Michigan QSO Party
Call: K8MR
Operator(s): K8MR
Station: K8MR
Class: Mobile Multi-Op LP
QTH: 25 Counties
Operating Time (hrs): 12
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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80: 209 64
40: 349 43
20: 140 64
15: 0 0
10: 0 0
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Total: 698 123 CW Mults = 65 Ph Mults = 55 Total Score = 182,280
Club: Mad River Radio Club
Comments:
Results by county, in order of appearance:
CW SSB
LAPE 17 0
SANI 30 3
HURO 40 1
TUSC 35 5
SAGI 18 2
BAY 18 5
AREN 43 4
IOSC 47 5
OGEM 39 3
OSCO 30 21
ALCO 31 6
ALPE 19 4
MTMO 20 6
PRES 24 9
CHEB 18 11
EMME 36 7
CHAR 22 3
ANTR 30 0
OTSE 41 8
CRAW 33 7
ROSC 39 7
MISS 26 2
CLAR 25 2
ISAB 5 1
MIDL 12 1
States 44 27
Ctys 21 28
This year I teamed up with driver AC8E to cover 25 counties in the northeast
lower peninsula of Michigan. It was a beautiful day to be driving, but perhaps
too nice as a lot of people were taking advantage of the nicest day of the year
to date to do things other than work us crazy mobile contesters. As is often the
case, we did see snow on the ground in shaded areas in the top two tiers of
counties. I always hope this is the last snow I'll see for six or seven
months.
This was the maiden contest voyage of my new (2001) Honda Odyssey minivan. No
problems, it does have some ignition noise that the blanker handled, but little
other noise from fuel pumps, computers, etc. Fortunately gas prices were about
half of what they were last year.
Conditions were decent for having no sunspots. 80 meters worked well, and we
had more qsos on 75 SSB than on 40 and 20 SSB combined. A lot of those 80/75
qsos were well before dark.
Best qsos were the several with Phil, KL8DX up in Denali, including a qsy to
SSB where he was still decently loud. There were relatively few European QSOs
this year. I had two qsos with stations in the same county as me, a fairly rare
happening. Worked WD8S on 40 CW in Ogemaw, and KX8P on 20 SSB in Presque Isle.
Unfortunatly neither could qsy to the other mode for a double mult.
Thanks to all who followed me around the state, as well as to those who made
only a qso or two. See you all in the Ohio QSO Party on Saturday, August 22,
as well as in Dayton in a few weeks.
73 - Jim K8MR
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