[NCC] Fwd: MiQP K8MR Single Op LP

[jimk8mr at aol.com]

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To: 3830 <3830 at contesting.com>; jimk8mr <jimk8mr at aol.com>
Sent: Sun, Apr 20, 2014 12:38 pm
Subject: MiQP K8MR Single Op LP

                    Michigan QSO Party

Call: K8MR
Operator(s): K8MR
Station: K8MR

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: NJ
Operating Time (hrs): 5

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
--------------------
   80:
   40:   36     32
   20:    3      0
   15:
   10:
--------------------
Total:   39     32  CW Mults = 24  Ph Mults = 22  Total Score = 5,050

Club: Mad River Radio Club

Comments:

It was 2000 when I did my first mobile contest effort in the MiQP with 
W8RU, and
I had not missed one since. But this year, with Easter on Sunday and my 
mother's
98th birthday on Friday, the entire family came into town for the 
weekend. So no
traveling.

As it turned out I did travel, except I headed east after the birthday
celebration on Friday. My daughter in NJ delivered our first grandchild 
on
Thursday (9 days past expected date), so NJ it was. My task for the 
first few
days was largely watching their dog at home, so with that I had some 
time for
MiQP. I only had a dipole at 20 feet, and with local urban noise and 
daytime
absorption things on 40 were pretty slow for the first six hours. I was 
just a
bit too close for 20M , though did catch a few people there. Later 
propagation
picked up on 40 and I was able to make a reasonable number of QSOs.

Good to catch my MRRC friends back in MI, but missed mobile activity 
other than
a few late afternoon QSOs with K8IR. I hope to be back in 2015 to help 
the
mobile activity issue.

73  -  Jim   K8MR