[FQP] Fwd: [3830] FlQP K1XX/M Multi-Op MobileCW LP

[Christopher Blake]

Nice score Charlie and Marty, yeah PC problems always seem to be a weak
link in our /m setup too.

Hope the pileups were fun!

vy 73,
Chris, NX4N

On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 12:11 PM, charlie carroll <k1xx at k1xx.com> wrote:

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> Subject:        [3830] FlQP K1XX/M Multi-Op MobileCW LP
> Date:   Mon, 30 Apr 2018 16:01:41 +0000
> From:   webform at b4h.net
> Reply-To:       k1xx at k1xx.com
> To:     3830 at contesting.com, k1xx at k1xx.com
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>                      Florida QSO Party
>
> Call: K1XX/M
> Operator(s): W1MD K1XX
> Station: K1XX
>
> Class: Multi-Op MobileCW LP
> QTH: Florida
> Operating Time (hrs): 20
>
> Summary:
>   Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
> --------------------
>     40:   655
>     20:  1595
>     15:    20
>     10:
> --------------------
> Total:  2270    0  CW Mults = 67  Ph Mults = 0  Total Score = 608,092
>
> Club: Florida Contest Group
>
> Comments:
>
> After last year's antenna debacle early in the contest, Marty and I were
> really
> looking forward to this year.  Unfortunately, Murphy partially struck
> again and
> I owe an apology to many folks in the first 4-5 hours of the contest.  For
> some
> reason, our often-used laptop was failing at random intervals.  Right in
> the
> middle of a QSO, it would die.  It easily took 5-7 minutes to get back on
> the
> air, sometimes longer as we tried to figure out the problem and some kind
> of
> fix.  This was essentially the same setup that's been successfully used in
> previous years.  Eventually I found a DC power configuration that the
> laptop
> liked and we were off to the races.
>
> Our early route through the Panhandle was trashed (sorry guys) and we had
> to
> leave out several counties.  At one point we considered just stopping, but
> after
> last year I didn't want to drive all the way home after such a short time
> on the
> air.
>
> Forty meters was very active and, I think, more productive than in the
> past.  We
>    spent time listening during our drive to Pensacola on Friday.  Lots of
> signals.  We decided to check & CQ on 40 at almost any time.  It seemed to
> pay off at times we wouldn't have normally considered.  And, we even had a
> few
> Qs on 15.  I think it was open more often than folks gave it credit for.
>
> We plan to be back next year, with maybe a different route for the second
> day.
> Lots of line noise and non-productive driving to reach Monroe have us
> thinking
> about something different.
>
>
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