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<DIV>Wisconsin QSO Party<BR><BR>Call: NE9U<BR>Operator(s): NE9U KK9K
N9BCA<BR>Station: NE9U<BR><BR>Class: Multi-Op Mobile LP<BR>QTH: WI<BR>Operating
Time (hrs): 7<BR><BR>Summary:<BR> Band CW Qs Ph
Qs<BR>--------------------<BR>
160:
<BR> 80: 33
4<BR> 40: 307 28<BR>
20: 410 0<BR>
15: 6 0<BR>
10:
<BR>
6:
<BR> 2:
20<BR>
UHF:
<BR>--------------------<BR>Total: 756 52
Mults = 68 Total Score = 167,028.0<BR><BR>Club: Central Wisconsin Radio
Amateurs<BR><BR>Comments:<BR><BR>Originally our plan for 2014 WQP was to try the
M/M category. But with the<BR>crappy cold weather in Wisconsin, we could
never get motivated enough to work<BR>on our vehicle or antennas.
<BR><BR>So we ended up using the same antennas we used last year. KK9K
just bought a<BR>"new" used K3, so we decided to use it. We also decided
at last<BR>minute to use a different vehicle with more leg room for the back
seat<BR>operator. Trouble was we didn't test either out until about 2
hours before we<BR>left for our trip north on Saturday morning. The
vehicle had pretty bad spark<BR>plug noise. But the K3 noise blanker
seemed to do a pretty good job<BR>eliminating it. 40 and 80 seemed pretty
dead, but it was noon Saturday so we<BR>assumed it was just mid day
propagation. So off to the Northwoods we went!<BR><BR>Got to the cabin,
turned the heat on and went back to town for our traditional<BR>Steaks.
Steak place was closed until fishing season opens in May! Only
other<BR>option unless we wanted to drive 30 miles was the local bar and
grill. They<BR>had pretty good burgers and KK9K hit the $100 jackpot on
what I'm sure was a<BR>legal game of chance. That paid for our
night!<BR><BR>We went out for breakfast Sunday morning and then made the 30
minute trip to<BR>our starting line. Hmmmm....40 still sounds
crappy. 20 wasn't too bad<BR>though.<BR><BR>And that's how it was all day
for us. When we got back home we did an A/B test<BR>on the K3 vs. a K2 and
s1 sigs on the K3 were 20/9 on the K2!!! oh oh. Either<BR>the Rig
had a problem on 40 and 80 meters or we had a very serious case of<BR>operator
error....neither of us had used a k3 before and we probably had<BR>something in
the menu options totally screwed up...it will be interesting to<BR>see what KK9K
eventually finds out. Sorry to those who called us and we<BR>couldn't
hear...we were alligators. I'm amazed we worked as many as we did
on<BR>40.<BR><BR>Other than that we had our usual fun time. Weather was
good. Roads were<BR>horrible (bumby...pot holes...etc....) Worked a
lot of DX this year but that<BR>was expected. Tried 15 meters but didn't
seem to be anyone there listening for<BR>us...it sounded good though! We
also downloaded an APRS App for my phone and<BR>people say that really helped in
tracking us into new counties. <BR><BR>Well, hope to see everyone in
2015....maybe M/M!!! This was N9BCA and I's 23rd<BR>year I think.
Year #2 for KK9K with us.<BR><BR><BR>Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at:
<A href="">http://www.3830scores.com/</A></DIV>
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