Soap Box Comments from the 2016 Missouri QSO Party
W0S
MULTI-MULTI EXPEDITION FROM 3 COUNTY FRA WAS JEF
PHONE QSO POINTS 1323
CW QSO POINTS 2820
DIGITAL QSO POINTS 462
TOTAL QSO POINTS 4605
MO COUNTIES 74
US STATES: 44
CANADIAN PROV 8
DX 1
TOTAL MULTIPLIERS 127
SPECIAL EVENT BONUS 100
LOG IN CABRILLO BONUS 100
TOTAL CLAIMED SCORE 585035
Digital Score 15246
N0O
What a fun weekend! Luckily I had no troubles either car or radio. It was
beautiful wx except for some strong winds. No T-Storms ! One hold up was being
pulled over by a St Clair county deputy after I had sat in a parking lot by the
Osceola Cheese Factory for abt 45mins. He was coming over to see what I was up
to and as he was coming across the highway I took off. He thought I was running
away , but I explained that I had never seen him. Anyway ,after a check of my
license for Identity and possible warrants ,WHEW!,he said be careful out there
and I was back in action. Lucky , he drinks coffee with another ham in Clinton
MO , who we both know so he had an idea of what hams are like, Half crazy
hihi.
Thank you so much to all who rode along the entire weekend. I had so many
multi-county worked stations I cant name them all, but some of the the top nr
of counties worked were ; N6MU with an amazing 80 qso's due to some kwik band
hopping, also W0S-39 ,K1RO-29, N4PN-28,WN4AFP-25, N0S(NW0M)-21,W0GXQ-20 and
many others with more than a dozen hits in the log.
A lot of activity makes it fun and worthwhile to be out on the road for hours
in these contests,and when things go like this one it's a blast.
the bands were a little punky so it took some repeats for QSB and light
signals.
Overall a great weekend and I'll be looking fwd to next year. Meanwhile ,
there's plenty more QSO parties to play in, Like Georgia and New Mexico this
coming weekend .
Rig - IC-7100 100w to Hamsticks for each band, using triplemagnet mounts,
keying with Begali and a Winkeyer .
73 all and TNX AGN , Mark KI0I/N0O
N0AX
Surprisingly good results, given conditions overall. In years past we had lots
of 15 meter QSOs and some on 10 but very little above 20 meters this year.
Phone was pretty much not an option most of the time due to weak signals, so I
just stayed on CW which seemed fine. Ellen drove about 690 miles hither and
yon while I focused on operating - it worked well and maximized "butt in
seat" time. We were both very happy to be able to participate this year after
missing two years in a row!
The gear was an IC-7000 driving a Little Tarheel II with a TargeTuner
controller. This was *far* better than manually changing Hamstaticks! That
said, I was glad I had the set of Hamsticks when the screwdriver antenna quit
changing length with about two hours to go. Luckily, 40 meters was quite good
and the fixed-length whip worked great right up until the end of the contest.
We activated 24 counties (I think) finishing out with a big pileup of stations
needing STG. Sorry I could have been there long enough to work the pileup
down. I know there were some close-in folks that couldn't break that pileup.
Being on 40 so much of the contest turned out to have one bonus - lots of
in-state stations were quite workable from beginning to end so our county total
is up from last time. We also worked 45 states, missing only KL7, KH6, ID, MT,
and ME. Hit the end points of Canada (NB and VE7) along with the average (VE3)
during the trip.
A very successful adventure and plenty of stations to work and who wanted to work
us. What's not to like?
Special thanks to the Boeing club members for sponsoring the contest and activating
the bonus point station, W0MA
73, Ward N0AX and Ellen KD0PES
W9W
POSITIONED ON A 3 COUNTY LINE, PUT, SUL & ADR. THE WIND WAS GUSTING TO 45MPH ON THE RIDGE WE WERE ON.
SAT WE HAD 3 ANTENNA FAILURES, TWO WERE PUT BACK UP. SUN WE HAD ONE DIPOLE FAILURE. CALLED IT QUITS AROUND NOON ON SUN DUE TO WIND AND ANTENNA ISSUES.
PROPAGATION WAS NOT GOOD FOR US DURING THE WEEKEND, SAT WAS OK AT BEST, SUNDAY MORNING WAS HORRIBLE. SEEMED TO BE LESS STATIONS ON THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR.
LOOK FOR THE FULL ROUND UP WITH PICTURES AND VIDEO ON HTTP://N0KTK.BLOGSPOT.ORG OF OUR OPERATION. HAD A BLAST, LEARNED A LOT, WE'LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR FOR MORE
OPERATING UNDER CALL SIGN W0W.
N0E
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K0O
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AA0A
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KC0YNS
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KC0HPM
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K0E
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WN4AFP
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K0FD
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KD0NEO
Had ant issues early on but got them resolved.
KN4Y
Strange conditions working CW. The mobils
would fade and return with new multipliers. Had
fun.Spelled 'SHOW ME'.
W0GN
Contact with bonus station W0MA. 100 bonus points added.
High winds broke my only outsode antenna, but still had lots of fun.
N0IAI
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K0TPP
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N0SSC
We battled the wind in Sutton Bluff Recreation Area, about 3mi N. of
Centerville, MO, about 100mi SW of St Louis, on the SE corner of the
Mark Twain Natl Forest - very beautiful and scenic area. I ran a 40m
dipole and my freshly built EARCHI end fed half wave...only to find
out HUUUGE amounts of RF noise and QRM on 80 and 15m. 40 was great
though, but 20 was awful. I didn't make a full effort - enjoyed the
scenery, free time, and made a QRPGuys mini iambic paddle in 30mph
winds! Super fun...plus Jesten, my girlfriend, made her first QSO!
Video up soon on my channel at www.youtube.com/sterwing
Til next time, 73 de N0SSC
K9GDF
Antenna is rain gutter and downspouts.
K8MCN
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NU1O
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N1CC
W0MA BONUS. SHOW ME DONE.
W1END
Rig was FTdx5000 and Butternut HF6V all-band vertical.
Good activity this year; lots of mobile help. Made "show me".
AH6AX
SHOW ME SPELLED WITH CALLS FROM moQp qsOs: w0s w0h n0o w9w k0m n0e
bonus station copied on cw & psk31 (W0MA)
KK9U
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AC0HF
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KO0Z
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It was great working show-me-friends from my QTH in the Land of Lincoln.
KA5VZG
Contact with bonus station W0MA. 100 bonus points added.
N0HDR
Hello from upstream. N0HDR Minn.
N5PHT
Contact with bonus station W0MA. 100 bonus points added.
KD0JLE
Contact with bonus station W0MA. 100 bonus points added.
Conditions poor from Colorado this year, but enjoyed operating the contest.
W0SEB
Contact with bonus station W0MA. 100 bonus points added.
K0KEX
Contact with bonus station W0MA. 100 bonus points added.
W9UIH
Contact with bonus station W0MA. 100 bonus points added.
K0RJW
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W0NQW
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KE5DPE
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SHOWME complete
K4VBM
(28 Phone QSOs) * ( 25 multiplers) + 100 for bonus station W0MA
+ 100 for electronic Cabrillo log
Enjoyed my 2nd MOQP Contest!
Didn't quite meet my QSO count from last year due to poor band conditions.
Still, I beat my score from last year. Great fun!
WB0QIR
Contact with bonus station W0MA. 100 bonus points added.
Where were all of the "E" stations?
WA9LEY
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WA0CNS
Lots of FUN! From St Louis County
W0RL
MO-COUNTY STL ST LOUIS CITY
PHONE QSO POINTS 20
CW QSO POINTS 18
TOTAL QSO POINTS 38
MULTIPLIERS MO COUNTIES 19
MULTIPLIERS STATES 1
TOTAL MULTIPLIERS 20
SUB TOTAL 760
SPECIAL EVENT BONUS W0MA 100
LOG IN CABRILLO BONUS 100
CLAIMED SCORE 960
W9GRS
Took advantage of a little down time from grading papers to get on air
and add some new ones to the school log! Had a lot of fun!
KE8ANS
Contact with bonus station W0MA. 100 bonus points added.
K5IX
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KF3EB
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Missouri QSO Party, April 2 & 3, 2016
Category: Non-Missouri (US Single Operator Low Power)
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Certificate: w0S w0H n0O n0W k0M k0E
QSO #......: 7 6 16 10 19 25
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TNX for the contest, it was fun.
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AA8GP
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K7RFW
Fair conditions this year with some high QRM.
Have a good season and hope to see you next year.
FT897D, 100 W (35 W PSK31/RY), 40 m loop up 23 feet with
A 4:1 balun and a MFJ Intellituner to match it all.
VA3QWW
Contact with bonus station W0MA. 100 bonus points added.
WB7CYO
Thanks to the portable and mobile stations this year! Good job!!! Tnx to BEARS!All digital shows as RTTY in program but it was PSK31.
WB4GHZ
Contact with bonus station W0MA. 100 bonus points added.
200 w0ma, cabrillo submittal
KE0AMY
MO County SLC
K5SPJ
Contact with bonus station W0MA. 100 bonus points added.
Hard Bands. Learned a lot. Thanks
N1NN
8TH MISSOURI QSO PARTY
KC4YBO
Contact with bonus station W0MA. 100 bonus points added.
KI6NGN
Contact with bonus station W0MA. 100 bonus points added.
K4WLG
Contact with bonus station W0MA. 100 bonus points added.
73
KG5AYB
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W4HRL
Virginia
