Pennsylvania QSO Party
Call: W3USA
Operator(s): K8MR, AC8E
Station: W3USA
Class: Mobile LP
QTH: 15 Counties
Operating Time (hrs): 9
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs RTTY Qs PSK31 Qs
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160:
80: 37 15
40: 410 38
20: 172 17
15:
10:
6:
2:
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Total: 619 70 0 0 Mults = 87 Total Score = 95,979.0
Club: Mad River Radio Club
Comments:
The score includes the mobile counties bonus but not a couple of W3P bonus
station qsos.
By County:
CW SSB
LAW 26 5
BUT 57 4
ARM 45 5
INN 41 0
CMB 22 6
BLA 34 10
HUN 30 2
CEN 31 0
CLE 74 14
CRN 43 17
ELK 45 3
JEF 35 10
CLA 52 0
VEN 45 0
MER 33 0
29 counties 57 sections 1 DX
With the Indians in the baseball playoffs, I worked both Friday and Saturday
night, to hang out at the TV transmitter just in case. Tough job to watch
baseball on TV and get paid for it, but you know, somebody has to do it. I did
not plan to have the Saturday night game go past 1:30 am, so I only had about 4
hours of sleep. Fortunately driver AC8E did not stay up for the game, so he
arrived rested and on time Sunday morning.
Conditions were decent if one didn't need to talk to in state stations on 40
meters. A few months ago I picked up a new 4 resonator mount for the Hustler,
and with the 10 meter resonator in place it also loads on six meters. So with
the 20 meter Hamstick in place and 2M FM, I have 12 band modes available. I
tried a couple of calls on 2M and spent a minute CQing on 28040 cw at the
appointed hour, but nothing there. But it should be fun in a couple of years.
It was a very nice day to be out touring in Pennsylvania, although with the
warm autumn and dry summer the leaves have not yet changed colors. I did not
really miss doing the first day, with the need for 7 hours of driving after
dark, a relatively short off time between operating periods, motels to deal
with, the Saturday night RTTY QRM, and the need to depend on 80 meters for long
stretches.
Now to unpack the car until the Michigan QSO Party in April 2008.
73 - Jim K8MR
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