[TVARC] FQP K2PS M/S MobileCW LP

Mon Apr 27 21:54:10 EDT 2026

Awesome job Pete.  Congratulations to you and Tom for an outstanding effort.  You two are having too much fun.  :-)

Rusty

> On Apr 27, 2026, at 21:38, Pete K2PS via TVARC <tvarc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> Tom, K3WT, and I couldn't have hoped for a better a new-setup mobile
> experience, although my times with Wayne, N4FP in some past years helped
> inform us what was possible, and the route we mostly followed came from that
> which Wayne formulated.   Tom was the lead designer for our project, and we
> began work on it after last year's Expedition-class FQP (that's the one
> where we drove to a county, stopped and set up the station and antenna,
> worked a bunch of stations, took it all down, and repeated the process six
> times)!  Much easier this year once the antenna and operating positions were
> worked out.
> 
> We did most of our operating on 20 meters, with a little 40 early and late
> in the day.  Had an SWR problem on 15, and so never got a chance there.  And
> the inverter seemed to overheat and stopped charging the laptop - turned it
> off and then on again after some time, and it would start charging again.
> Repeated this many times, but we got through it.  
> 
> We enjoyed some great runs - 163 QSOs was our best in a single hour, but the
> rate meter topped 200 and even 250 for brief periods.  It's fantastic to be
> the hunted.  Every time we began in a new county, the floodgates opened and
> the pileups were deep.  Couldn't help thinking about those poor guys who
> went all the way to Bouvet, miserable in the cold and wind, just to
> experience what we did in our comfortable, air-conditioned SUV.
> 
> Nice to work TVARC club members Rusty, W3US, twice, and Dennis, N0SMX, but
> it was tough working other Florida stations.  We did manage to operate from
> 27 different counties, some of which we hit multiple times on our route.  We
> hit some awful traffic on Sunday afternoon on I-4 through ORA and OSC.
> Won't make the same mistake next year!  Counted 407 unique stations calling
> in (all QSOs were the result of calling CQ) and worked eight stations 20
> times or more (once per county per band), with K7SV calling in 28 times!
> Special mention to DL3DXX (16 times) and OM2VL (13).  
> 
> Missed ND, SD, VT, DC, NM, HI, AK, NV, WY, and a few VE provinces.  Called
> by seven DX countries.  Not bad for our 100W and little Hustler on the roof!
> 
> Lots of things to improve for next year but already looking forward to it!
> 
> 73, Pete, K2PS
> 
> 
> 
>                    Florida QSO Party - 2026
> 
> Call: K2PS
> Operator(s): K2PS, K3WT
> Station: K2PS
> 
> Class: M/S MobileCW LP
> QTH: 
> Operating Time (hrs): 20
> 
> Summary:
> Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
> --------------------
>   40:   148     
>   20:  1585     
>   15:           
>   10:           
> --------------------
> Total:  1733    0  CW Mults = 56  Ph Mults = 0  Total Score = 388,192
> 
> Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club
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