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Subject: [SECC] K4PK/M GQP
From: mcondon@attglobal.net (Mike Condon)
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 10:25:23 -0400
Excel spread sheets are dandy too... forgot to mention that in the log
blurb...
And another vote for mobile coordination and posting.

Mike, NE4S
73

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Aldridge <k4pk@mindspring.com>
To: secc@contesting.com <secc@contesting.com>
Cc: Bill Johnson <wb5ryb@hotmail.com>; James Nail <jbnail@netzero.net>
Date: Monday, July 23, 2001 9:54 PM
Subject: [SECC] K4PK/M GQP


>Hello all,
>What else is there to say?  I believe everyone had a great weekend mobiling
>around the state, cramming as many counties as possible on the air for all
>to work.  I was accompanied by WB5RYB on both days, and had WA2MBP with us
>on Saturday.  Having the second CW op was great, as my CW skills are poor
at
>best.  Also, we did it all on paper.  WB5RYB is currently transcribing the
>log into a Excel spreadsheet as I write this.  I was the dedicated SSB
>operator.  I did manage a 4 or 5 phone contacts on Saturday, and I may have
>doubled that on Sunday.  As I was the driver, it did allow me to keep us
>from getting lost.  Besides, our rates were just to good on CW to waste the
>energy on SSB.
>
>Running a Icom 706 thru a High Sierra mounted on the rear of a full size
>Chevy van, we made 650 contacts in 35 counties in Central GA.  Most
contacts
>were on 40M, as I have many friends in VA from my old club following us
>around.  20M was fantastic at sundown Sat, as the noise subsided, and the
DX
>stations were easy to copy.  Hope to have the our official results soon.
>
>Great job done buy all.  Thanks to K5OT for coordinating the rovers.  I
>changed out route twice to be sure we covered as many counties as possible.
>I believe this may be the first year that nearly all the counties were
>activated at one time or another.  It will be fascinating to see the
>results, and see just how many counties were on the air this past weekend.
>
>73 -Don K4PK
>& WB5RYB Bill
>& WA2MBP Jim
>
>
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