Georgia QSO Party
Call: N4TOL
perator(s): N4TOL
tation: N4TOL
Class: Single OpMixed LP
TH: Fannin County
perating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band CW-Dig Qs Ph Qs
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160: 1
80: 22 18
40: 54 206
20: 5 6
15: 1 10
10: 2
6:
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otal: 83 242 CW-Dig Mults = 9 Ph Mults = 34 Total Score = 17,544
Club: Georgia Tech Radio Club
Comments:
What a weekend in the hills of Fannin County. Operating from a remote cabin in
he mountains - with Murphy as a guest.
Initial setup on Friday evening exposed a Vibroplex that wouldn?t key. First
hought was, oh no! No CW this weekend. A quick check showed bad solder
onnection on plug, quickly remedied.
Contest starts on Saturday, with low audio output from headset, with some RF.
uick troubleshooting while contest progresses yields no solution. I have used
his headset dozens of times from this locale with no issues. So substitute
ith hand mike and still a little RF, but adequate audio. Of course, no hands
ree logging now, so one hand entry for remainder of contest.
"No Good Deed Goes Unpunished" to keep the peace, I break from chair around
:00 (prime contest hours) to take the XYL down mountain on the gravel road for
inner in Blue Ridge. Heading back up the gravel slope at nightfall we
ncounter debris/hazard on hill and blow out driver front tire. Able to pull
ff to driveway of vacant cabin, and XYL and I proceed about ? mile up steep
ncline with dying flashlight. Back on air at 9:00 and good run of contacts
or remainder of evening, almost.
Around 11:30 trusty ?old? laptop freezes. Frantic, begin to log last half
our manually, and trying to decode dupes from memory. Thank you Mr. Murphy.
After midnight reboot of laptop is successful and data transfer is made to new
etbook machine carried along as backup (which had logging software pre-loaded
s well, Boy Scout training, take that Mr. Murphy). So we were ready to go
n Sunday, albeit with a smaller screen and keyboard.
"Sunday in the hills" - dreams of coffee in the rocker enjoying the view
aiting for noon are laid to rest by slogging down the hill to change tire and
ssess damage. Nothing major and truck makes it back up to site. Showered and
eady by noon to hit it again.
It was great to work all the familiar call signs. Highlights were working
K4FD on ten meters, who answered my call which turned into a 10 minute rag
hew. Also, following K4R (W5JR) on Saturday night all across the state.
Can?t wait until next year!! John N4TOL
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