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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Call: <STRONG><A
style='href: "http://www.3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=K8O"'>K8O</A></STRONG><BR>Operator(s):
</FONT><A style='href: "http://www.3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=K8NZ"'><FONT
face="Times New Roman">K8NZ</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><A
style='href: "http://www.3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=W8CAR"'><FONT
face="Times New Roman">W8CAR</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman">
<BR>Station: K8O</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Class: <STRONG>Mobile LP</STRONG><BR>QTH:
oh<BR>Operating Time (hrs): 11ish <BR>Location: In State/Province </FONT></P>
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<TD colSpan=4><FONT face="Times New Roman">Summary: </FONT><A
style='href: "http://www.3830scores.com/comparescores.php?arg=eTvi3zBimqyU&call=K8O"'><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Compare Scores</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<TD class="blightgray trght"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Band</FONT></TD>
<TD class="blightgray tctr"><FONT face="Times New Roman">CW Qs</FONT></TD>
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Qs</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD class=trght><FONT face="Times New Roman">80:</FONT></TD>
<TD class=trght><FONT face="Times New Roman">321</FONT></TD>
<TD class=trght><FONT face="Times New Roman">6</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD class=trght><FONT face="Times New Roman">40:</FONT></TD>
<TD class=trght><FONT face="Times New Roman">239</FONT></TD>
<TD class=trght><FONT face="Times New Roman">20</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD class=trght><FONT face="Times New Roman">20:</FONT></TD>
<TD class=trght><FONT face="Times New Roman">19</FONT></TD>
<TD class=trght><FONT face="Times New Roman">1</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD class=trght><FONT face="Times New Roman">15:</FONT></TD>
<TD class=trght><FONT face="Times New Roman">0</FONT></TD>
<TD class=trght><FONT face="Times New Roman">0</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD class=trght><FONT face="Times New Roman">10:</FONT></TD>
<TD class=trght><FONT face="Times New Roman">0</FONT></TD>
<TD class=trght><FONT face="Times New Roman">0</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD class=trght><FONT face="Times New Roman">Total:</FONT></TD>
<TD class=trght><STRONG><FONT
face="Times New Roman">579</FONT></STRONG></TD>
<TD class=trght><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman">27</FONT></STRONG></TD>
<TD class=tctr><FONT face="Times New Roman">CW Mults</FONT></TD>
<TD class=trght><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman">82</FONT></STRONG></TD>
<TD class=tctr><FONT face="Times New Roman">Ph Mults</FONT></TD>
<TD class=trght><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman">16</FONT></STRONG></TD>
<TD class=tctr><FONT face="Times New Roman">Total Score</FONT></TD>
<TD class=trght><STRONG><FONT
face="Times New Roman">116,130</FONT></STRONG></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Club: North Coast Contesters </FONT></P>
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<TD class=blightgray><FONT
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class=tsmall><A>[email]</A></SPAN> 2018-08-26
19:37:25</FONT></TD></TR>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Great fun except for
condx,detours,storms and antenna problems! The new laptop and separate
monitor, keyboard and mouse worked solidly the whole contest.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">As per usual the first few hours were like
pulling teeth. We dodged T storms for about the first 4 hours and then it
gradually cleared up. Finally 40 seemed to open but we had few runs.80 was the
place to be even during the day.Stopped for dinner for about 20 minutes and when
we got back on bands seemed better. Then we ran into DETOURS, I mean detours ON
detours. The Tom Tom didn’t pick up the first one and the second one it found
and then promptly said there was a closed road on the detour it routed us on
($#@^) At this point I was lost and was hoping we were still in Ohio! All the
while Ron kept asking if we were in a new county while operating. The NW corner
of OHIO is very dark especially when there are no lights, new blacktop and
traffic cones in weird configurations. Eventually we made it to Route 6 which IS
on our route and the stopping point we planned put us back on track. We missed a
few counties because of the detours.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">We had problems with the 80 meter Frankentenna
with signals seeming to be distorted and buzzy. Thought it was condx but at a
stop near the end we thought we fixed it after finding a bad connection on the
tuning coil. Alas that was not it. Operated very little in Sandusky and none in
Erie cty (sorry Vic!) because of the problem in hearing (SWR was just fine
thanks!) On Sunday after Ron left I looked closer at the 80 meter antenna and
found two tubing connections that were loose and one with the nut AND lock nut
missing. All I can figure is the rain weight and vibration caused this so a
redesign is in order. I’m gonna get this SOB to be stable sooner or
later.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">All together missed about 1 hour of operating
and Kudos to K8MR for his fine score. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">\</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Thanks to everyone for the activity and effort
under trying condx.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">73 Dan W8CAR</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">K8O with
K8NZ</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>