[TVARC] NCQP N4FP/M Mobile SO Mixed LP

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n4fp.wayne at gmail.comSubject: NCQP North Carolina QSO Party - 2020Call: N4FP/MOperator(s): N4FPStation: N4FPClass: Mobile SO Mixed LPQTH: Rover - NCOperating Time (hrs): 5.6Summary: Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  Dig Qs----------------------------   80:                      40:   97                 20:   62                 15:                      10:                       6:                       2:                   ----------------------------Total:  159     0       0  Mults = 36  Total Score = 16,956Club: Florida Contest GroupComments:I feel I need to apologize to many stations for my poor performance and inability to copy their call signs. Started out in Guilford County with intent to run 19 counties.  Conditions were awful with very high wide band (20 kHz) rolling noise making copy very difficult. Made 7 contacts in Guilford in 35 minutes.  My wife Marty, N4GL, was driving and recognized my frustration.  Wedecided it was going to be a lost cause that wasn't worth 10 hours of her driving, and we headed back with me driving toward I-95 and Florida. After an hour of driving, I decided to try again and worked 38 stations in Randolph in just over an hour. Not good, but better.  Decided to take an alternate route to I95 that would maximize our counties. I drove through the heavier traffic areas to the pleasure of N4GL. Results not very good; worked what I could in Chatham(17), Alamance (23), Orange (16), Durham (37), Wake (13), and Harnett (8) and decided to call it a day.  Stopped in Robeson County  on I95 for the night withan hour left in the contest and listened on 40.  Nothing but noise and gave up.To make a long story shorter, when we got back to Ocala, FL Tuesday afternoon, Ilistened to 20 and 40 from the mobile and heard the same poor conditions.Suspecting a possible station issue, I ran a cord from the house to the car andplugged the computer and monitor directly into 110 rather than the inverter. Presto! Great band conditions. So, bottom line, I have an inverter issue and need to do make some serious adjustments and do testing before the Florida QSO Party, which has been a serious contest for me the past 8 years. After a few days with family in Greensboro, NCQP was planned to be a FQP pre-test to check things out but I had no idea how bad it was going to be.  For those I did work, thanks for your patience.  Flex 6400, Horizontally mounted Hustler resonators atop 3 ft mag mounted mast onroof. PC and monitor connected to 400 watt inverter, running Flex SDR software and N1MM+.  Flex and inverter connected directly to heavy duty 12 vdc line from battery.Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/The problem seems to be associated with the inverter since the Flex was always connected directly to the heavy duty line from the battery.  Any advice or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.73,Wayne N4FP
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