[TVARC] FW: FlQP N4FP Multi-Op MobileCW LP

[Dennis McKinney]

Nice Job, Pete & Wayne.  I never heard you put the pileup was easy to
find.. Congratulations...

N0SMX

On Mon, May 2, 2022, 10:36 PM K2PS Pete Stafford <psk2ps at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here’s Wayne’s writeup of our FQP adventures.  Thanks to Marty for dinner
> and nice accommodations at their place in Ocala, and of course Wayne, who
> allowed me to join him for the 800-900 miles of fun.
>
>
>
> Nice to see a bunch of TVARCers join in.  We only worked a handful of
> Florida stations, and only one (K3ZGA) from the club.  Bob had some inside
> info that we were starting out the contest just inside the Lake county line
> at the now-closed Burke’s BBQ on 466A, probably walking distance from to
> his QTH.
>
>
>
> Somehow I was feeling Rusty’s hot breath bearing down on my 2020 FQP
> score.  Great effort, Rusty, and I’m afraid next year he may just grab a
> new Sumter record.
>
>
>
> From those who sent in write-ups to the reflector, I see that Tom, K3WT,
> had a nice score, as well as Ken, WB2ART.  Congrats, Ken, on using ESM
> (Enter Sends Message).  It took me a long time before I decided to give it
> a try, and I’ll never go back.  ESM is the way to go for minimizing
> keystrokes and hand movement on the keyboard.  It may take a little
> learning curve, but well worthwhile.
>
>
>
> 73, Pete, K2PS
>
>
>
> *From:* Wayne N4FP [mailto:n4fp.wayne at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, May 2, 2022 10:01 PM
> *To:* FQP at groups.io; Florida Contest Group
> *Subject:* Fwd: FlQP N4FP Multi-Op MobileCW LP
>
>
>
> Florida QSO Party - 2022
>
> Call: N4FP
> Operator(s): N4FP K2PS
> Station: N4FP
>
> Class: Multi-Op MobileCW LP
> QTH: Florida
> Operating Time (hrs): 16
>
> Summary:
>  Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
> --------------------
>    40:   119
>    20:  1340
>    15:    48
>    10:
> --------------------
> Total:  1507    0  CW Mults = 63  Ph Mults = 0  Total Score = 379,764
>
> Club: Florida Contest Group
>
> Comments:
>
> Flex 6400 to Hustler 40, 20, 15 meter resonators, all horizontally mounted
> atop
> 3 ft mag mounted mast. Instant band switching was great. Early on we blew
> the 20
> amp fuse in the 12 volt line from the battery, twice. Replaced with 30 amp
> fuse
> and no further problems there. Thereafter all went well until an antenna
> problem
> developed that resulted in only being able to operate while not in motion,
> and
> finally not at all. The problem seemed to be a short or open in the base.
> Finally gave up at 1425 local time in Seminole County when we determined
> the
> antennas were not functional or fixable. I dropped  Pete, K2PS off at his
> QTH in
> The Villages and proceeded to my QTH in Ocala. Connected a 20 meter Ham
> Stick to
> a different mag mounted base and managed 31 contacts from Marion County in
> the
> last 16 minutes.   Conditions were generally pretty good except when
> encountering S7-9 line noise from power lines along major highways that
> made it
> difficult to copy callers. We worked in 28 of the 34 counties we originally
> planned to cover. 20 was by far the best band. This was my 9th FQP mobile,
> with
> 6 years being driven by my xyl Marty, N4GL, and 3 years sharing operating
> and
> driving with Pete, K2PS. Marty really appreciates Pete!
>
>
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