Iowa QSO Party
Call: K0PC
Operator(s): K0PC
Station: K0PC
Class: SO Mobile LP
QTH: IA
Operating Time (hrs): 9
Summary:
Band CW-Dig Qs Ph Qs
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160:
80:
40: 399
20: 285
15:
10:
6:
2:
222:
432:
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Total: 684 0 Mults = 61 Total Score = 83,448
Club: Minnesota Wireless Association
Comments:
The IA QSO Party occurred on a beautiful fall day. Harvest activities were in
full swing across the state
and we shared the road with many tractors and combines. The harvest of QSOs
went pretty well too with an
overall rate of over 75 QSOs/hr for the nine hour contest. Short term rates
topped at at 150/hr.
Most of the equipment worked well. I am still having issues with the
screwdriver antenna controller but I
had a manual control as a back up this trip. It was a good addition.
My driver John, W9DND, kept us on schedule to within 10 minutes all day in
spite of a few unexpected road
closures for construction. We also abandoned our route in Humboldt county in
favor of a gravel road. The
power line noise was so high I couldn't copy anyone. I will drop that road from
my future trips.
I ended up bouncing back and forth between 40M & 20M all day. Both bands were
in great shape. I was
particularly impressed by 40M. Even mobile to mobile contacts within Iowa were
possible on 40M. I was going
to try 80M at the end of the day but never got a break.
My list of big hitters contains many familiar calls:
34- N5NA (I think Alan was sitting in the back seat)
26- K5LH
24- N5XG
19- N4CD, NN9K, NT5O, W4AWF
17- NU0Q
16- N0BUI, W4UCZ, W7GVE
15- WA9LT
13- K4AMC
12- AD1C, K7TM
11- K8NYG, K9EN, W0BH
10- K0HNC, W9MSE, W9OO
and many more in single digits
I had 167 unique calls in the log but these 21 stations accounted for half the
QSOs.
Equipment:
IC-7000 Xcvr, HiQ 4-80 antenna, WriteLog, old (but trusty) IBM ThinkPad laptop,
08 Honda Accord
Thanks to the Ottumwa ARC for sponsoring this event and providing the great
weather!
73, Pat K0PC
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