[MiQP-Mail] MIQP - N8I - SOAB - QRP - SCHOolcraft County

[Hank Greeb]

                     Michigan QSO Party

Call: N8I
Operator(s): N8XX
Station: N8XX

Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: SCHO
Operating Time (hrs): 12

Summary:
  Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
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    80:   63     19
    40:   57     23
    20:   18      1
    15:    0      0
    10:    0      0
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Total:  138     43  CW Mults = 57  Ph Mults = 27  Total Score = 26,796

Club: Grand Rapids Amateur Radio Club

Comments:

Operating from a remote site, Tom's Lake Cabin, in Hiawatha National Forest, at
46° north was considerably different than operating 250 miles or so south.
Propagation wasn't nearly as good as previously.  It could have been because
the place is not a "prominence" - i.e. probably negative height above
average terrain, though the hills were gentle and the cabin is on a knoll above
the lake. I didn't look carefully at a topo map.  The antenna was better than
normal, maybe a bit high for 40 - being about 70 feet AGL.

Never got a "real" run going, though there were a few spurts from
time to time of 5 to 10 in a row.

Bob, KD8HNF asked to join me, and his help was essential to the setup.  Bob set
up his rig in the other room using his call, and operated a second station, Low Power mainly SSB.

If anyone missed SCHOolcraft this year, it wasn't because we weren't there!

Thanks to the organizers of MIQP.  What a blast!