[MiQP-Mail] Fw: MiQP W8M(W1NN) Mobile Solo Op LP

Hal Offutt hal at japancorporateresearch.com
Sat May 19 17:46:09 CDT 2007


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Subject: MiQP W8M(W1NN) Mobile Solo Op LP


>                    Michigan QSO Party
>
> Call: W8M
> Operator(s): W1NN
> Station: W1NN
>
> Class: Mobile Solo Op LP
> QTH: 6 MI Counties
> Operating Time (hrs): 11
>
> Summary:
> Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
> --------------------
>   80:   95     32
>   40:  156     40
>   20:  106     25
>   15:
>   10:
> --------------------
> Total:  357     97  CW Mults = 60  Ph Mults = 53  Total Score = 91,643
>
> Club: Mad River Radio Club
>
> Comments:
>
> This ended up being a last-minute effort due to family matters the 
> previous week
> and additional obligations on the Sunday following the contest.  So I had 
> to
> concentrate my route in the southeastern Michigan counties and make sure I
> ended up near the Ohio border so I could get home as early as possible.
>
> My plan was to try to operate for around two hours from each of six 
> different
> counties.  The idea was to operate 20 and 40 (phone and CW) from each 
> county
> during the daylight hours and then double back through each county and 
> operate
> 75/80 after dark.  Theoretically this would give me approximately 20 
> minutes on
> each mode band per county.  This is not a plan that maximizes QSOs but 
> with a
> large allocation of time to phone, it should result in a pretty decent
> multiplier to make up for fewer CW contacts.
>
> However, the plan depended heavily on 40 meters being productive during 
> the
> daytime and 80 being productive throughout the evening, but it simply did 
> not
> work out that way this year.  40 meters was very poor during certain 
> portions
> of the day, and 80 meters turned out to be very long and unproductive for 
> the
> last three hours of the contest.    I managed only 19 Qâ?Ts from WASH and 
> 9
> Qâ?Ts from MONR during the 0200 hour (10 PM local) on 80 CW.  I decided to 
> skip
> going back through LENA and I left the state an hour early.
>
> In the past I have usually been able to get some good runs going on phone, 
> but
> this year it just didnâ?Tt happen.  20 seemed fine on CW but I just 
> couldnâ?Tt
> get any decent runs going on phone.  40 phone was the same and I donâ?Tt 
> think
> I had a single station answer my many CQs on 75 meters.  I found a nice, 
> high
> location in a high school parking lot in Wayne county and spent a lot of 
> time
> right around sunset trying to get a run going on 75, but it just did not
> happen.
>
> Rates ranged from a low of 30 during the 1900 hour when I lost 10 minutes 
> to
> driving and spent the rest of the time on an unproductive 40 meter band, 
> to a
> high of 65 during the 2000 hour when I spent most of my time on 20 CW.
>
> Iâ?Tm beginning to wonder about my IC-706.  Itâ?Ts fairly new to me and I 
> was
> initially impressed, but it seems to be filled with noise, spurs, birdies 
> and
> other junk, especially on phone.  Maybe I need a better rig for mobiling.
>
> Despite the problems, it was still fun and hopefully I have gained some 
> more
> experience that I can put to use in next yearâ?Ts event.
>
> Thanks to the MIQP sponsors for one of the best mobile contesting events 
> of the
> year.
>
> 73,  Hal W1NN
>
>
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