Wisconsin QSO Party - 2020
Call: WB8WKQ
Operator(s): WB8WKQ
Station: WB8WKQ
Class: SO Fixed LP
QTH: MI
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band CW-Dig Qs Ph Qs
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160: 3 0
80: 52 42
40: 40 7
20: 1 0
15:
10:
6:
2:
UHF:
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Total: 96 49 Mults = 52 Total Score = 28,414.0
Club: Mad River Radio Club
Comments:
Last year, I got taught a lesson that in contests that CW points are worth twice
as much as phone Q's, it is prudent to concentrate on CW. Last year I had a
perfect 50/50% split CW to phone. This year, I was nearly 2:1 biased in favor
of CW. Hence, even with 15 less Q's and 4 less multipliers, I considerably beat
last year's score . After a full Saturday of QSO parties (OK and ID) and these
continuing into Sunday, I was a bit burnt on contesting. But once things
started going, I "sucked it up" and started to play. But, since I was
still "playing" in Sundays "overtime" on the other two QP's,
I wasn't fully devoting all my time to the WIQP. Plus, things on 40M must have
been too long for me here in Michigan. I was thinking I wasn't going to do very
well. I even went to 80M early and was struggling there too. At this point, I
thought maybe going low power was a mistake. But, suddenly the tide turned and
propagation to WI on 80M was excellent, and even barefoot, I was busting the
pileups on the mobiles. I even had a nice run on Phone calling CQ, and probably
should have stayed there, but my traffic handling duties took precedence.
Still, all in all, I beat last year's score by a good margin, which I never
would have imagined, especially at the start of the contest. Many thanks to all
the mobiles, who as usual, make things much more interesting.
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