06/13/2006 | K2QO/R WOW! What else can you say about a June VHF QSO Party that morphed into a 6M marathon. There were times on 6M where our logging speed dictated our operating speed. Of course this was to the detriment of the other bands. Heck, this is the first June where we didn't have randoms on 1296. Nevertheless, it was our best June score ever. Many thanks to K2TER/R, our mentor, for all their help. We met up with them a couple of times for lunch, dinner a few Q's. As you can see in the photos, our operation involves lots of homebrew and duct tape for sucess. Dan, N9RLA, may have coined the term "No-Budget Rover", but our pics confirm that we live the philosophy very well.

My rover partner Paul, W2TAU, handled the technical challenges along the way while we shared driving and operating. Now to work on the list of improvements for September.

Here's the unaudited results as provided by RoverLog:

RoverLog QSOs by Activated Grid:
FN13 43

FN14 64

FN23 30

FN02 65

FN24 77

FN12 69

FN03 34



RoverLog Score Summary, Using new rover rules:


Band QSOs Value QSOPts Mults


50 153 1 153 59


144 59 1 59 19

222 34 2 68 12


432 36 2 72 12


902 22 3 66 8


1.2 22 3 66 7


2.3 18 4 72 7


3.4 13 4 52 7


5.7 8 4 32 6


10 10 4 40 7


300 7 4 28 6



Grids activated: 7



Totals: 382 708 157



Claimed Score: 111156

Total Mileage = 541
Total Gas = 30 gal
Total Lodging = $70
Total Food = $70



73, Mark

-- K2QO