Florida QSO Party
Call: NO5W
Operator(s): KN5O NO5W
Station: NO5W
Class: M/SCW LP
QTH: LA
Operating Time (hrs): 20
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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40: 954
20: 1646
15:
10:
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Total: 2600 0 CW Mults = 63 Ph Mults = 0 Total Score = 655,200
Club: LA Contest Club
Comments:
K3/100, HI-Q 4/80, WinKey, CQ/X 1.8.1.0, Dell E7470, 2002 Pathfinder
With the big-70 receding in the rear view mirror and the next milestone becoming
visible down the road, each year I have to ask myself is it time to hang up the
mobile operating gear. But then along comes the FQP and the realization that
there is just no other ham radio activity that is such a highlight of my year
and it becomes clear that we will keep at it as long as physically able.
This was the 5th year that Ted-KN5O and I have driven over from the Covington -
New Orleans area to play mobile radio in the FQP. It was one of our best efforts
as far as QSOs are concerned but not as good as past results in terms of the all
important multipliers. Participation seemed up as did butt in the chair time for
the callers as we had many who followed us through most of our counties.
We drove over to Tallahassee on Friday afternoon to enable a good start in
Franklin County near the Wakulla border on Saturday noon and Saturday night just
a little after the closing bell found us sitting down to some welcome pizza at
the NX4N QTH in the Tampa area sharing tales of day one with the K4OJ and AD4ES
crews before turning in for the night in Wesley Chapel to prepare for that early
start on Sunday morning. Back up I75 on Sunday with a little detour into Putnam,
Clay, Bradford, Union, Baker, and Hamilton before landing on I-10 for the
westward trip through the panhandle and eventual drive back over to SELA after
dinner in Spanish Fort. All in all we covered 43 counties with the following
results where the second column is the total QSOs in the county, the third
column the initial ten-minute rate on entering the county, and the last column
the first station in the log.
Hillsborough 130 120 K9NW
SantaRosa 99 174 W9AV
Sarasota 93 192 N4DW
Walton 82 150 W2RR
Jefferson 81 168 K0PC
Okaloosa 80 180 W2RR
Bradford 77 156 K9NW
Bay 73 180 W1WEF
Gadsden 72 204 W8WVU
Polk 70 174 N1LN
Levy 70 96 N9CK
Jackson 69 180 WN4AFP
Calhoun 68 180 VE3TM
Wakulla 68 198 N3QE
DeSoto 66 180 K7SV
Escambia 66 156 WA8CDU
Leon 66 216 K9NW
Marion 66 192 K7SV
Baker 66 186 W5TM
Citrus 63 174 W9OA
Columbia 61 198 W8WVU
Washington 61 156 W9AV
Madison 61 186 K9RS
Pasco 60 84 HC2AO
Lafayette 60 138 VE3CWU
Hamilton 59 186 K0AP
Hernando 58 156 N1DC
Suwannee 57 210 N2CU
Charlotte 57 186 K8IR
Manatee 57 210 WB2ABD
Hardee 56 126 W8WVU
Taylor 55 156 K9OM
Pinellas 53 150 N2WK
Putnam 50 204 WA4APB
Holmes 43 66 W8WVU
Clay 41 36 K9CT
Liberty 41 192 N5NA
Alachua 38 198 N3JT
Union 37 192 WA8CDU
Gilchrist 36 168 N9AUG
Franklin 34 144 KA2FHN
Dixie 33 126 W3IZ
Sumter 23 132 WN4AFP
We always look forward to the trip through Holmes and Washington and others in
the western panhandle since they tend to generate our biggest pileups. However,
this year Holmes and Washington were somewhat disappointing and the big pileup
honors went to Santa Rosa and Okaloosa. Perhaps Saturday activity satisfied the
need for QSOs with Holmes and Washington.
During the FQP we worked nearly 500 different stations and appreciate each QSO
that they provided but a special thanks goes to the following stations who
contributed more than half of our QSOs and spent many hours in the chair:
K9CT(54), K9NW(49), K8IR(41), VE3DZ(41), VE3UTT(38), K9OM(36), AA7V(35),
WI9WI(35), N2CQ(34), WN4AFP(33), N8II(32), WB2ABD(31), VA3DF(31), W2RR(30),
WJ9B(29), K0RC(29), K0HC(28), W8MJ(27), NA8V(27), K0AP(26), W8WVU(26), K9CW(26),
N2CU(25), K7SV(25), VE3KZ(25), K3WJV(24), W1WEF(24), NN3W(24), VE3NNT(23),
WA4GQG(23), LY5W(22), VE1OP(21), N9CK(21), W7RN(20), K6MR(19), K0PC(19),
N5NA(19), W8UE(18), WA3HAE(18), N2AN(18), K0OO(18), W5TM(18), WA1Z(17),
W9OA(17), W1TO(16), N7IR(16), HC2AO(16), NW0M(15), I4VEQ(15), W1QK(15),
K1GQ(14), K4AMC(14), VE3TW(14).
The FQP is certainly deserving of its popular status as it is a well-organized
party and generates a lot of essential activity from inside the state. Thanks to
the cheer leading efforts of Chris-NX4N the Florida stations were in good
attendance and active. The last update of the Activity Maps on the FQP webpage
showed 19 mobiles and 48 fixed stations -- now that makes for a very successful
party.
With the party ending at 10pm local on Saturday there's always the question of
where to get some dinner. For the past three years that question has had an easy
answer for us -- head straight to NX4N for pizza. Thank you Chris and Lilli for
the hospitality.
We hope to be in the fray again next year. In the meantime look for NO5W/m in
the Texas Party in late September.
73
Chuck-NO5W
Ted-KN5O
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