[FQP] We're Baaaaack ... (pun intended)

[Christopher Blake]

Super Duper news Charlie! So glad you’re mending so well- glad to have you
and Marty joining the FQP Fray.
Welcome!

73,
Chris, NX4N

On Saturday, April 21, 2018, charlie carroll <k1xx at k1xx.com> wrote:

> Around the time of Orlando, it looked like I probably was not going to
> be able to do the 2018 FQP owing to some back surgery planned for
> mid-March.  Then, plans really went south when my usual FQP partner,
> W1MD, ended up on a field assignment out in Colorado.
>
> But, as they say, good things come to he who waits.  Surgery went well
> and my recovery has been better than expected.  Last week Marty told me
> that his TDY to CO was cut short and he'll be home over the FQP
> weekend.  Need I say more!
>
> As some may remember, we had an antenna casualty last year that cut out
> trip short.  Didn't even get out of Escambia county.  So, as in the
> past, we're going to start in Escambia on Saturday and do all of the
> rarer Gulf counties.  Sunday morning we'll start heading south and hit
> the Monroe/Collier/Miami-Dade junction in the noon'ish area, ending in
> the Osceola/Brevard area at the finish of the contest.  I'll publish the
> full route in the next few days.
>
> Back to the antenna for a second; last year's casualty came when we hit
> some low tree limbs and railroad bridge.  Fortunately, I'd already sent
> the antenna off to Tarheel for a refurbishment. Remember all those good
> things I spoke about?  Well, earlier this week I was cleaning a closet
> in preparation for some family visitors after FQP.  Stuck in a corner I
> found 4 Hamsticks and associated whips that I'd brought home after my
> father went SK about 10 years ago.  If the Tarheel acts up, I'll be
> carrying hot spares ready to go up on the roof.
>
> And just to top off this whole change, we've even managed to contact
> Willy Billy Four Willy Billy and meet for dinner Friday evening in the
> boon docks of Escambia county.  BBQ here we come.
>
> 73 charlie, k1xx & marty, w1md
>
>
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