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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"> Ohio QSO Party -
2021<BR><BR>Call: K8O<BR>Operator(s): W8CAR K8NZ<BR>Station: K8O<BR><BR>Class:
Mobile LP<BR>QTH: oh<BR>Operating Time (hrs):
11.16<BR><BR>Summary:<BR>Band CW Qs Ph
Qs<BR>--------------------<BR> 80:
331 7<BR> 40:
296 27<BR> 20:
101 2<BR> 15:
0 0<BR> 10:
0 0<BR>--------------------<BR>Total:
728 36 CW Mults = 89 Ph Mults = 21
Total Score = 164,120<BR><BR>Club: North Coast
Contesters<BR><BR>Comments:<BR><BR>The K8O mobile operation went off with only a
few glitches. The bands sounded great in the first few hours and we had hopes of
1K Qs but the afternoon doldrums got us as always. We seemed to sense activity
was down a bit with good wx, less covid restrictions and other things to
intervene. The mobile setup was the best we have ever had and no real hardware
hang ups other than a head lamp that refused to work (but while tearing down the
car today it worked just fine).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">We did manage to go off course a few times and
think we were in Marion 3 times due to planning error on my part. The OLD
Tom-tom GPS decided to go rouge near Lima and kept routing us back to a previous
spot so we turned it off and used “ye olde road atlas” which had the route
marked on it. We missed a few counties, Ottawa being one, due to time. Ron
managed to navigate the Route 6 detour from a 1970s B horror movie to get us
back on track. Really, no sign, no warning just “road closed” turn here. Luckily
it was not toooooo far out of the way.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Things we learned:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">The 80 meter antenna will not go through a
McDonalds drive thru (yes, we tried!)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">People really stare at a car with 4 antennas
on it</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">The far NW part of Ohio is REALLY dark
at night and they have some of the deepest ditches in the world</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Ohio still can’t mark detours
correctly</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Top QSO counts</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">K1LT 23</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">W5TM 20</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">OM2VL 19</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">TNX all the Qs and I really don’t know why we
do this but my wife assures me it’s some sort of sickness</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">73 till next year</FONT></DIV>
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