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[Christopher Blake]

Jim and George,
Just saw your posting on 3830 (for some reason I did not see it reported
via FCG/FQP - I believe Ron is working this issue).

Congrats on a truly FB score - I don't know how you guys pass those mults
so quickly but it is truly amazing.  Almost - almost - makes me want to
pick up a mic! ;->

Well done, friends.

vy 73,
Chris, NX4N


On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Totya <totya at zsmkomds.edu.sk> wrote:

> Jim and George!
>
> Congrats for nice score and thanks again for many QSO's/QSY's!
>
> 73 Laci OM2VL
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>
>               Florida QSO Party
>
>   Call: K4KG/M
>   Operator(s): K5KG VE7ZO
>   Station: K4KG
>
>   Class: M/SMixed LP
>   QTH: FL
>   Operating Time (hrs): 20
>
>   Summary:
>   Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
>   --------------------
>      40:    56     3
>      20:  1812   297
>      15:   354    63
>      10:    15     4
>   --------------------
>   Total:  2237   367  CW Mults = 80  Ph Mults = 54  Total Score = 1,297,388
>
>   Club: Florida Contest Group
>
>   Comments:
>
>   This was our 10th FQP together in the M/S mobile category.  George does
> an
>   excellent job of storing, categorizing and optimizing our mobile
> operating
>   platform so it just takes about half a day to assemble.  The U-Haul
> dealer down
>   the road even saves the small motorcycle trailer for us each year
> simplifying
>   set up.  (There is a hole in the center of the trailer bed for a large
> bolt to
>   mount the Sigma antenna; we drilled it years ago!)  Once again we used a
> K3
>   with ham sticks on the Toyota Highlander roof for 20 and 15/40 and the
> 5-band
>   Sigma-5 antenna mounted in the trailer.  There is not a great deal of
> gain when
>   using the Sigma but the set up provides for instant band switching
> covering SSB
>   and CW.
>
>   We found that conditions overall were excellent compared with previous
> years
>   with solid openings on 15m and 10m.  Credit goes to the K4OJ team for
>   maintaining a beacon on both of these bands and showing their potential.
>  A
>   quick look at K4OJ/m in the RBN network shows that 10m was open most all
> of the
>   daylight hours to the west coast and South America with extended
> openings into
>   Europe.   We called CQ and had some good results into Europe on 15m, but
> there
>   were few takers on 10m even though the band was open.
>
>   Our operating strategy in the mixed mode remains the same.  We try
> moving new
>   multipliers from CW to SSB from CW on Day 1 as much as possible.  Then,
> as the
>   contest progresses, the need to break from the CW pile-ups diminishes
>   throughout the weekend.  Regardless though, we still will break from a CW
>   pile-up to work those mixed ops outside of Florida on SSB for hopefully
> a quick
>   QSY.  This can be a questionable strategy from a point perspective for
> us as a
>   FL station, but it’s a lot of fun and helps the out-of-state stations who
>   find the SSB mults a little harder to come by.  As a result, we are able
> to
>   work many skilled operators like K0HC, K9NW, VE3KZ, K3WW, K8MR (in New
> Joisey)
>   and others multiple times in each county.    This year though, the
> champion was
>   Laci, OM2VL whom we would switch bands in many counties, making the Q on
> 20, 15
>   and 10 sometimes on both modes.  The instant band change capability of
> the
>   station made it easy and enjoyable.
>
>   Congratulations to the K1XX/m, aka the “Flying Cucarachas Group (FCG)”,
> for
>   setting a new county activation record.  Our 2014 route increased the
> K4KG 2013
>   record to 53 from 52 but that was demolished by the 55 counties that
> Charlie
>   and Marty achieved.  Charlie called us on the cell immediately after the
> end of
>   the event on Sunday to proudly announce their accomplishment.
>  Apparently, due
>   to their lightning-fast driving, their whip became permanently
> horizontal.
>
>   Saturday was beset with laptop problems half way through the contest as
>   communications was lost between the F-keys and keyboard multiple times.
>  Not
>   only did we lose hours operating sitting by the roadside trying to
> correct the
>   problem, the number of QSOs dropped off precipitously in some counties
> as we
>   waited for the laptop to reboot.  We almost didn’t work anyone in Union
>   county due to this problem, and our apologies to those stations that were
>   waiting for that mult on Saturday night, OM2VL being one of them.
>  Fortunately,
>   George was able to run diagnostic software on the laptop after the
> Saturday run,
>   and that seemingly cured the computer problems, as they did not plague
> us on
>   Sunday.  None of the PC problems were attributable to WinTest, which
> performed
>   without a hitch.
>
>   With 15m and 10m open we ended up working more Europeans than normal.
>  The
>   W8/9/0 were not audible on the high bands with only the occasionally Q’
> with
>   a weak W9 or VE3.  With 20m fully open on Sunday morning and late
> Saturday
>   night, our 40M totals are the lowest even.  This explains our lack of Q’s
>   with SC and GA on SSB.  Two Asians made the log on both modes and thanks
> to
>   JI3MJK and UZ0AF for the QSYs to SSB.  This was a first for us for both
> of
>   these countries in the FQP.  From Europe, good activity from DL, SP, I
> and even
>   SM were active.  OH6NIO was the only Finnish station we worked, and he
> was loud
>   and active.  RG5A and UA3AGW were consistent operations on CW but we
> missed
>   their SSB mult.
>
>   Thanks to all the out of state operators who make this a fun event and a
>   highlight of the contest calendar.  Look for you all next year.
>
>   Vy 73,
>   Jim VE7ZO and George K5KG.
>
>
>
>
>   George Wagner, K5KG
>   Sarasota, FL
>   941-400-1960 cell
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