[3830] MnQP W0BH Single Op HP

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                    Minnesota QSO Party

Call: W0BH
Operator(s): W0BH
Station: W0BH

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: KS
Operating Time (hrs): 9.5
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  CW-RTTY Qs  Ph Qs
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  160:                 
   80:      80       24
   40:     128       38
   20:                 
   15:                 
   10:                 
    6:                 
    2:                 
  UHF:                 
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Total:     208       62  Mults = 83  Total Score = 39,674

Club: 

Comments:

Once again, a great show by all!  With more than ten mobiles or portables
zipping around the state and more than a few fixed stations on the air, I could
only have had more fun if I'd been there on wheels.  I actually considered it
since I have relatives in southwestern Minnesota (Watonwan county, I think),
but didn't make it this year.

I had good 80m and 40m propagation most of the day and I started picking up
mobiles right off the top.  I actually heard a few of the fixed stations weakly
on 20m, but could never get through. I got lots of answers to SSB CQs, but the
mobile action was just too thick, so a series of short CQs was all I could
manage on phone.  I picked up a few counties I know I missed with the mobiles.

In the middle of the afternoon, conditions on both 80m and 40m were dropping,
so I took a break for a sandwich.  When I came back, nada.  I thought at first
I had radio or antenna problem, but things slowly came back.  The flare really
did a number and I lost several counties because of it.  Counties missed were
Marshall, Swift, Wilkin and Yellow Medicine.

Overall, I worked 81 unique calls, and the list of mobiles/portables to thank
is long:

26 N0IJ
24 NE9U K0PC
23 N0PI
16 N0IM W0ZQ (Jon wins the loudest mobile signal into KS award)
14 N0EO
10 N0UR
9  K0LD
4  NR0T
2  KE0G W9FZ

The MWA and fixed stations deserve a round of applause for a job well done as
well! An excellent way to spend a Saturday.

73, Bob, w0bh


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