[MiQP-Mail] K8SIA MiQP LIVI County

[Jim Besancon]

K8SIA AB LP Livingston County

Band     CW     SSB    Mults CW   Mults SSB
 3.5     71       6       26          6
 7.0     57       7       20          7
14.0     19       -       14

Total    22,411

Soapbox:
Another well planned but poorly executed MiQP plan.I was going to do
a more serous effort from LIVI but family plans and health got in the
way. Oh well, I will look forward to next year. I found things spotty
on the bands.  I would get a good run going and then it would vanish.
Tried 20M for around 2145Z and was rewarded with CA, PNW and some EU DX.
After that I kept bouncing back and forth between 80 and 40 looking
and calling CQ. Went to SSB anytime I was asked, a new experience for
me.

I know I got started to late (about 2030Z) to hit the near
instate mults on 40M. The UP was loud at this time and so was the east
coast. At 0000Z, 40M was still confined to east of the Rockies along with
two EU stations. However, 80M was my best band.  I think I need to put up a
low dipole, since my 80M antenna is a vertical over a fair set of radials. A
good DX antenna but probably not as good as K9TM's 25 foot high dipole on
80.  Pulled the plug at 0030Z.

It was nice to see the GA/FL/MN/Etc stations making an
appearence in the MiQP.  Thank you for the Q's.

73 - Jim