[OKDXA] OQP Rover habits

[Jerry Chouinard]

Top notch idea Ken - I shall stay clear of .041 since the Gator has been 
known to "snap" if people encroach upon his space!
The FQP folks have this stuff down to a science so they are a good model to 
follow.  I'll tentatively use .039 - avoiding .040
as the QRP crowd will beat you into submission if you perch on .040!

Spreading out is definitely necessary and returning to where you were last 
"heard from" works very well.  Also, there will be folks
who ask for SSB when the crowd thins out.  Using an odd freq. like .205 or 
.155 away from the crowd works well.
Responding to one guy "SSB now" plus a freq. and at times you'll have 
several "follow uppers" call you.  What a blast!

Glad to hear the mobile rig is set.  Have been testing antennas and ( this 
year by golly ) a laptop!  Looking forward to sending
the correct number of dits while crossing railroad tracks and moving along 
some of the rougher roads.  However the bug shall
be in parallel and paper at hand just in case technology fails me!

Thanks also for the kudos on the work.  Have had some good help and input 
for this year's running.

As far as being a fair CW op - takes one to know one!

K5YAA

At 04:09 PM 3/5/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>I have noticed in the FQP especially that the rovers tend to try to stay 
>on the same freq as much as possible, and return to that freq when they 
>qsy to and from another band.  This allows the county chasers to monitor 
>that and other freqs.  This seems to me to be a good practice, so K5O is 
>going to try to stay as close to .041 on 20 and 40 throughout the 
>event.  If the other rovers take the same approach we should be able to 
>maximize our qsos with all the county chasers, and each other.
>
>Had the XYL take me on a road trip today to test the mobile setup.  Need 
>to make a minor adjustment to the 40 meter hamstick, but had some qsos 
>that seemed to work ok.  Looking forward to us all having a great time 
>over the weekend.  Good luck to everyone !
>
>And a special thanks to YAA for all the work he does ... and on top of 
>that, he's a pretty fair CW op :-)
>
>73, Ken K5KA
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