[FQP] FlQP K1TO SOABMixed LP

Georgek5kg at aol.com Georgek5kg at aol.com
Mon Apr 28 07:24:45 PDT 2014


OTOH, we felt as though condx were outstanding, especially 15m, and even  
10m to some degree, late Sunday.
 
73, George.
 
George  Wagner, K5KG
Sarasota, FL 
941-400-1960 cell  

 
In a message dated 4/27/2014 9:49:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
webform at b4h.net writes:

Florida QSO  Party

Call: K1TO
Operator(s): K1TO
Station: K1TO

Class:  SOABMixed LP
QTH: MTE
Operating Time (hrs):  20

Summary:
Band  CW Qs  Ph  Qs
--------------------
40:  209      49
20:  242    431
15:   205     80
10:   22   19
--------------------
Total:  678     579  CW Mults = 103  Ph Mults = 93  Total Score =  758,520

Club: Florida Contest Group

Comments:

Up until  Wednesday, things looked bright for this year's FQP.  The  same
wonderful condx that were experienced in CQ WPX SSB were due to arrive  27 
days
later on the FQP weekend.  But Mother Nature decided to throw  in a solar
disturbance on top of the plummeting solar flux numbers and as a  result, 
this
weekend was nothing like we had hoped for.   

Without the promotional kick that the 1x1 stations gave us the past 2  
years, it
seemed like activity was down.  We had hoped that the ARRL  Centennial and 
W1AW/x
operations would bring out the activity.   

With temps predicted to hit 90F on Sunday here, I opted to leave the  amps 
off
and run LP Mixed for a change.  

The combination of  poor condx, lower activity, running LP and just using 
one
radio made me  feel like I was running in quicksand much of the weekend.  
There
are  9-minute gaps between QSOs Sunday AM.  I had to stalk K4OJ/M through  
many
counties on 40 since they were essentially the only workable station  for 
me at
times.  I played DXer to fill in some mults which was often  more fun than
endless unanswered CQs.  My 1-land callsign may have  scared some folks off 
from
working me.  Bottom line is less than half  the QSO total from last year 
when I
was K4O running High Power.   

There is a large contingent of folks who return year after year and we  
deeply
appreciate the support.  Thanks to everyone for the QSOs and  the QSYs.  

The good news here is that the power co. noise sniffer  apparently did a 
great
job and the noise appears to be gone on 10 through  40 Meters.  (A post-FQP
check shows that the industrial noise which  probably radiates from the
next-door dairy farm is still unchanged and very  loud (S9+5) here on 160 
-- and
still affects 80 quite a bit, too.)   

I will likely have to miss WPX CW.  Hope to see many of you in  person in 
Dayton
and/or at WRTC!

vy 73, Dan


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