Ohio QSO Party
Call: K8MR/M
Operator(s): K8MR, W8DRZ
Station: K8MR/M
Class: Mobile LP
QTH: 22 counties
Operating Time (hrs): 12
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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80: 115 66
40: 297 46
20: 151 20
15: 0 0
10: 0 0
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Total: 563 132 CW Mults = 68 Ph Mults = 52 Total Score = 150,960
Club: Northern Ohio DX Association
Comments:
By County:
CW SSB
TRUM 39 6
PORT 48 7
STAR 17 0
MAHO 29 4
COLU 25 1
CARR 34 4
JEFF 39 2
HARR 32 7
GUER 24 13
BELM 41 15
MONR 38 10
NOBL 16 13
MUSK 19 5
MORG 20 2
PERR 31 1
FAIR 18 4
LICK 32 6
DELA 8 1
KNOX 11 2
MORR 16 11
RICH 4 18
ASHL 22 0
MULTS
States 35 24
Ctys 33 28
I got off to perhaps the best start ever in a state QSO party. Often people
just drift in at the start, but I was off with 32 qsos in the first 15 minutes.
The first hours went well. Propagation was somewhat strange - on 40 there were
very strong openings to certain areas of Ohio such as the Columbus area, but
not to Toledo. But after a couple of hours it became just long and boring. At
times I was unable to hear anything on 40 meters except for a very strong K4LTA
or W9IU. Rates got as low as 40/hr for our 58 minutes in Harrison county around
20Z. We never got much above 60/hour until a 22 qso burst in the last 10
minutes from ASHL.
This time I added two new things. First, after trying a Heil noise cancelling
headset in MiQP, I bought my own at Dayton. It has some minor RFI issues with
an alternator modulated whine in the right ear only on 20 meters, but it did a
great job of getting rid of the low frequency road noise and made for much
easier copy of many signals, especially on SSB.
Second, for the first time I ran both 75 and 80 meter antennas, after 20 closed
around sunset. Combined with 75 meter capabilities all day, I had as many qsos
on 75 as on 40 and 20 SSB combined. Most were calling guys, but after I called
and worked N9FN from MORR and RICH, he offered my his freq on 3850, which I
gladly took. Most of the rest of time in RICH was spent there, running a
moderate rate but getting s number of new mults.
No equipment problems. The only navigation problem was in STAR, but with only
4 miles in the county, we had time to backtrack and find our way out. We were
delayed once by a long train in MAHO, and for 5 minutes in Guernsey while a
farmer moved his herd of cattle from the farm on one side of the road to a
field on the other.
Thanks to all who participated. I can't wait until we get a few sunspots to
let us have some close in propagation.
73 - Jim K8MR
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