[FQP] [FCG] FQP N4GI/M M/S Mobile CW

[Christopher Blake]

Chris and Blake,
Outstanding effort guys - way to go!

vy 73,
Chris Blake NX4N
(and yes, operating in NAQP teams with Chris, Blake and ChrisBlake makes
for some interesting mix-ups...)


On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Chris Plumblee <chris.plumblee at gmail.com>wrote:

> Florida QSO Party
>
> Call: N4GI/M
> Operator(s): N4GI WF3C
> Station: N4GI/M
>
> Class: M/SCW LP
> QTH: FL
> Operating Time (hrs): 19.5
>
> Summary:
>  Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
> --------------------
>    40:   114
>    20:  2091
>    15:
>    10:
> --------------------
> Total:  2205    0  CW Mults = 71  Ph Mults = 0  Total Score = 626,220
>
> Club: Man Cave Contest Consortium
>
> Comments:
>
> Thanks again to N4GI for providing the truck, rig, and antenna(s) for our
> operation. I provided the computer and route planning, or should I say
> "planning."
>
> Early counts have us missing four counties that were on my
> overly-aggressive
> itinerary: SEM, ORA, LAK, and OSC. Preliminary count shows a total of 41
> counties activated.
>
> It's no coincidence that SEM, ORA, LAK, and OSC were at the ends of each
> day's
> activity plans. Both routes looked to be in the neighborhood of 9.5 hours
> driving. I assumed that all our stops (for gas, food, and to operate in
> counties where we would spend only a short time) would be a lot shorter
> than
> they turned out to be. Traffic on some of the rural roads also turned out
> to be
> problematic.
>
> It's valuable experience. Last year, we made only a modest effort at
> planning a
> route and stuck close to the interstate for the entire day Sunday. This
> year we
> crisscrossed I75 and I10 regularly to add counties. I'll have more
> realistic
> expectations next year and will attempt to pick up a few more counties and
> 300-400 more QSOs.
>
> Finally, apologies for the slow CW speed at the beginning of the contest on
> Saturday. I eliminated some speed changes within the messages at the very
> beginning of the contest, and I got the speed as fast as I could. However,
> there is apparently an upper limit on the speed within the WinKey dialog
> within
> CQ/x that was set at 26wpm. As soon as Blake sat down to operate about 5
> hours
> in to the contest he said that we would have to speed up the keying or he
> was
> going home. He was able to figure out the problem with CQ/x and get the
> speed
> up above 30wpm. I had loaded the messages and verified that keying worked,
> but
> don't have a mobile HF rig so didn't actually play the messages through
> anything with sidetone, so didn't verify that setting the speed at 32wpm
> didn't
> actually make the program send at 32wpm.
>
> Thanks to all the out of state stations who make mobile operation such a
> pleasure.
>
> Rig: IC7000
> Ant: Hamsticks mounted on a truck toolbox
> Software: CQ/x on a Dell D630 laptop running Windows 7
>
> Thanks to the following stations for 20+ QSOs:
>
> VE3DZ(41)
> K9CT(38)
> K9NW(38)
> VE3KZ(38)
> K9PG(36)
> K3WW(35)
> WA3HAE(33)
> K7SV(33)
> K8IR(31)
> K0HC(30)
> N9CK(30)
> N5ZK(29)
> K2DFC(28)
> K8MFO(28)
> N3EN(27)
> WI9WI(27)
> K0RC(26)
> W8PI(24)
> K5WA(24)
> WA8CDU(24)
> K8GT(23)
> VE9ML(21)
> VE1RGB(21)
> NS9I(21)
> N1CC(21)
> K6LA(20)
> K7GM(20)
> K2DSW(20)
> NW0M(20)
>
> 73,
> Chris WF3C
>
> --
> Chris Plumblee
> 407.494.5155
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