[PaQSO] W3T Monroe County

[Norm Fusaro]

Call: W3T
Monroe County EPA

Multi Op - Single Transmitter
High Power

Ops: W3IZ, KB1PAJ, KB3SPJ

QSOs - Points
80m CW: 148 - 296
Other CW: 198 - 297
SSB: 496 - 496

Total QSOs = 842 = 1089 points
Bonus points = 600

Counties: 64
Sections: 62
DX: 1

Toltal Mults  = 127

Total score = 138, 903

Log has been uploaded to Logbook of The World.

Our location was at a vacation rental house in Monroe County.  We drove down from CT in the rain Friday morning and caught a break in the WX when we arrived around lunch time.   The set up was a Field day style portable operation using wire antennas for 40m and 80 and a yagi for 20m.  We managed to set up all antennas and gear by dinner time.  More rain. A lot of time was spent Friday night fixing the crappy relay in the amp.  The station was FT-2000, Ameritron ALS 600 amp, N1MM running on a laptop.  More rain.

Saturday morning was cold and we had six deer snooping around and sniffing the antenna ropes and coax.  They seemed upset that humans had invaded their territory.  Went to breakfast and on the way back in we discovered a tribander on a house a few hundred yards away from our house.  Huh???  Forunately the guy was not on the air.

We are happy with the score although we did not sweep counties or sections.  Missed Adams, Forest and Montour.  
The PAQP has always been billed as "The Friendly QSO Party" and it was great to hear calls of many friends that I have made in 25 years of ham radio.  I hope everyone had a great time.

73 and thanks for the QSOs

Norm W3IZ