Hi Guys: Sorry. It has been a time since I forwarded a message to the
reflectors and I forgot that the reflectors had been changed a few
months ago so that they won't take forwarded messages any more. So here
are the comments from W9WUU, George (thanks to AA4GA's instructions on
how to cut and paste):
Subject:
Re: 2003 GA QSO Party
Date:
Mon, 14 Apr 2003 11:37:49 -0500
From:
"George H. Shands" <gshands@chorus.net>
To:
John Laney <k4bai@worldnet.att.net>
Greetings, John?hope you're recovering from your Ga. QSO Party
trek.
Thanks a lot for 37 QSOs from as many counties (and a 38th when I
jumped the gun on your entering Lowndes County and duped you.) Wish
I
could have been on the first two and on-half hours of Sunday to get
all 42.
I finished with some 200 QSOs, 171 on cw and 29 ssb with 144
multipliers (125 actual counties) for a claimed total of 53,424 pts.
For me, this was a great improvement over last year's total. I don't
have a clue as to how I did compared to other out-of-state guys. I
heard W7UT all over the place as well as a VE3 and a VE1.
For you, I can imagine a close race among you, K4MUT, N4PN, and
NY4N.
You four were all over the place. It always was funny to work you at
28-30 wpm and then call Bob, K4MUT, who was operating at about 15
wpm.
The first half of my call was a blur before I could crank down the
speed. I suspect Bob can handle a lot more than the speed he sends
at,
but I try to match my speed to his?maybe a bit faster.
I sent in my log via e-mail to J. Short with some comments. I felt
there were more out-of-state players this year than last, but you
folks
would know that better than I. I was still somewhat disappointed
with
the number of fixed stations in Georgia. I think my log shows about
26
fixed stations. That may be better than last year, but I really
can't
say. A number of them were one QSO only, meaning they probably
worked
just one band ( or I missed them elsewhere.)
While it might make things much harder to score, I wonder whether
there
would be any gain to be had from allowing out-of-staters to work
fixed
stations once each day? I hated to pass by K4IR and W4DD and others
forlornly calling CQ and getting no response because all of us
out-staters had already worked them. One needs a little positive
reinforcement every once in awhile to stay with the party. A second
QSO
on the second day might help that situation, although it could cause
havoc with scoring and require changes in all the logging programs.
Since the Wisconsin QSO Party is one day, seven hours, even we fixed
folks get plenty of action, so such a situation is not a problem.
I called CQ GQP on 40, 20, and 15 CW, but never received a return
call
from Georgia. All I got were a few calls from around the U. S. and
some European DX. I affixed /WI to my call hoping that would deter
non-Ga. calls. For us outside Ga., this is really only a
hunt-and-pounce event.
One question for you, John. What sort of antenna were you using and
what method do you use to affix it to your vehicle? Your signal was
uniformly good into my QTH (Madison, Wis.). There were several
occasions when I could not pull NY4N out of the mud when he was in
Rockdale Co., and for awhile, in Henry Co. Eventually, he came clear
in
Henry and I could work him. I worked him in Rockdale when he
switched
to 40m., but when he was on 20m, it was impossible. Others were
working
him, but I could barely hear him. I thought he must have fallen into
a
mine.
We had beautiful weather here over the weekend and my wife thought I
should be outside helping her rake the lawn. That's where I'm
heading
now!
Thanks again to you and all the hams in Georgia who made this so
much
fun.
73,
George
W9WUU
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