[ILQSO] K9IR rover from WBGO/DEKA/OGLE/BOON

[Paula M. Uscian]

To answer AF5CC's question, yes, there was someone operating from the 
intersection of these 4 counties, and that was me. I was active from the 
start of the contest on both CW and SSB until just after 4 pm local 
time, when I decided that I should take advantage of the remaining 
daylight and lull in the rain to take everything down and pack it away.

Sorry I missed getting you in the log. I was using an OCF for much of 
the contest, but had to switch to the backup mobile screwdriver antenna 
when the SWR on the OCF inexplicably went beyond 3:1. Not sure if it was 
the rain or another issue I will need to t-shoot.

This was my first ILQP and first time as a rover in any contest. 
Everything went more or less per plan, but the SWR issues, RFI 
preventing any operation on 20M, some op error when logging multi-county 
Qs, and needing to check periodically that the tarp still covered the 
generator without blocking the exhaust meant some lost on-air time. 
Lessons learned for next year!

Most important, I had fun.

73 Paula k9ir



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