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<p class=MsoNormal>BAND
Q’s
Mults<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>80CW 39
12<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>80PH
46
33<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>40CW
74
22<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>40PH
2
1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>20CW
36
15<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>
197
88<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>For 30,448 points.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Mults Include 18 CW Counties and 28 PH Counties<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Setup at the family deer camp in Iosco county on Saturday morning
in the snow and cold rain. The cabin is equipped for year around living so life
on the inside was just fine. The setup was a FT100D at 100 watts and the
antenna was a Carolina Windom 80 with the center at a generous 30 feet, more
like 28 feet, with ends about 4 feet off the ground. I had to cart a desktop PC
and all the support cables up there for the station. There is no phone at
the camp, so I was clueless as to any solar conditions or cluster activity.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Started on 40CW and when my first Q was MO, I knew it was
going to be tough going. Under the watchful eye of my 90 year old dad
(K8TXA) I started to slug away. I think I had 30Q’s in the first hour.
Went to 20CW and I felt like rare DX. Fun working some DL’s and OM’s
over in EU. Found the 75 SSB was the place to be so made a S&P run there
and picked off a few counties before going to 80CW. After a run on 80, I returned
to 75 around 22Z and ran for 25 minutes on 3806 until I was run off. That 25
minutes on 75SSB put more phone Q’s in my log than I have worked all year
from home. Twenty minutes later, I called it quits and went into East Tawas to
join the XYL (WB8UVQ) and the grandkids for drinks, dinner and a restful
evening at the local hotel.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Would I do it again, sure will and maybe I can get the
antenna up a few more feet and give a few more hours.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>As a side note, I only had one station tell me I was in the
wrong county <span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>As side note two, I never worked any of the mobiles on the
east side of MI (K8MR) or any of the adjoining counties. The only mobiles had
to be at the extremes of the state for me to hear the few I worked.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>73 – Jim – K8SIA<o:p></o:p></p>
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