[PaQSO] Best year ever

[David Stout]

This was our groups best year ever. There's a lot of people to thank for making it so. First and foremost, Mike Coslo and the guys from the Nittany ARC. The Mobiles and the Rovers are never under appreciated. Without them, many a clean sweep would be missed. The Frankford Radio Club for their gigantic bonus station effort. Easily the biggest bonus points made I've ever seen. All the fellas who activated a rare county as a portable or home station. And finally to all the out of Staters and DXer's who have shown an interest. 

The best way we can describe our 2017 PA QP is we were simply in the right place at the time. I would like to call it strategy but it was mostly luck. We seemed to switch bands just at the right times. Conditions were fairly good. Our antennas played, despite not being our first choices. There was a space limitation being in a camp ground with wires running over a busy road. It was a bit cramped in the cabin we rented for three guys but we managed without tripping over our gear and each other. Here's the results.

160CW  52
 80CW  99
 40CW 192
 20CW 99

160PH  14
 80PH  239
 40PH 433
 20PH 288

 CW 442
 PH 974
 Q's 1416
 M's 146  (67 Counties, 78 Sections & 1DX)

We missed VI, PAC, AK, AB & NT. Did anyone get any of these?

We made 53 bonus contacts.

Score Total = 281868

Gear: K3, P3, KAT500, KPA500, Winkeyer
Logger: N1MM+
No beams or verticals, just two wire antennas
Site: Pine Cradle Lake near Rome in Bradford Co.

We're already discussing where to go next year but it's going to be tough beating this one. 

Thank you all who participated. 
Sincerely
The Berwick Contest Team WQ3N
Mike N3BUD, Bob AK3V & Dave KY3W