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

[Jeff Clarke]

I take spares of everything !!!

Tools , extra resonators and masts, coax jumpers, connectors etc...  
When K4BAI goes with me we take a spare radio and laptop as well.

Jeff


On 4/30/2018 12:45 PM, Christopher Blake wrote:
> 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:
>
>>
>>
>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>                       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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*Jeff Clarke*
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