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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>BAND CW PH MULTS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>==========================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>80 52 9 7 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>40 103 43 64 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>20 71 51 40 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Claimed score: 61,605<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>37 counties, 40 states/provinces, total raw Q’s = 329<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Operating time = 7 hours, 53 minutes, average rate = 42 Q’s/hour<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>KX3/KXPA100 into hamsticks on 40 and 20, Hustlers on 80 and 75 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>county Q’s minutes Q’s/hour<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>====================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>MANI 54 81 40<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>MASON 61 81 45<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>OCEA 61 75 49<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>MUSK 53 68 47<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>ALLE 62 99 38<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>OTTA 38 69 33<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>In 2011 I made a similar mobile effort which resulted in more Q’s (352)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>in less operating time. Whereas in other contests, the rate seems to go<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>up after dark, this time it went down. I had plenty of time to operate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>in the last two counties (ALLE and OTTA). But after initial good runs in each <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>county, contacts became sparse no matter which band or mode I tried.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Thanks to all who called. The most frequently worked stations were WA3HAE 7,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>KA8O 7, K2DSW 6, K8BKM 6, W4ANT 6, K8RYU 5, VE3WG 5 WN4AFP 5.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>The low point of the contest actually occurred just before the start of the contest.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>I researched on the internet a nice operating site in Manistee County on a beach<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>by Lake Michigan in the town of Manistee. When I arrived, the sky was blue and <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>the beach and lake were beautiful, sea gulls were flying around. It seemed perfect.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>But the darn bathrooms were locked. Locking the bathrooms is not the way to keep <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Michigan pure.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>