WB0TEV 2008 TQP Route
Coming off our surprise 2nd place finish last year in the Texas Mobile
Multi-Op category (and believe me, no one was a surprised as we were!)
we have decided to make a spirited defense
of that #2 showing in 2008.
Last year we covered 21 counties in North East Texas. The plan for 2008
is even more ambitious
can be summed up as follows: 33 counties in just 11 hours on Saturday
traversing 500 miles. Included in the list is Leon county, one of the
ones that never got activated last year.
If we manage to do it, we will add a 34th county (Van Zandt) on Sunday
after church, otherwise we will
try to do Delta, Fannin and Lamar the last hour Sunday if we don't get
to them in time Saturday.
Look for us on 40/20 SSB. If we meet out timeline we may operate some
on 75m on the way home to Greenville 8-9 pm Saturday night and/or some
CW from my driveway. We'll also check 10m and will fish for QSOs on
146.52 and 446.00 Mhz when near the larger cities. We plan to be
equipped with APRS (WB0TEV-10) so folks can track us on the internet
(http://aprs.fi). We would also very much appreciate being spotted the
county hunting website at http://ch.w6rk.com by any fixed stations that
hear us. UTC times listed below are estimates of our arrival time in
each county.
On Sunday we'll be adding another member to the "Hunt County Gang".
Jay, WB5PUN will be operating WB0TEV/m on CW from
my car in the parking lot of my church Sunday AM*. After I get
out of church around noon he and I will hit the road for either Van
Zandt county or else Delta/Fannin/Lamar if we miss those Saturday
night.
73,
Victor (WB0TEV/m), Mark (KK5MR, ex-N4CMB), and Jay WB5PUN
*Hope his morse doesn't get into the church PA system[NO5W]
Saturday
| Collin-1400* |
Rockwall-1410* |
Hunt-1420 |
Kaufman-1435 |
Henderson-1520* |
| Navarro-1532* |
Ellis-1537* |
Navarro-1549 |
Hill-1635 |
Mclennan-1651 |
| Falls-1707 |
Limestone-1726 |
Robertson-1747* |
Leon-1800 |
Freestone-1843* |
| Anderson-1855 |
Cherokee-1930 |
Smith-2005 |
Rusk-2022* |
Gregg-2035 |
| Upshur-2100 |
Harrison-2130* |
Upshur-2142* |
Marion-2149* |
Cass-2201* |
| Morris-2213 |
Titus-2230* |
Camp-2242 |
Franklin-2303* |
Wood-2315 |
| Rains-2345 |
Hopkins-2357 |
Hunt-0019 |
Delta-0029 |
Fannin-0041* |
| Lamar-0053 |
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*Travel distance across these counties <10 miles. Will not
extend time in county past 6 QSOs if QSO rate is low.
Sunday
| Hunt-1400 (CW) |
Van
Zandt-1800(CW/SSB) |
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Last Updated: 17-September-2008