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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>My results from operating mobile in 9 counties are as
follows:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>BAND CW
PH MULTS</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>==========================</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>80
92 35 43 </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>40 74
35 35 </span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>20
74 0 12 </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>15
0 0 0 </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>10
0 0 0 </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Contact Points: CW(240 * 2) + PH(70 * 1) = 550</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Multipliers = 90 OH Counties/States/Provinces (54 cw + 36
ph)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Claimed Score: 49500</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>My mobile setup consists of a K3 with one antenna mount on
the roof and another antenna mount on the trunk lid of a Honda Accord.
Lakeview Hamsticks for 20, 40, 80 and 75 were frequently rotated between the
mounts. I drove 200 miles during the contest and another 120 miles prior
to the start to get to the first county. I park to operate.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>My total number of Q’s and calculated score are very
close to those of last year, but the distribution is different. 40M CW
was way down (179 Q’s last year compared to 74), but this year there were
big increases in 20M CW, and 40M and 75M SSB. Perhaps the increases in
SSB are the result of the great work by K2KW in stirring up activity. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The EU stations added some extra excitement with Q’s
as follows: DL3DXX 5, HA8IB 5, DL2HBX 4, DL3GA 4, HA1AG 3, OK2EC 3, and one
each for LY2FN, PA3</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ARM</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>AND</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> SP5SA.
Whenever I entered a new county and started CQing on 20M, they were there
immediately. After dark, I abandoned 20M but they found me on 40M.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The first half hour of the contest was a disaster. I
had replaced my usual mobile laptop with a new little Samsung netbook. I
was unaware that the touch pad on the netbook has a feature called virtual
scrolling which duplicates the operation of a wheel on a standard mouse.
Moving a finger across the touch pad would cause the rig frequency to
change. I unwittingly did this in the middle of two Q’s (K1ZZI
& W4DAN, sorry guys) and probably numerous times while CQing. Of
course, the QSO rate was very bad the first half hour and I was quite
discouraged. About 20 minutes into the contest I noticed that the rig
frequency at the end of a CQ was not the same as when I started calling.
I did not know the source of the frequency shift, but I did figure out that
engaging the frequency lock button on the K3 would prevent it. The
frequency lock button kept me in the contest and about two counties later I
figured out that the touch pad was the source of the problem. I now know
that this virtual scrolling “feature” can be disabled in the touch
pad settings.</span></font></p>
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