[Fists] How much do I Operate?

[Stan Reas]

Interesting to look back over the year 2002 thus far:

I have had a total of 692 QSO's - 688 CW and 4 SSB.  336 of these QSO's 
were made from mobile. ( All mobile QSO's - CW )

Of these, 539 QSO's were with FISTS members - 234 of which were made from 
mobile.

Looking back into my FISTS log I find since January 1, 2002 I have had an 
"initial" contact with 165 different FISTS members.

My 15th Anniversary Award Log shows a total of 346 different FISTS members 
contacted to date during 2002.

In addition to "normal" QSO's, I participate in various Contests and QSO 
Parties

The ones with the largest number of QSO's this year have been:

	VA QSO Party - 521 QSO's ( 484 CW,  37 SSB ) - All mobile

	OHIO QSO Party - 185 QSO's ( All CW ) - All mobile

	ARRL DX Contest - CW - 77 QSO's - All QRP

In addition, I operate W4FCR - the FISTS QSL Bureau Club Station and have 
made 317 QSO's since January 1 - 298 of which were with FISTS members.

The rigs in my shack are an Elecraft K2 ( QRP ) and a Ten-Tec OMNI 6 ( QRO )

Antennas are: 160 Meter Dipole fed with Ladder Line, an R-7 vertical and a 
"Trap All-Band Dipole"

The rig in my mobile is a Ten-Tec Scout

Mobile Antenna is Hustler with Resonators for all bands 80 through 10 
Meters.  I use a tri-mount to enable operation on three bands without 
changing resonators.

I guess the answer to "How much do I operate ?" is LOTS - Hi!

73, Stan - K4UK