Steve:

Northumberland was really rare this year, and, to be honest, I might have
just plain lucked out.

Right before I worked Northumberland, I worked Mike (N3LI as a rover out in
Western PA, and I commented that Northumberland was the only one I was
missing.  And, there he was, right after my QSO with Mike.

I was almost becoming convinced that I wouldn't get the sweep, but would
have tried till the bitter end.

Your 728 total is quite impressive.  I worked a few guys up in the low 1
thousands, but you were right up there.

Glad the equipment worked well for you throughout the contest.

I didn't have any problems here, except for a few CW qsos when it became
apparent that I wasn't getting out because I had hit the split button by
mistake.  Fortunately, my split was just a few KC's up the band on 40
meters.  The split button is right below the filter selection button on the
TS590, so I'll have to be extra careful not to make that mistake again.

Was only for a minute or two, though.  (smile)

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ


-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Steve Forst
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 7:25 PM
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Subject: Re: Pennsylvania QSO Party Report

Tom, that's great.   i missed  Northumberland, so fell one short.   You 
can get instructions for ordering the plaque on the web page (they're not
free).

You had one of the higher QSO totals from out of state,  and I won't be
surprised if you  get first place from Michigan again this year. 
K2SSS from eastern New York  probably ran away with the outside of PA 
crown.  I didn't hear N4PN at all this weekend.   He usually takes it.

  I finished with  728QSO's.   Just over 40 percent was CW.  That is a 
very high percentage for me.

Glad I decided to use the solid state amp since I wound up doing a lot 
of band changes.    The amp didn't fault once, thanks to the alc fix 
done by kenwood last year.

Don't think I worked anyone else from the list, but always nice to get you
in the log.  I did work Scott N3FJP the software guy.

Congrats again.  You'll probably need to have the walls painted to show off
your new plaque.

73, Steve KW3A

On 10/11/2015 7:03 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
> Hello, everyone.
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> For those who are interested, I have to report that this was my best 
> Pennsylvania QSO Party outing ever from out here in Michigan.
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> At approximately 4 p.m. this afternoon, I got the county sweep, by 
> working all 67 PA counties.
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> Made a total of 308 qsos.  Most of them were on 40 and 80 meter SSB, 
> but I did a fair amount of CW as well.  Worked KW3A several times on 
> 40 and 80 meters, both CW and phone.  At last check Steve was really 
> wracking them up with I think 702 qsos from Delaware County.
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> Will submit my log within the next week or so.
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> Also, have to figure out how to obtain the plaque that I think you can 
> get if you achieve a county sweep.
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> I'll keep everyone posted.
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> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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