[TVARC] Florida QSO Party W3US SOABMixed HP

[Ken Kaplan]

Great job Rusty and tnx for the QSO!!.
KEN WB2ART

On Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 6:20 PM <w3us at casa-aloha.net> wrote:

> IMHO, this contest is the most fun of all!  Florida stations are hunted by
> the other 49 states as well as the rest of the world.  What can be better
> than that?  One thing that makes FQP unique, and in my opinion a pleasure
> is that the operating period is divided into two ten hour sessions, one
> Saturday, and one Sunday.  The ten hour break between allows for family,
> food, and an oportunity to wind down.  Also, there’s no 80 meter
> competition, which substantially reduces stress. My stress anyway.
>
> 20 meters was by far the most productive band with over 1,100 QSOs.  40
> meters was also quite respectable considering we didn’t reconfigure the
> BigEar until two hours before the session ended.  15 opened up well on
> Sunday, but sadly 10 meters had little to show.  Quite surprising for a
> sunspot peak year.
>
> My goal was to beat my 2022 high - ~ 350K points.  This year, with some
> station improvements, operating adjustments, and a little luck, I managed
> 385K, so it’s safe to say mission accomplished.
>
> As Ken mentioned, dupes were rampant - I had 59 in all.  I was able to
> garner 49 states with Alaska (as usual) being the sole hold out.  Not even
> AL7BA/8, who usually has a major FQP presence, was there to save me.
> Thanks to Paul (KM4PIH) at the helm of K4VRC in Brownwood for my first
> Villages QSO.  I did manage one QSO with the expedition dynamic duo of
> Pete/K2PS and Tom/K3TW.  K4PIM/Pim, K6UMO/Mike and N0SMX/Dennis rounded out
> the TVARCers.
>
> Next weekend is another hot one for QSO parties.  There are four contests
> (7QP, NEQP, IN, DE) covering 16 states.  I heartily encourage everyone to
> get on and join in the fun.
>
> 73,
> Rusty - W3US
>
>
> >
> >                    Florida QSO Party - 2025
> >
> > Call: W3US
> > Operator(s): W3US
> > Station: W3US
> >
> > Class: SOABMixed HP
> > QTH: NFL
> > Operating Time (hrs): 19.0
> >
> > Summary:
> > Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
> > ----------------------------
> >   40:  196          96
> >   20:  377        758
> >   15:  215        228
> >   10:   19
> > ---------------------------
> > Total:  807    1082  CW Mults = 68  Ph Mults = 75  Total Score = 385,528
> >
> > Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club
> >
> > Comments:
> >
> > Flex 8600, Flex PGXL, Hustler 6-BTV flagpole vertical, MFJ BigEar @35'
> for 15,
> > 20 and 40.
> >
> >
> > Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/
>
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