[MiQP-Mail] MIQP, N8M(N8XX) SOAB LP

[Hank Greeb]

Michigan QSO Party

Call: N8M
Operator(s): N8XX
Station: N8M

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: KENT COUNTY
Operating Time (hrs): 8.5

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
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   80:   89     27
   40:  112     22
   20:   13       
   15:            
   10:            
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Total:  214     49  CW Mults = 67  Ph Mults = 36  Total Score = 49,131

Club: Mad River Radio Club

Comments:

This is my second year in Michigan, and MiQP.  Personal Best!  Not bad 
for a LID operator and a wet noodle wire antenna!   I bought a new 
microphone for my Drake TR-5, and managed a few SSB Q's, for an added 36 
Phone multipliers!  It was nice to work several stations from Kent 
County - last year I heard nary a one.  Propagation during MiQP on 40 
and 20 was poor.  40 metres was a bust for in State - only 8 counties 
worked on 40 CW, most in the upper peninsula, none on 40 phone.  Even 
though I looked for the Mobiles according a "proposed schedule" I could 
hear only a few of them, except for those which came through locally.  
(Thanks, WT9U on 40, for the KENT county - you must have been next 
door!)  20 metres had a pipeline into the Czech Republic.  I did manage 
a few west coast stations, but they were generally weak.  Oh, well, the 
experts tell us that we have actually hit the low for the current cycle, 
so maybe next year!