[FQP]PA3ARM - 2004 FL QSO PARTY

[Harry van Enckevort]

Hello there,

Wow....what a ufb party agn . I normally miss the vy first 1 or 2 hours
of both the Saturday  es Sunday  operating period bcuz of duties I have
as a kid tabletenniscoach; this  year though (mi 5th) I had to leave
Saturday 16.30Z > 22.30 Z fer what it was. We celebrated a championship
so had to leave mi shack at 16.30Z . (made a few contacts first half
hour) 

Got home just after midnight (22.00Z) es found 20m still open..then 40m
> never made so mni QSO's (think) in a QSO party on 40m ; wish all wud
be so low in the band > no SSB distortion. The CW seemed to push all
RTTY sigs away hi . Finished wid 50 contqacts 


Normally start approx 15.00Z on Sunday but got home vy early so started
12.30Z ..15m never seemed to open so first  4 hours were vy tough ..only
10 contacts or so 
20m did what it shud do so at the end I was still vy vy satisfied. 

IF I cud have spend the first 6 hours behind the set I easily wud have
improved mi best score so far ; too bad  hi 
(just note mi prelimenary is better than mi 2003 final hi)
Still needed 7 counties in FL ; worked DES es DIX as new ones

TKS ALL MOBILES fer being on the road ..!!!!! (

Cu in 2004 - I ENJOYED THIS PARTY AGN A LOT !!!

Some statistics es preliminary score :

CW only ; 100W out  2x10m dipole  10m up  Rig >  TT Orion
QSO > 92 (2003 final >106)  20m > 64 ; 15 m  > 5  ; 40m  >  23
Mults > 47 (2003 final >42)
Score : 8648 x 2 (pwr mult) = 17296 points  (2003 > 17.136 final score)

73
Harry
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