[TVARC] FQP K2PS M/S MobileCW LP

[Pete K2PS]

Thanks, George!  It was lots of fun.  820 miles.

Pete

-----Original Message-----
From: k2dm at comcast.net <k2dm at comcast.net> 
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2026 6:41 AM
To: 'Pete K2PS' <psk2ps at gmail.com>; 'villages reflector'
<TVARC at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: 'Marty Brown' <n4gl.marty at gmail.com>
Subject: RE: [TVARC] FQP K2PS M/S MobileCW LP

Pete and Tom,
It looks like all the hard work planning, preparing and testing paid great
dividends.  Sounds as though you had a lot of fun, and you certainly made a
LOT of contacts. Congratulations on a fine outing!
73,
George K2DM


-----Original Message-----
From: tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
Behalf Of Pete K2PS via TVARC
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2026 9:38 PM
To: 'villages reflector' <TVARC at mailman.qth.net>; FQP at groups.io
Cc: 'Marty Brown' <n4gl.marty at gmail.com>
Subject: [TVARC] FQP K2PS M/S MobileCW LP

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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