[MiQP-Mail] K8MR/m MiQP Report

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

K8MR/m 2004 Michigan QSO Party:

             CW      SSB
80         31         0
40         676       181
20         146       22
15         0          1
10         1          1
TOT       854      205

             
Ctys      19        22
States   35         28

Claimed Score 198,952


OTSE    31  0
ANTR    30   8
CHAR    36  6
EMME   32  3
CHEB    42  10
PRES    59  6
MTMO   57  19
ALPE    49   7
ALCO    55  13
OSCO   43   13
CRAW   49  20
ROSC   48   24
OGEM   71  26
IOSC     57  20
AREN    46  10
BAY      31  6
SAGI     34  4
GENE   37   6
SHIA     26   2
INGH     21  2

BY HOUR:

16z       69
17z       77
18z       83
19z       84
20Z       75
21Z       99
22Z       69
23Z       74
00Z       116
01Z       105
02Z       102
03Z       104


For once it was nice not to have a week of flares, auroras, etc., preceeding 
and during the MiQP.  However the declining solar flux was evident as skip was 
longer and the high bands were useless. (Though I did work F5IN on 15 cw in 
the YU contest while driving north on Saturday morning).  The 15 and 10 meter 
qsos were with N8OS as we drove by in Cheboygan county.  I heard but couldn't 
raise W8MJ in the late afternoon on 15 SSB; he then announced he was qsying to 
CW,  but he couldn't hear me there either.

We set up the antennas Saturday morning in light rain in Saginaw, but got 
into clear skies by the time we started in OTSE.  The equipment worked 
flawlessly, and had only one missed turn, in OGEM, but quickly discovered the error and 
backtracked with no significant harm. 

FB activity and great pileups.  The NA 10 qso timer peaked out at 210/hr on 
40 CW at 0005z in ROSC and at 327/hr on 40 SSB at 0029z in OGEM.  Interestingly 
the 210 burst in ROSC was not a new-county peak, but rather started with 45 
qsos already in the log.

It was disappointing that multipliers was down 29 from last year, and 
therefore the score was down 10%.  In state CW counties were off the most, down from 
37 to 19.  I worked WT9U just before the contest and never heard him again, 
nor did I ever hear AF8A.  I did manage about 6 qsos with K8IR and one with 
K8MW.

Since I started mobile contesting in 2000, the 1000 qso mark in the 12 hour 
MQP/OQP format has been my goal.  We finally reached it this time. Thanks to 
all those who followed us from county to county to help make it possible.  Now 
on to 1200 !

We hope to see everyone in the Ohio QSO Party on Saturday, August 28!


73  -   Jim   K8MR   &  Jim  W8DRZ/designated driver
 
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