[OhQP-mail] OhQP-mail Digest, Vol 2, Issue 22

Mon Aug 24 11:23:19 EDT 2009

did you guys get my info from this weekend?

danny kb8stk

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> 1. K8AAX--OQP--We were there (Paul Valentine Jr.)
> 2. And Another Survivor (Hal Offutt)
> 3. W8FT in OHQP (Bill Kelsey)
> 4. W8FT in OHQP (Bill Kelsey)
> 5. oqp 2009 @ w3hkk-LICK (w3hkk at roadrunner.com)
> 6. [Fwd: OhQP K8CC SOAB HP] (David Pruett)
> 7. How's we do? (Thomas Kravec)
> 8. OHQP N8XX 0op0b (Hank Greeb)
> 9. W8WTS/GEAU (James M. Galm, W8WTS)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:33:10 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Paul Valentine Jr." <k8aax at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: [OhQP-mail] K8AAX--OQP--We were there
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> Hello,
> ?
> It was my first ever mobile operation.? I intended to cover 6 counties--we only did 4.? I thought that the set up was working when I left home but I should have paid more attention to the fact that I had not actually made a contact with it.? I did not make the first contact until almost 3 PM local time.? 
> ?
> What I learned after about 2 hours was that I could not run more than 40-50 watts without overloading the tuner and radio.? When I unplugged the tuner and turned the drive down I started making contacts.??I also had to use a clip lead to patch around a broken connection in my computer interface.? So there was lots of troubleshooting and driving and not much operating.? I should have re-connected the tuner but I had lost interest in tinkering.
> ?
> At the last?minute my sister K8OVV decided to make the run with me?so we had a few laughs along the way and she did some driving which helped.? She is already talking about next year and doing better.??She knows her way around Northern OH--I do not.? So?there will probably be an improved K8AAX/K8OVV mobile operation next year.
> ? 
> We?operated from 4 counties:? Worked 20 states and 3?OH counties--All CW
> Fulton:? 23 Q's
> Williams:? 17 Q's
> Defiance:? 2 Q's
> Henry:? 16 Q's
> ?
> Closest we got to another mobile that I know of was W8CAR we worked him when he was in Defiance county and we were next door in Henry County.? We worked quite a few NJ--a few FL--one CO.
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> I think that I will continue my troubleshooting of the mobile and plan on next year.? It was actually a pretty good day.
> ?
> Paul? K8AAX
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:42:52 -0400
> From: "Hal Offutt" <hal at japancorporateresearch.com>
> Subject: [OhQP-mail] And Another Survivor
> To: "Ohio QSO Party Reflector" <ohqp-mail at ohqp.org>
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> Wow, great condx + great wx (in Ohio anyhow) + great activity + great ops = much fun. But suffering from PCD (post contest depression) today.
> 
> Prelim number is 384 Q's from six counties in about 9 hours of casual operating with the XYL along (she slept half of the time), not my usual no-break all-out marathon. But I'm still exhausted. Spending over 12 hours in the driver's seat is pretty tiring.
> 
> I spent more time than usual trying to work phone mults; have not added up the numbers to see if I was successful. I did okay on 20 SSB with the western mults, but couldn't get anything going on 40 SSB so I am missing most of the east of the Mississippi mults on SSB. There were lots of loud guys in NY, VA, etc. calling OH stations that I couldn't hear but they were not calling CQ. 75 was the usual painful grind but I did eke out some in-state mults. 20 was very painful too; I would get a run going and then some other OH station that couldn't hear me would come on and take over my frequency. It's an old story and the only thing you can do is try to find another freq or get some loud western station to tell the OH station that he is crushing a puny mobile.
> 
> This contest has really reached a great level of activity and is definitely established as a major late-summer event! 
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> More later when I recover.
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> 73, Hal W1NN
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:46:52 -0400
> From: Bill Kelsey <n8et at woh.rr.com>
> Subject: [OhQP-mail] W8FT in OHQP
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> Hi - 
> 
> Several new contesters got their feet wet this weekend in the OHQP from
> the Findlay Radio Club - W8FT.. KD8AVT, KD8IKQ, KD8KWI, and one other
> new ham (whose call I missed) all got their feet wet this weekend.
> KD8IKQ and KD8KWI are both boy scouts who got Radio Merit Badge at the
> Findlay Club and then went on to get their Tech Licenses. I gave them a
> bit of coaching to get started, and then left them on their own. They
> really seemed to enjoy it, and picked up on handling the pileups fairly
> quickly. Now if I can just get them to talk a little louder so the VOX
> does not keep dropping out! They made well over 100 qso's on 80 and 40
> SSB in the afternoon. A big thank you to all who called in!
> 
> They all should be at the Symposium at Findlay on Sept. 12 if anybody
> would like to say hello to them there....
> 
> It seemed like a lot of good activity for the entire contest period.
> 
> 73 - Bill - N8ET 
> 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:56:35 -0400
> From: Bill Kelsey <n8et at woh.rr.com>
> Subject: [OhQP-mail] W8FT in OHQP
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> I forgot to mention - we did over 300 QSO's - not sure how many
> multipliers. Most were on 80 and 40. A few on 20 ssb. My goal was to
> get the the software and equipment running, get the kids on the air,
> pass out Hancock County, and have some fun. It all happened!
> 
> 73 - Bill - N8ET
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:42:20 +0000
> From: <w3hkk at roadrunner.com>
> Subject: [OhQP-mail] oqp 2009 @ w3hkk-LICK
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> Goals at W3HKK are primarily to work all 88 Ohio counties. Hence, 80-40 tend to be the favored bands. Operations are maybe 2/3rds SSB and 1/3rd CW, most years. 
> 
> Next year should see a new tower ( better than a tree) and some better antennas, since I now have 3 acres to play with, 
> and no deed restrictions (yeaa!) but only one 25 ft tree (boo!) So I dug out the old 80M Field Day delta loop and hung the corners at 25' - 5' -8'. With 90w, it did pretty well on 80 where I made 113 of 115 qsos, 109 on SSB Never got in the cw groove this year for some reason. Maybe a new rig will help in that regard!
> 
> Conditions this year were a pleasant surprise on 80M, especially after the poor conditions just a few days earlier. Almost no signals were heard for long periods of time on 80-40 on Wed. Thursday was slightly better, and Friday started to rebound significantly. As Jim said, in the evening conditions really perked up with some 59+30 signals and minimal noise. 
> 
> 
> 40 never seemed to sound good here in Licking County, and a couple of looks on 10 and 15M on the hour didnt turn up anything, so I spent the day on 80, taking hour breaks and coming back to find a small, new batch of good signals. The lack of QRN was a blessing, and sure makes the contest FUN. Though Im still looking for the great 40m runs and nice steady activity during my all time high of c. 400 qsos back in 2003-4. A few openings on 10-15m would spice things up as well.
> 
> 73 Bob
> 
> 
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:56:53 -0400
> From: David Pruett <k8cc at comcast.net>
> Subject: [OhQP-mail] [Fwd: OhQP K8CC SOAB HP]
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> Subject: OhQP K8CC SOAB HP
> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:21:20 -0700
> From: webform at b41h.net
> Reply-To: k8cc at comcast.net
> To: 3830 at contesting.com, k8cc at comcast.net
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> 
> 
> Ohio QSO Party
> 
> Call: K8CC
> Operator(s): K8CC
> Station: K8CC
> 
> Class: SOAB HP
> QTH: MICH
> Operating Time (hrs): 06:20
> 
> Summary:
> Band CW Qs Ph Qs
> --------------------
> 80: 64 107
> 40: 19 3
> 20: 1 1
> 15: 1 1
> 10: 1 1
> --------------------
> Total: 86 113 CW Mults = 42 Ph Mults = 51 Total Score = 26,505
> 
> Club: Mad River Radio Club
> 
> Comments:
> 
> Once again, OhQP turned into essentially an 80M single-band contest for me after
> my 40M CW QSO with N8BJQ at 1705Z. I suppose this shouldn't be a surprise
> considering my QTH is only 45 miles from Ohio, and reflects the realities of
> domestic contesting during the sunspot minimum. However, I don't remember it
> being so bad during previous cycles.
> 
> Atmospheric noise on 80M was S7 or higher all weekend. N8SS, who is located
> probably less than 20 miles away from me reported the same thing. This made 80M
> during the day a challenge, with the last 10-20 dB between signals making a HUGE
> difference. Those people insisting on sending 40 WPM on CW missed out on a few QSOs
> with me (you know who you are).
> 
> Activity seemed pretty good. I could attract answers to CQs most of the time
> on 75M phone and occasionally on 80M CW. Another fine job by the mobiles,
> particularly considering that almost all of my QSOs with them were on 80/75. 
> Here are my QSO counts with the mobiles and portables (18% of my QSOs):
> 
> K8MR (9)
> N9AG (6)
> KJ9C (4)
> W8TK (4)
> K8RYU (4)
> W8CAR (2)
> W9MSE (2)
> W1NN (2)
> AE8M (2)
> 
> Only operated a little more than half time. This was my own fault for not
> clearing my schedule better. We'll make a better effort next year.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Dave/K8CC
> 
> 
> Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:15:29 -0400
> From: "Thomas Kravec" <tkravec at pobox.com>
> Subject: [OhQP-mail] How's we do?
> To: "OHQP" <ohqp-mail at ohqp.org>
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> Gents:
> 
> K4LT and I used NA on an ancient Win 95 laptop. Unfortunately, its data output is only to floppy drive. I have one old machine with a floppy and USB, but the drive doesn't work.
> 
> So, until I find a way to get the data off the laptop and print it out, I won't have a score report and I won't be able to upload the logs either.
> 
> 73 de W8TK
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> Message: 8
> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:16:35 -0400
> From: Hank Greeb <n8xx at arrl.org>
> Subject: [OhQP-mail] OHQP N8XX 0op0b
> To: "New, Offishy-al Ohio QSO Party Reflector" <ohqp-mail at ohqp.org>
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> 
> My wife came home from the hospital yesterday, in good shape considering 
> that she had had back surgery on Wednesday.
> 
> I didn't get on, so my score is zero.
> 
> It sounds like there was a good party! Next year's event is already on 
> my calendar.
> 
> 73 de n8xx Hg
> 
> 
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> Message: 9
> Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:16:06 -0400
> From: "James M. Galm, W8WTS" <jim at w8wts.com>
> Subject: [OhQP-mail] W8WTS/GEAU
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> W8WTS from GEAU was essentially a 1B Field Day without the generator. There
> was no station when I arrived and no station when I departed. I launched
> three antennas (high and clear dipoles on 80, 40 and 20) Friday after work.
> The station was set up for SO2R with radio #1 on 80 and radio #2 elsewhere.
> 
> 
> A home emergency kept me at home Saturday morning too late to make it to
> GEAU before the start of the contest. I wasn't on the air until 1720Z. The
> 80m radio promptly failed, which required a frenzied reconfiguration to
> SO1R. My first QSO didn't happen until 1735Z and I was still goofing with
> the gear while operating. 
> 
> Once on the air from GEAU, I was delighted to find the bands very
> cooperative. 20m was not productive for rate, but I did pick up a couple of
> far west mults (KL7, etc.) 40m and 80m were both quiet and strong. The
> background noise was very low, which made signals "pop" out and easy to
> copy. 40m had limited propagation to Ohio throughout the contest, so it
> became the band for 4s, 5s, 0s and 6s. I worked a relatively small number
> of Ohio stations on 40m, but had some nice rates working the 2s, 4s, 9s, 0s
> and all points east and west. 80m was the place to be for the Ohio mults.
> The band sounded great throughout the contest. The mobile stations were
> easy to copy on either CW or SSB. Conditions were wonderful for this time
> of year. 
> 
> My late start meant that I was probably not in line for a new world record,
> so I operated at a steady but not head-banging pace. I had one bad hour in
> the 0000-0100Z time frame when I simply went face down sleeping on the
> keyboard from operator exhaustion. Old age sucks, avoid it if possible. 
> 
> Here's the tale of the tape. Final score = 143,640. 
> 
> CW+PH/Mul by hour and band
> 
> Hour 80m 40m 20m 15m 10m Total Cumm OffTime
> 
> D1-1700Z 4/4 - 6/5 - - 10/9 10/9 
> D1-1800Z 2/2 59/30 1/1 - - 62/33 72/42 
> D1-1900Z 33/26 3/1 - - - 36/27 108/69 
> D1-2000Z 8/3 39/9 7/3 - - 54/15 162/84 
> D1-2100Z 37/11 - 8/1 - - 45/12 207/96 
> D1-2200Z 49/19 7/0 - - - 56/19 263/115 
> D1-2300Z 32/9 19/2 - - - 51/11 314/126 
> D2-0000Z 43/9 --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 43/9 357/135 
> D2-0100Z 25/4 7/0 - - - 32/4 389/139 
> D2-0200Z 69/20 2/0 - - - 71/20 460/159 
> D2-0300Z 44/7 22/2 - - - 66/9 526/168 
> 
> Total: 346/114 158/44 22/10 0/0 0/0 
> 
> FYI - There was some chat before the contest about finding a logging program
> that works for OQP. WriteLog, http://www.writelog.com, comes with a contest
> module for OQP that knows the rules, has the mults and scores the contest
> perfectly from start to finish. Yes, I know that there are plenty of CT and
> NA diehards out there, which is perfectly fine. While WriteLog has a
> learning curve and is not inexpensive, I like it because it just plain works
> and never makes a fuss. 
> 
> After the contest, I played on the air for a few more hours then crashed in
> GEAU until about Noon on Sunday. The WX was excellent, which made putting
> away the antennas a pleasure. This year was far and away my personal best
> score in modern-times OQP. It was a great contest, with super operators,
> lots of activity and cooperative bands. THANK YOU to all of the mobile, out
> of state and Ohio stations for making the OQP so much fun. 
> 
> 73, 
> 
> Jim, W8WTS. 
> 
> 
> 
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