Wisconsin QSO Party
Call: WI9WI
Operator(s): WI9WI
Station: WI9WI
Class: SO Mobile LP
QTH: 6 counties
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band CW-Dig Qs Ph Qs
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160:
80:
40: 289 0
20: 11 0
15:
10:
6:
2:
UHF:
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Total: 300 0 Mults = 57 Total Score = 54,300.0
Club: Four Lakes ARC
Comments:
This was my 23rd year of operating the WIQP mobile. In my continuing quest to
operate from every Wisconsin county solo mobile (no driver) I added 5 new
counties: CLA, WOO, JAC, MON, and LAC. I also passed through JUN where I had
operated about 15 years ago, so I stopped there and operated for a while too.
For a change I had no major problems this year, though I was plagued with some
noise, particularly on 20. At first I thought it was atmospheric noise, but
after a while it seemed more to be something in the car. It remained the same
whether the engine was on or off, and also continued when I powered everything
from an RV battery completely independent of the car's electrical system. I did
a complete mockup of the station on Thursday before the event, and had no noise
at all, except for some mild S1 ignition noise on 20 which was completely
eliminated by the noise blanker. So something changed and obviously more
investigation is necessary. The noise approached S7 on 20 which allowed few
QSOs. I could hear stations calling me below the noise level, but they were
unreadable for the most part. After 3 counties I gave up on 20. Usually my
rates are about 100/hr., but for the first 2 hours of operating in CLA, WOO,
and JAC it was only 55. They picked up in the last half of the contest to 95 in
JUN, MON and LAC. As usual I operated about 4 of the 7 hours, taking 3 hours to
drive and change counties. I don't feel safe driving, operating and logging at
the same time. I am now up to 48 counties operated from and have completed all
the far northern, central and western counties. I now have 24 counties to go,
all in the south central, eastern and northeastern area. Thanks to everyone
for the QSOs. See you all next year.
73
Jim
WI9WI
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