This was my first Florida QSO party and I really enjoyed it. Saturday was a lot of fun, while band conditions Sunday were horrible.

 

I am strictly a SSB operator, and I usually Hunt and Peck during contests, but this time I concentrated on CQing for the majority of the time. It was nice being a "desired" station for once, and not having to call the same station multiple times to get a QSO.

 

Here are my results:

 

Band  Phone QSOs
   40       109
   20       239
   15           4
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Total       352

 

I had 51 multipliers, so my raw score was 352 x 51 x 2 (LP) = 35,904.

 

I worked 27 Florida Counties and 43 different states/provinces.. 

 

I watched Rusty on Contest Online Scoreboard, he and I were the only ones using that site indicating the VARC club.  I chased KJ4QX and tried to keep up with him (I won). I worked Rusty twice, but did not hear Pete and Tom. 

 

I operated for about 13 hours total. I had a commitment on Sunday afternoon and only caught the last hour of the contest.

 

I used a barefoot ICOM IC-7410 (100W) and a G5RV Jr. Center Fed dipole at about 25'. I hope to have a better antenna next year.

 

73's

 

Josef "Andre" Schmid

KB4OK