Kansas QSO Party - 2023
Call: N0Q
Operator(s): K7TQ WA0WWW
Station: N0Q
Class: Multi-Op Mobile LP
QTH: KS
Operating Time (hrs): 18
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs
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80:
40: 97
20: 949
15: 248
10:
6:
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Total: 1294 0 0 Mults = 50 Total Score = 194,200
Club: Spokane DX Association
Comments:
First of all, a big THANK YOU to W0BH, Bob, for all the work he puts into making
the KSQP one of the best QSO Parties. Jay, WA0WWW, and I, K7TQ, travel a long
way from our homes in Spokane, WA and Moscow, ID to participate and we have a
great time.
For us the best parts are 1) counties are squares of about 30 miles on a side
making for just the right amount of time in each one before the next one comes
along, 2) propagation in KS is much different than we are used to in the Pacific
Northwest, 3) the terrain is flat which allows our 100 Watts to get out
unimpeded by mountains, and 4) having an assigned frequency eliminates frequency
fights.
We started on a county line and had three other ones planned. We got ahead of
our schedule, so we were able to squeeze in nine other county line operations.
We ended on an unplanned county line. Great fun to watch the rate meter go sky
high when on a county line.
Our most frequent customer was N6MU, John in CA, with 30 Qs in all 25 of our
counties. He was our first contact on Saturday morning and our fourth one on
Sunday morning. Close behind John were N5RZ, Gator in TX, and VE3YT, Vic in ON
with 28 Qs each. Others with 20 or more Qs were OM2VL, K2DFC, N8II, K7SV, K9CW,
and W9DC. A total of 24 folks worked us 10 or more times.
We found 15 m to be great to EU with OM2VL, DL3DXX, and DK2CF making it into the
log. Both K2DFC, Fred in NJ, and W1END, Eldon in NH, contacted us ten times on
15 m. Others have commented that 15 m was better on Saturday. We had 168 Qs on
Saturday and 80 on Sunday. With half the number of available operating hours on
Sunday, it looks like we found the two days to be about equal.
The mobile was a 2002 Ford Ranger with a KX2 and a KXPA at 100 W to a Scorpion
680 antenna mounted in the center of the truck's bed. Logging was done with a
14" screen HP laptop running N1MM+.
Jay and I thank everyone who worked us and those who tried, but we didn't get
you in the log.
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