[MiQP-Mail] MIQP Reserve a county

[Hank Greeb]

Dave:

What kinda weather doth one expect for MiQP?  Montcalm county is next 
door to Kent County - I often go to Greenville, which is in Montcalm 
County, and could activate that county if the weather would cooperate.  
Next time I'm over there I'll see if I can find a suitable shelter, and 
inquire at the Parks and Recreation Department if they'd permit 
operation during the MiQP time period.  Or, maybe I can find a ham who 
will loan me his shack for 12 or so hours.......

73 de n8xx Hg

David Pruett wrote:

> MiQPers:
>
> If someone is looking for a rare county to operate from this coming 
> April, here are some good candidates:
>
> Allegan, Cass, Charlevoix, Chippewa, Luce. Montcalm, Ontonagon, or 
> Schoolcraft counties
>
> According to our records, none of these counties have ever hosted a 
> fixed station effort.  These *have* been activated by mobiles who 
> stick around for 30-40 minutes, but never by fixed stations who could 
> satisfy the demand for that county in an MiQP.
>
> The list is exactly half upper and half lower peninsula counties.  
> You'd think that the UP would have the majority of such counties, but 
> there are a LOT of LP counties that lack the population density to be 
> very active.
>
> These records go back to 1978, but we're missing a few years.  If 
> anybody has a copy of the MiQP results from 1979, 1992, 1995, 1996, or 
> any year before 1978, the MiQP committee would love to see a copy.
>
> 73,
>
> Dave/K8CC