[FQP]K5WA Summary SOHP Mixed

[Jim White, K4OJ]

Bob,

We were so pleased with our efforts this year that we repeated last 
years finale and had dinner at your restaurant! You are thE Bob Evans, 
right?

Thanks for all those Q's

Jim, K4OJ








Bob Evans wrote:
> Since I don't have TR Log loaded at home where I'm sending this email,
> my summary is by memory.
> 
>          CW       SSB
> 40       101        1
> 20       270      130
> 15         5        0
> 
> Total    376      131 =  507
> Mults     67       49
> 
> Approx score: 200K (I think) 
> 
> 
> Another great event even with incredibly bad conditions on Saturday
> between Houston and FL.  My last and most difficult county, believe it
> or not, was OKA.  When all the mobiles went through OKA early on
> Saturday, I couldn't hear a thing.  On Sunday, when W5WMU was 60bd over
> and flying across I-10 to the west, I thought, no problem, I'll get Pat
> for a sweep on CW, but the later it got and the closer he got to OKA, he
> just disappeared to nothing.  Many thanks to Charlie, NF4A, for pointing
> me to W5RE in Crestview who got on 40M for my ONLY OKA qso with 30
> minutes left in the contest.  Charlie also tossed me several counties on
> SSB, which made the occasional attempts on SSB seem not so painful. 
> 
> The Toadmobile, N4TO, gets my vote for most consistent mobile.  Always
> signing their call/county (a MAJOR timesaver for us non-FL guys chasing
> mobiles; hint-hint to the guys signing /M), able to copy well during
> weak conditions and staying near a single frequency. I think I worked
> them in every county they traveled on Sunday and 75% of Saturday's
> counties.  Saturday would have been 100% if conditions weren't so bad
> from here.  They just set the perfect rhythm to follow (including a very
> entertaining CW note).  W5WMU and NF4A tied for second easiest to
> follow. 
> 
> As far as the dirt road to Monroe County, it is probably a good thing
> some of you didn't find it.  From the FQP a couple of years ago when
> N6MU and I used a GPS computer to locate it, we found and drove it, but
> it was a road only fit for HumVees and wildlife.  My car still shudders
> at the thought of trying that road again!  I'm glad we didn't see any
> gators when we stopped and took pictures.  By the way, I worked MON a
> total of 8 times!  There were several non-contester contacts from the
> Keys that I never expected.
> 
> K4FCG and K4FQP set CW speed records, I believe.  George, did you know
> that FCG and FQP sound exactly the same to us dyslexic guys that can't
> copy code at 45wpm?  I hope I got half of those contacts logged
> correctly.
> 
> As bad as Saturday's conditions were from here, Sunday was incredibly
> good for a large part of the day.  All the mobiles east of the panhandle
> and south were at least 20-40 over, but it seems that most of the fixed
> stations had their antennas pointed North or Northeast.  I called N4BP
> until I was blue, but the EUs were much louder for him, apparently.
> 
> FCG, thanks again for such an awesome event!  I'd love to have been
> screaming down the Florida backroads myself, but it was almost as good
> to hear you guys having such a good time.  Keep up the great work!
> 
> 
> 
> Bob K5WA
> Houston, Texas
> 
> 
> 
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