Chasing Success: Team K0M Takes on the Minnesota QSO Party!
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Team K0M is back and we are on the road for the Minnesota QSO Party! Will we beat last year's score? Can we hit our stretch goal? Watch now in this rapid pace adventure.
Team K0M is Michael KB9VBR and Dave KZ9V. This is our third year as mobile operators in the Minnesota QSO party. If you made contact with K0M during the QSO party and would like a card, please QSL via KB9VBR. As they say, I'm good in the book.
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Congrats guys! What an accomplishment. I think you took my call 3 times throughout the day. Would love to see a separate video of the EFHW lashed to the truck set up.
We're very likely to use the same rig for the Wisconsin QSO party next month, so I'll go into detail on Dave's antenna setup.
Awesome job. Dave looks like he just ready to crash out in the truck right there. Hope you guys made it back home safe.
I didn't sleep much the night before the contest, so I needed a nap. 😂
KZ9V
Congratulations on the qso party you guys were really close to me when you were in Winona County 73 from Kd9dle
I think we may have worked you in a previous QSO party.
What was the mobile antenna you were you using when driving?
A Shark hamstick on a stake hole mount. We used both a 20 and 40 meter stick at various times while mobile.
KZ9V
Great job that was deffinantly a full day of radio
Well done, guys! Looks like you had a great time. Terrific score. Hope to catch you on the airwaves sometime!
Marc (N1QGM)
Great job and video, guys! I never saw a spot for you and didn't tune around much in my casual working of the party., so I did not get you in my log. Maybe next year!
Dave kept plugging the spotting network as I was operating, but spots can roll off pretty fast if there is a lot of activity.
Understood. I must have blinked or just not paid enough attention. @@KB9VBRAntennas
Great job with the efhw. KEEP THE VIDEOS COMING MIKE! 73
Glad you boys had fun. What did Dave have on the top of the mast? Maybe a pic or two? U-rah-rah
It's a small wood block with a hole drilled in it so it slips onto the top of the mast. On the sides are little cup-hooks to hold the antenna wire.
I tried to attach a photo to this reply, but apparently, UA-cam won't allow me to do that.
KZ9V
Which mode did you guys do? CW, SSB, ??
725 contacts SSB mode. 25 contacts CW mode.
KZ9V
Any pics of the feed end of that antenna?
It's the ARRL end fed half wave. There's a link to it in the video description.
UA-cam doesn't appear to allow me to add photos to these comments.
KZ9V
Really neat contest.
Great video! de W2CSI