7QP Jackson County Expedition K7D 2015
Scott Cummings, NA7OM spoke about the upcoming 7QP event. He will be operating at Agate Lake this year. He asked for the operation to be under the RVARC, in order to satisfy insurance requirements; a vote as taken, and passed. Scott also solicited additional operators for the event.
From the April 2, 2015 meeting minutes in the May 2015 issue of The Repeater.
Join the fun for 7QP Saturday, May 2nd. Phone, CW, and digital. The exchange is RS(T) and county abbreviation: 59 ORJAC on phone, or 599 ORJAC on CW & Digital. — Allan K7GT
Jackson County Expedition Multi/Multi K7D: 7QP Qso Party
From the June 2015 issue of The Repeater.
Four members of the RVARC setup and ran a single-county expedition for the 7QP QSO party this year at Agate Lake Park.
- Call: K7D
- Operator(s): NA7OM W8WOM WB6FFC KK6AM
- Class: Cnty Exped M/M LP
- QTH: ORJAC
- Operating Time (hrs): 18
Summary: 1274 Qsos, 71 Multipliers Claimed Score = 178,000
Great contest and wonderful weather! Single County Multi/Multi Low Power. Setup a triband yagi on a military mast at 58’, a 40 meter inverted V hanging down and a killer 205BA 5el 20-meter monobander on a trailer tower on a spit of land extending into a local lake in Jackson County. Made the most of the low prop numbers by concentrating on the “money” bands of 15, 20 and 40 between two rigs.
The 20 meter monobander was a huge sight, hanging over us and was amazing! Sure was a struggle to get it up the tower but worth the exhausting effort in every respect. At times the Q’s poured in like a tsunami and made the op at the bottom of it really sweat, logging fast and furious in working the pileups! Got us clear to Africa and getting into Europe was a breeze even with the low prop numbers.
Got the first QSO in the hopper at 2 minutes after starting time and the last on 40 meters at 3 minutes to 12 midnight before closing up shop and grinning ear to ear! We had planned for mixed…oh well. Our CW guy got lost and couldn’t find the place! Made us hustle for Q’s for a upside. Thanks for every QSO in the log everybody. We’re do it again next year!
Scott, NA7OM
