[FQP] K4OJ Multi-Multi-Mobile 2017 FQP Results
Jeff Clarke
ku8e at ku8e.com
Mon May 1 16:26:46 PDT 2017
Same here. Thanks guys. If if wasn't for K4OJ and AD4ES I would have thrown in the towel and quit early! The band was so long I didn't even hear WN4AFP when he called you. Noticed the same with both W4NZ and NA4K in TN. Most of what I worked on 40 was south of the Orlando area except for when the band got shorter for a two hour period around 2200z on Saturday. I even had a loud Cuban station call me when I was CQing on 40 SSB at 2pm Saturday! Guess that's a sign of what we can expect on 40 meters in the future with the sunspots dropping.
Jeff
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On May 1, 2017 6:37 PM, Dave Edmonds <dave at pkministrywebs.com> wrote:
>
> Hey Team K4OJ! and especially Kevin, N4KM.
>
> It's not every day that I see my callsign in someone's contest write-up so
> I had to follow-up....
>
> I want to thank y'all for operating on 40m!!!! As I mentioned in my
> 3830scores article, there was no other option for me to work Florida than
> 40m. I operated unassisted in the purest possible form. I didn't have use
> anything and I mean anything (no maps, K0RC planner, etc.) other than my
> mic, keyer and rig (which was not interfaced with logging sw). Running an
> IC-751 at 75w with 40m dipole at 10 feet. Using this station, I ended up
> with 192 claimed contacts and 83 multipliers with a score in the 56k range.
>
> I tuned my VFO between 7.025 and 7.045 for cw and between 7.200 and 7.250
> for SSB. That's all I did... On CW I worked all of the 1x1 stations as
> quickly as possible, then worked the active fixed CW stations. Then i
> focused on working 3 motiles stations... these were K4OJ, AD4ES and K4FCG.
> There were a few other mobile stations that periodically visited 40m during
> the day, but these three were going be the only way that I could have a
> decent score in this game...
>
> As a long-time county hunter NCS station, I remember following mobiles
> around and after a while, you get the 'feel' of when stations would be in a
> new county etc... The same was true with the FQP. My process... I'd work
> the mobile station and try to make a mental note when they changed
> counties.. I'd run to phone to seek out K4FCG... then about every 10 mins
> or so I'd monitor 7.030.5 for AD4ES and 7.034.5 for K4OJ. I had no idea of
> their routes, but I tried to work them every 10 mins or so.
>
> One highlight was working Kevin when he went into a new county Seminole at
> 2159z. I had only 45 secs to do it. We quickly made the contact.
>
> I'm sure that Kevin really got tired of hearing my callsign... I believe I
> worked him in 31 counties if I'm not mistaken... Since I could count on
> these two mobiles being on 40m, I made the effort keep my BIC as much as
> possible... and it paid off..
>
> By the way, K4OJ and AD4ES had excellent sigs on a very noisy 40m band.
>
> Thanks to all the mobiles but special thanks goes to K4OJ and AD4ES for
> keeping 40m alive!
>
> I'll be seeing y'all again next year!
>
> 73s Dave WN4AFP
>
> On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 6:01 PM, Christopher Blake <cqdenx4n at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi FQP Fans,
> > The K4OJ MM/m had a terrific time again hitting the open roads of our
> > Sunshine State and having a great time along the way.
> > Team members Kevin N4KM, Red K0LUZ and I knew there would likely be
> > challenges with propagation this year but were determined to make the best
> > of things. Kevin felt that, given the poorer conditions, this was our
> > best outing ever. See lot of positives below.
> >
> > Like others we dedicated this FQP to Ron WD4AHZ (sk) - Ron was a real FQP
> > fanatic and always went full throttle to support it.
> > The 2016 FQP starting operator meeting point was also one of the last times
> > I got to visit with my brother Matt, who passed away unexpectedly last
> > Sept...and you can bet this FQP, with our starting point only 5 miles from
> > Matt's home, was full of mixed emotions for me. RIP, dear brother - this
> > one's for you! I even took our Gator 2008 FBS championship caps along in
> > your memory (he treated me to that game!).
> >
> > Lots to relay to you fanatics -
> > First, the results (still working to combine station logs - always
> > trouble):
> > *K4OJ - SCORE SUMMARY:*
> > * Band Mode QSOs Pts Mul Pt/Q*
> > * 7 CW 937 3748 12 4.0*
> > * 14 CW 2047 8184 55 4.0*
> > * 21 CW 54 216 1 4.0*
> > * Total Both 3038 12148 68 4.0*
> > * Score : 826,064*
> > Still checking with N4BP, our log guru, to ensure that this is a good
> > 'final'; combining our station logs and correctly scoring the master is
> > always a challenge.
> >
> > *Other Stats:*
> > *20m - K4OJ Max Rates (K0LUZ Op):*
> > 2017-04-29 1951Z - 5.0 per minute (1 minute(s)), 300 per hour by
> > 2017-04-30 1739Z - 3.6 per minute (10 minute(s)), 216 per hour by
> > 2017-04-30 1916Z - 2.7 per minute (60 minute(s)), 163 per hour by
> >
> > *40/15m - K4OJ Max Rates (N4KM Op):*
> > 2017-04-29 1806Z - 4.0 per minute (1 minute(s)), 240 per hour by
> > 2017-04-30 0056Z - 2.8 per minute (10 minute(s)), 168 per hour by
> > 2017-04-30 0119Z - 2.0 per minute (60 minute(s)), 122 per hour by
> >
> >
> > Considering the conditions, we all were amazed at the *many* positive
> > things we observed/experienced this weekend.
> > *Positives/Highlights:*
> >
> > - The MUF move downward made for a Record 40m mobile QSO total of more
> > than 900 QSO's; way overshadowed what we have done in previous years.
> > One
> > key difference - We had moved the 40m antenna to the rear of the roof
> > where the (unneeded) 10m antenna used to be and it really played well!
> > Kevin was working as far away as W8, W1 at 12:30pm both days - now that
> > was
> > a hoot! That antenna really worked, and Kevin played it for all it's
> > worth. We ended up with a 40m total of 550 Q's the first day, so there
> > was
> > still lots of action on Sunday, even as we headed to South FL. We felt
> > Loud on 40m with quiet Rx levels too; very rewarding for this station
> > engineer.
> > When 40m got slow Kevin would try 15m with a bit of success too.
> > Overall, this made us very happy that we decided to do the
> > multi-transmitter thing again.
> > - A bonus of moving the 40m antenna is that we had very little RFI into
> > 20m, which meant Red could run unfettered - and he ended up with 2000+
> > QSO's even with the conditions (Wow - can you spell Q-S-B?). Top notch
> > effort, Iron Butt! That man only too one break each day :-)
> > - A 2nd bonus of our 40m operations - we were really pleased to help our
> > buddies in W4-land have more fun working us nearly fully time as we
> > roamed. MANY thanks to you guys for tracking and calling us - I
> > remember
> > WN4AFP in particular working Kevin 'endlessly'. Others were very active
> > searching us on 40m too and were nice to occasionally spot us.
> > Friends, we
> > will see YOU again next year on 40m; you can count on that! I've
> > already
> > challenged Kevin to break 1K QSO's on 40m in 2018 FQP.
> > - Rock solid station/antenna/power reliability - nothing stopped
> > working, period. Almost boring, but careful what you wish for! Best
> > ever
> > for our team; but Murphy is always looking to visit. I guess shaking a
> > dead chicken at the Suburban helped. BTW, my Sub now has 378K miles
> > with
> > original engine and it just keeps running. I don't ask questions; just
> > shut
> > up and drive.
> > - Our route planning/execution went without any major hiccups; the
> > driver did get lost in ALC but allowed the copilot named Garmin to take
> > over when there was smoke in the cockpit.
> > - Probably the lightest traffic on our entire route ever. Fires? What
> > Fires? Minimal road construction and cops/cameras too; this made for
> > many
> > enjoyable driver observations - see below.
> > - Much improved band conditions, especially on 20m, on Sunday. Gave us
> > all renewed hope!
> > - *The Pile ups!* Both Red and Kevin enjoyed some Texas-sized pile ups,
> > with truly A1 operators on both ends that kept it manageable and fun!
> > NAS
> > and GIL pileups were especially huge, and then there was...
> > - *MONROE!* Both Kevin and Red were getting **all sorts** of inquiries
> > as we headed through the Grand Dragon County of CLR for almost an hour
> > before getting to that sweet little swath of paradise at MON.
> > Finally, about 5 minutes before we got there, I turned the air
> > conditioner fans to max cold to put us into a deep chill. You see, it
> > is
> > usually 90 degrees plus at that swamp-stop, and with the difficult
> > QRN/QSB
> > levels we turned off the SUV completely to minimize both electrical and
> > audio noise to work the pileups.
> > Red in particular had a HUGE GRIN on his face when the pile up started;
> > quickly that changed to the concentration of a CW Master, making every
> > dit
> > count.
> > Kevin also had some nice action on 40m, working all the way up to W1-W8
> > (midday from MON - wow!) but was fairly lonely CQing on an open 15m band
> > with but a few callers. I overheard at least one sweep on each band,
> > including one guy that thanked him about 10 times!!
> > With Garbage Truck sized horse flies buzzing all around us trying to
> > find an open window to carry us off to their young, Red and Kevin worked
> > down those pileups until they were no more. We even did a bit of SSB
> > and
> > then, after half an hour in MON and sweltering in our Easy-Bake-Oven,
> > on we
> > went.
> > It felt so special to give many of the deserving FQP supporters help
> > towards a Sweep. We were hoping team K1XX/m would clean up anyone we
> > missed
> > but we had not yet received word of their misfortune (so sorry Charlie
> > and
> > Marty - next year!).
> > - One TERRIFIC highlight was our dinner with teams AD4ES and NO5W,
> > hosted by my wife and I at home Sat night. Lili had the pizza hot and
> > ready as we traded stories from the road and commiserated with each
> > other
> > about conditions. Both teams AD4ES and NO5W have very impressive
> > station/antenna setups; well done, gents.
> > Chuck, Eric, Wolf, Mike, Ted and Chuck - thank you so much for modifying
> > your routes to join us; such fun! Let's do it again, friends.
> >
> >
> > *Lowlights:*
> >
> > - 10m = didn't even set up an antenna; 'nuff said.
> > - 15m = 54 QSO's (2016=300+; 2015=1300+); sure can see the Cycle at
> > work!
> > - Monroe SSB - We called and called on SSB on 40m and 20m for 5+ minutes
> > without a single answer. Still - I got to watch Red work a mic; talk
> > about
> > Rare DX! :-)
> > - This one is a both a positive and negative. Building only 2 stations
> > is easy as pie as opposed to cramming the Sub with 3 or 4 stations; huge
> > difference in complexity. The downside is I sure do miss teammates
> > N4BP,
> > W4LT and KR4X being part of the MM/m madness. Band conditions make the
> > rules though, so for now two transmitters only.
> >
> > *ROAD TALES/TAILS:*
> > This driver really enjoys operating FQP but the Stations management, route
> > planning and especially Driving the road rally can be both challenging and
> > very reward. Our state is so beautiful and the endless green fields, huge
> > trees and inviting lakes/ponds make this part of FQP fun for me.
> > Any I also noted some real Strangeness including:
> >
> > - We stopped for a quick GP (not ground plane, but rather Gas & Pee)
> > break. As I started into the store, a man started driving away with the
> > gas hose still attached to his car! Fortunately he stopped, and an
> > onlooking started running toward him until she realized she had a
> > cigarette
> > in her mouth - yikes! That was a first for me...
> > - While waiting on the DES line in a neighborhood I saw a 3 ft black
> > snack race to the bushes as a Blue Jay tried to peck/claw him. Mr. Snake
> > lived to fight another day. Another first!
> > - Less exciting but very enjoyable was 'racing' a 100+ car freight train
> > heading in parallel at night in POL
> > - Also enjoyable to be crossing the humongous Sunshine Skyway in
> > PIN/HIL/MTE watching a loaded monster barge head out to the Gulf;
> > probably
> > headed with chips and salsa to the "O" team's home (KN5O and NO5W) in
> > LA.
> >
> > In summary, we had a great time with a trip that once again exceeded our
> > expectations. Red and Kevin and perfect teammates; we have great synergy
> > and encourage and help each other.
> > Thanks to our FCG/FCP organizers including K1TO who is the heart and soul
> > of this FB contest with countless hours of leadership and support each year
> > - thank you so much Dan. Also want to give a huge bow to Floyd KK3Q for
> > doing Yeoman's work on our FQP website - folks, I worked with him just a
> > bit and observed both his technical expertise and dedication to create a
> > new website with much improved functionality and user experience. Thanks
> > Floyd.
> >
> > Great appreciation goes to former teammate Bob N4BP, who is helping up put
> > together our logs and ensure we turn in a valid workable on - thanks Bob
> > for helping again.
> >
> > Also a *must* - sincere appreciation to Bob K0RC and Chuck NO5W for their
> > super-duper county tracking tools - these are indispensable for working the
> > sweeps, planning routes and more. Bob/Chuck - you guys are the best!
> > Thanks for your major support.
> >
> > A tip of the hat to our fellow road warriors, each of who do an amazing job
> > of getting cobwebs of antennas, rigs, pc's power plants and vehicle and
> > routing set up to make the first contact. I sincerely am in awe of your
> > enthusiasm for hitting the road and am proud to call you fellow FQP
> > mobiler.
> > Also have to give huge kudos to our fixed and 1x1 spelling bee partners -
> > you are the foundation of our way-cool QSO Party - thank you for standing
> > strong on all our bands representing our State.
> >
> > Finally - my biggest, loudest applause is for all of you out-of-state
> > operators who are the real heros. Whether you make a dozen or several
> > hundred QSO's, your enthusiastic participation and support help make the
> > FQP fun for all. We can throw the party, but it is you that keep coming
> > back every year - thank you, thank you, thank you!
> >
> > See you in FQP 2018!
> >
> > vy 73/OJ/AHZ/MATT,
> > Chris, NX4N - K4OJ MM/m Team Lead
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