[PaQSO] ERI, CRA & MER

[Mark Kempisty]

Bob,

You're a mobile if you could keep rolling while making QSO's.  Stopping for
a stop sign, traffic light or safety doesn't turn you into a rover.  If you
have to put an antenna up when you stop, then your a rover.

73,
Mark - N3GNW
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <RobW3BBO at aol.com>
To: <paqso at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 6:42 PM
Subject: [PaQSO] ERI, CRA & MER


> Thanks for all the QSOs.  After missing Crawford last year for the sweep,
I
> decided to go mobile (or is that Rover?) this year and make sure Crawford
was
> represented on CW.
>
> My end tally of raw QSOs is:
> ERI - 75
> MER - 105
> CRA - 124
>
> It may take me a week, or longer to figure how to score this outing.  I
was
> truly a mobile, in that I was capable of operating mobile in motion.  The
rig
> is an IC706 to a Diamond HV7A whip mounted on the trunk of a Honda Civic.
I
> just had the 20 and 40 meter resonators and that's where I made the Qs.
Since I
> didn't have a driver, I drove until I found a safe operating site, pulled
> over and went at it.  If you guys want to classify me as a rover, that's
okay as
> it would add another 2000, or more points to my final score.  Let me know
> before I submit my paperwork. :-)
>
> Thanks again for a fun QSOP.
> 73 de Bob W3BBO
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