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Michigan QSO Party<BR><BR>Call: K8IR/M<BR>Operator(s): K8IR<BR>Station:
K8IR/M<BR><BR>Class: Mobile Multi-Op LP<BR>QTH: MI<BR>Operating Time (hrs):
12<BR><BR>Summary:<BR> Band CW Qs Ph
Qs<BR>--------------------<BR> 80: 263
31<BR> 40: 288 10<BR>
20: 166 9<BR>
15:
<BR>
10:
<BR>--------------------<BR>Total: 717 50 CW
Mults = 67 Ph Mults = 32 Total Score = 146,916<BR><BR>Club: M&M
ARC<BR><BR>Comments:<BR><BR>Congratulations to K8MR on another great
score!<BR><BR>We added over 100 QSOs to last year's total, helped by heading
below the bridge<BR>for several extra counties. The mults were the same as last
year. From the<BR>numbers, it looks like 40 wasn't as good as last year (nor
anywhere close to<BR>what it was a month ago during WIQP), but a fairly quiet 80
meters made up for<BR>it. I probably erred in not getting to 80/75
earlier, but we had a lot of<BR>power line noise in the western and central U-P,
and it was hard enough hearing<BR>on 40 and 20.<BR><BR>Murphy did visit as the
computer locked up a few times mid-QSO, and then <BR>locked up for good in
Antrim County. We lost about 25 minutes setting up the<BR>backup computer,
which decided not to talk to the radio, so I decided to stay<BR>on 80 CW from
that point on. Fortunately, there was plenty of business on 80<BR>for the last 4
counties. <BR><BR>I suspect a lot of people needed ALPE, since the pileup was
especially<BR>deafening in that county. Conditions were quite amazing on
80. OM2VL was as<BR>loud as many stateside stations, and DL3DXX wasn't far
behind. Both were in the<BR>log 3 times on 80 in the last hour or so. N0IJ
was tops in the log with 18<BR>QSO's, one ahead of N6MU and WB2ABD. Amazingly
DL3DXX was tied for 4th with<BR>W8EDU at 16. In all, we had over 40 DX QSO's in
the log.<BR><BR>The trip was pretty uneventful, a little windy at the
start. We saw a few<BR>deer, but fortunately they stared at us from the
ditches. No exotic wildlife<BR>this year. We did see quite a few law enforcement
vehicles. On two occasions,<BR>state troopers in the U-P decided we were
interesting enough to follow for<BR>several miles, but didn't stop us.<BR><BR>My
thanks again to Eric, KG9GH who supplied his vehicle and his
expert<BR>navigation. We arrived in the last county with 25 minutes to go,
right on<BR>schedule.<BR><BR>Thanks to all who called in.
<BR><BR>73<BR>Jim<BR>K8IR<BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>