a fast finish.<br>
<br>
Hour QSOs<br>
1600-1659 87<br>
1700-1759 62<br>
1800-1859 76<br>
1900-1959 83<br>
2000-2059 60<br>
2100-2159 103<br>
2200-2259 76<br>
2300-2359 134<br>
0000-0059 138<br>
0100-0159 144<br>
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1200-1259 117<br>
1300-1359 106<br>
1400-1459 159<br>
1500-1559 114<br>
1600-1659 128<br>
1700-1759 132<br>
1800-1859 92<br>
1900-1959 142<br>
2000-2059 170<br>
2100-2159 157<br>
<br>
Of course the above numbers would not have been possible without the efforts of<br>
the 427 unique callers that made it into the log and certainly not without the<br>
efforts of the following frequent callers: VE3KZ(42), K9CT(41), K9NW(38),<br>
WA3HAE(35), W8WVU(35), K8IR(34), N5ZK(34), NS9I(33), N3KR(32), K0RC(28),<br>
K3WW(28), VE3RZ(28), VE1RGB(26), K9PG(26), K0HC(25), WI9WI(24), N5NA(23),<br>
AA1AR(23), K8MR(23), VE1OP(23), K9UIY(22), W7YAQ(22), N3DXX(22), K6LA(22),<br>
W1END(20), N5WR(20). Thanks for the Qs.<br>
<br>
We learned a couple of things during the weekend:<br>
1. Which end of the mike to use for making SSB Qs, which we are submitting as a<br>
check log. However, its obvious from our SSB totals (15 Qs) that we still have
a<br>
lot of work to do if that mode is to be a significant contributor to our score<br>
in the future. Maybe we need some training by the K4KG crew on how to make<br>
quick mode changes! Congrats to Jim-VE7ZO and Geo-K5KG on an outstanding score<br>
including 2800+ Qs!. <br>
2. As we came into eastern <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tallahassee</st1:place></st1:City>
Sunday on fumes and finally found a<br>
station we learned that the 16 gallon tank on the Pathfinder will actually hold<br>
16.5 gallons -- that was close!<br>
<br>
In spite of all the FQP mobiles on the road we did not have an eyeball QSO with<br>
any but we are pretty sure we came close. On Sunday we stopped in a small
sliver<br>
of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Nassau</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> on US90 near Mattox, and pulled
over just outside a no<br>
trespassing gate on the side of the road. While Chuck worked the pileup <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dallas</st1:place></st1:City><br>
got out to explore the area and stretch his legs. He spotted a dark blue police<br>
car about a quarter mile away, parked on the other side of the
road. The<br>
police seemed to be checking us out and then they moved before we did. As
they<br>
passed us we saw four verticals mounted on the bumpers, one on each end, front<br>
and back. Obviously it was not police but another FQP participant. We
wondered<br>
who that was, tried to catch his attention, but failed, and mostly were glad it<br>
was not the police!!!! <br>
<br>
Besides the intense pileups our biggest thrill was being called in two counties<br>
Saturday evening by RZ0AF. Chuck had never worked zone 18 from his home station<br>
(if you saw it you would understand why) and to do it from the mobile was<br>
simply amazing.<br>
<br>
The FQP is an awesome party and very well organized. If you get the chance to<br>
run mobile in the FQP jump into it with both feet -- you will have a blast. Put<br>
it on your bucket list. Many thanks to the Florida Contest Group and especially<br>
to Dan-K1TO for sponsoring such an outstanding QSO party.<br>
<br>
Look for NO5W/m in the Texas QSO Party the last full weekend in September and<br>
hopefully in the Kansas QSO Party in late August. Check the route plans page <br>
of the website (<a href="http://www.no5w.com/">http://www.no5w.com</a>) for
details a week or two prior to the<br>
events.<br>
<br>
73<br>
<br>
Chuck-NO5W<br>
Dallas-K1DW<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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