Florida QSO Party
Call: AD8J
Operator(s): AD8J
Station: AD8J/M
Class: SO MobileMixed LP
QTH: 15 Counties
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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40:
20:
15:
10:
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Total: 1346 60 CW Mults = 64 Ph Mults = 27 Total Score = 500,864
Club: South East Contest Club
Comments:
What an experience! This was single op, NO DRIVER, mixed mode and low
power. I
live in Asheville, NC so had to add 525 miles each way. The Saturday route
was
eight (8) counties with only about 70 miles of driving. Spent about an hour
in
each county. The Sunday route had seven (7) new counties, 100 miles of
driving,
and a repeat of ALC from the day before. I was able to make multiple visits
to
some of the Sunday counties and this really helped the numbers. This
confused
a bunch a guys, including some of the big guns who probably got red in the
face
when told it was a DUPE. The equipment, antennas and Honda Accord all held
together. I only made one wrong turn which wasted about 20 minutes getting
to
NAS which was the last county. As a result, I only had about 40 minutes
there
but it shortened the trip home by 20 minutes. All operation was while
parked.
Got back to Asheville at 12:30AM after 1,220 miles of driving. The guy at
the
car wash wanted to know where I?d been when he saw all the bugs stuck to the
front of the car. I did see two other mobiles. One was a white van with
what
looked like a hustler stick and three band radiators. I heard the clicking
but
couldn?t find their frequency. The other was W5WMU in a sedan with three
antennas on the back. I was able to work them as they flew by my shady
parking
spot.
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