[MiQP-Mail] AF8A/m MiQP Revised Score & Statistics

ku8e at bellsouth.net ku8e at bellsouth.net
Mon May 3 08:39:56 CDT 2004


Gary...

 Everytime I work you guys mobile you are as loud as K8MR....

           Jeff
> 
> From: "Gary Mikitin" <af8a at mangobay.com>
> Date: 2004/05/02 Sun AM 11:47:56 EDT
> To: <MiQP-Mail at miqp.org>,  <3830 at contesting.com>
> Subject: [MiQP-Mail] AF8A/m MiQP Revised Score & Statistics
> 
> Revised Claimed Score:
>   
>  703 CW Qs X 2 = 1406 CW Pts
> 
>   82 Ph Qs X 1 =   82 Ph Pts
> 
> 1488 Pts X 84 mults = 124,992 Pts
> 
> Soapbox:  As my trusty driving/operating partner W8AV said earlier, the
> 'test was a lot of fun.  Plenty of activity, the bands were reasonably
> quiet, no bad WX or thunder (as had been predicted).  Even the roads were in
> better condx (my truck still sports a large ding in the windshield from the
> '01 MiQP).  The recently refurbished Geotool rear stake pocket antenna
> mounts did FB (all new SS hardware, replacing the salt-eaten, plated
> hardware).  No Hamsticks flew away due to low-flying bridges, trees, or gas
> station canopies.  Goose and I do question the lack of ground plane area
> when operating from a pickup truck.  (Perhaps that is K8MR's secret...the
> square footage of his Aerostar minivan's roof.) The only downside to
> rovering in the MiQP is what Goose and I call the 'protoplasm factor'.  Your
> vehicle and antennas acquire a thick coating of bug guts in no time at all.
> Has anyone measure the atennuation factor of Michigan protoplasm?
> 
> Thanks to all who took part, especially those who hunted us from county to
> county.  The CW pileups were awesome, though hard to work down, because
> almost all signals were essentially the same level.
> 
> Congrats to K8MR/m and W8DRZ for waxing us once again, but, sort of like the
> Govenor of Caleeforneeuh used to say in the movies, "we'll be back".
> 
> For those that enjoy such trivia, here is some info gleaned from the 2004
> AF8A/m MiQP log:
> 
> Band/Mode Summary
> 40CW	523
> 20CW	145
> 40SSB	71
> 80CW 	35
> 20SSB	9
> 75SSB	2
> 
> Top Ten Stations Worked & QSOs
> K5YAA		33
> W0AIH		25
> W3BBO		23
> WA3HAE	23
> K9WA		21
> K5OT		20
> K9OM		19
> W9MSE		17
> WA0MHJ	17
> K8MFO		16
> 
> Top Ten QTHs Worked & QSOs
> WI	77
> FL	74
> PA	59
> OH	58
> MN	54
> OK	48
> IL	46
> LENA	39
> TN	27
> CO	26
> 
> Top Ten Mi Counties Worked & QSOs
> LENA	39
> OAKL	13
> MENO	12
> WASH	8
> CHEB	7
> LIVI	7
> MACO	6
> LAPE	5
> HOUG	4
> WAYN	4
> 
> Top Ten Non-Mi QTHs Worked & QSOs
> WI	77
> FL	74
> PA	59
> OH	58
> MN	54
> OK	48
> IL	46
> TN	27
> CO	26
> DX	26 
> 
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