2008 Michigan QSO Party Soapbox
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2008 Michigan QSO Party Soapbox |
Couldn't work any MI on 20 from WPA and at
times 40 was doing the 10M fade thing. Thanks to the mobile stations for
keeping this contest interesting - AD8J
1st real try at MiQP, had fun - AE1P
Thank you to the mobile stations who did a great job covering those rare
counties! - AE1T Sorry - No way
I could defend my result from last year. Too many social events going on...will
come back next year and do the fight - CU2JT
Win-Test does not support this QSO party. I used it anyway but had to add given
QSO numbers and edit all counties after the contest. I hope log is OK. Many
thanks for all the QSOs. Will be back next year! -
DL3DXX All
stations I heard could be logged. The propagation was poor and all contacts were
on the edge. I am convinced that the oncoming years bring much more
possibilities to have more and more MI stations from different counties. Thanks
for the QSOs, See you next year! Rig: TS-530SP 100W into an end-fed wire 21M
long above a flat roof - HA2MN
Best MiQP I've been in for years - lot of activity -
K0GSV First time in the MI QSO Party.
Had a blast! Running QRP SSB is a lot of work and I thank every contact for the
extra patience with a weak signal. Will be back again next year!-
K0TEA Didn't get much time on the air
but 40M sigs were good on the 'outer banks" of North Carolina! -
K2BET Many thanks to the mobile
stations for activating lots of counties - K3TW
Nice contest - Thanks to all the folks who organized it. Rig here was a Ten-Tec
Argonaut V running QRP @ 5W. Antenna was an inv-vee -
K4PBY We operated from the Eaton
County EOC in Charlotte, MI - K8CHR
Great fun! Many thanks to all, especially the mobiles -
K8IJ First time in MiQP; Will be
back. Lots of fun! - K8IY This
was my first time running QRP in MiQP. Still lots of fun. I had a terrible line
noise problem so sorry to those who called but I couldn't hear. See you next
year - K8MM
Our usual QTH in Cheboygan County, so we did the contest from the K8CC QTH in
Washtenaw Ran out of time preparing so weren't totally QRV at the
start of the contest and had lots of technical problems to deal with.
Activity seemed very good - we made QSOs on 80/75 every hour of the contest and
40 meters held up better than in recent years; 40 SSB put 71 QSOs in the log
during the last hour, even with 560 already worked! Congrats to the K8XXX
team for a fine job this year - K8MQP
Great fun and it is amazing what you can do with QRP. I could hold frequency on
75M for long periods of time. Looking forward to improving the station for next
year. I hope the band conditions improve also -
K8NWD Did not work any other EOCs I know of which was kind
of a surprise, Thought there would be some on the air -
K8O Another good contest. My praise
to those that work to make a great event - K8RO
Another well planned but poorly execute MIQP effort. I was going to do a more
serious from here in LIVI but family plans and health go in the way. Oh well, I
will look forward to next year. I found conditions spotty on the bands. I would
get a good run going and then it would vanish. Tried 20M around 2145Z and was
rewarded with CA, Pacific northwest and some European DX. After that I kept
bouncing back and forth between 80 and 40 looking and calling CQ. Went to SSB
any time I was asked - a new experience for me, I think I got started too late
(ABOUT 2030Z) to hit the near in-state mults 40M. The UP was loud at this time
and so was the east coast. At 0000Z, 40M was still confined to east of the
Rockies along with two EU stations. It was nice to see so many GA/FL/MN/etc.
stations making an appearance in the MiQP - K8SIA
TU so much for all the fun. HPE to CU next year -
KB9YGD Had a great time working the many counties of
Michigan! - KC2LYQ Enjoyed
working in the party - KD5JHE
Great contest! Excellent conditions - and the most fun I have had contesting in
a long time - KD8CCX I really
enjoyed my first Michigan QSO Party! I used SD to log my contest QSOs. It's a
great program - KD8GRG I lost a
transistor after QSO number 46 and ended up using 10W the res of the contest.
This forced me to use CW and experience QRP - KF8Z
Operated mobile - my first mobile QSO party using new installation Tarheel
Antenna & 706MKIIG - KI4LXT
Lots off fixed and mobile CW activity to keep from falling asleep. Good signals
on all bands. Had a fun party - KN4Y
Tnx for running a nice QSO party. Had a lot of fun -
KW3A Had a blast! -
N1ABY 1st Michigan QSO Party -
N1NN As far as the contest, Great job
and great fun - N5DTT This was
my first contest, enjoyed it very much. Great program; hope I used it properly.
Will encourage others to try it. Wish conditions had been better on my end.
Thanks so much - N6KIA First
time I tried this contest, and I got many new counties. CU next year! -
N7EIE Thank you for another
interesting contest. I enjoyed it even though my operating time was limited.
Hope to be back next year - N7VS
Since there was no interest expressed for a contest run from our club station
K8DAA this year, I decided to operate from home. I began shortly after waking
up, around 1300 local. Though I focused on 40 and 80 meters, I did check the
higher bands. A few were worked on 20 meters, including my only DX contact (and,
in fact, my first from SP). No stations were heard on 15 or 10 meters. Since the
CW ops were too fast, I stuck to phone, although one station requested I give
him one on 80 CW, promising to QRS. I wasn't really planning to submit this log,
but Bill, AB8SC talked me into it - N8FQ
SD is a great program for this contest. Band conditions were OK but not great -
N8KBG Conditions seemed
considerably better this year than the past two years. 20 was better, though
still marginal - couldn't raise a thing on phone, and CW was long. Forty was the
work horse, and 80 was a close 2nd. This was the first year that 75 SSB really
came through with fixed stations in rare counties. I think a 1 by 1 call like
N8M has more advantages than disadvantages - some phone folks did a double take
when I was in S&P mode, but when I was calling CQ on either CW or Phone I think
the call was a magnet. A grand daughter's gymnastics meet took about 4 hours out
of the contest - but grand kids generally trump ham radio events! -
N8M (Op. N8XX) 40 and 75 were awesome
bands this year. Great QSO party lots of fun - N8MRC
Lovely to hear more signals from the UP this time around. Thank you to all the
mobiles, hard to get to them before they were in the next county or more. See
you next year - N8NA Had fun at
the 'Deer Camp Portable' - N8OC
40 meters was running long at the start of the contest. Had a great time -
N8PUG Portable from Sterling State
Park in MONRoe - N8PYN
Thanks again to MRRC for sponsoring the MiQP ... I really enjoyed my mobile
experience this year! I really appreciate the dedicated group of ops who made it
a point to follow us mobilers all day...I wish I could thank each of you
personally! - N9NE Had a great
time! - NE4M Lots of activity
this weekend. K8XXX was loud on all bands. Nice to work Todd, N9NE in several
counties. He's a fellow Foxii! - NG7Z
Kenwood TS-940SAT, 100W, 11L LPDA 45 meters UP -
UA0SJ First time in MiQP. Congratulation: great
organization. Rig: FT847+Inrad xtal filters, CMOS-4+Palm paddle, and a simple
long wire ant strung from my apartment window! -
VE2EZD I had a lot of fun taking part in this Michigan QSO
party using my old Yaesu GX brothers The FT-757 and 767GX radios from the mid
80s. These are Classic Yaesus. I like the bigger FT-767 on CW but I really love
the little brother of the 2 that FT-757GX with its really smooth & quiet QSK. I
did not get a chance to fire up my old SB-101. I also have an about 1936 vintage
Detrola Tombstone radio made in Detroit - VE7BGP
Thanks for another great contest and a chance to get a few more counties -
VE7FCO This is always a good
activity. Thanks to everyone. 20M just doesn't cut it from NH but 40M was great.
Rig was same old TS830 (just won't quit) and Butternut HF6V vertical. -
W1END 40 & 80 meters saw all the
action this year. Not much time, but still had fun. See you in '09 -
W1WIU Finally got Ionia, my last
county, thanks to N8MRC!! Little propagation on 20M. Most Qs were on 80/40M.
Took time off Saturday to visit a friend just out of the hospital but still
bettered last year's score. Gud MI turnout. See you again next year! -
W2UDT This year we downsized from the
full size minivan to a Honda Fit. The increase in gas mileage was very nice, but
my back sure hurts after 20 hours in the car! -
W3USA Fun contest - SD program worked great!! -
W7LPF Our 2nd Year in the QSO Party
and we had a blast!!! - W8ACW
Due to the high price of gasoline, Gary and I decided not to do the mobile thing
this year. So we took a stab at operating from my home station in Ohio instead.
Although it was pretty easy to snag stations in the U.P., the bands were way too
long to generate any rates to stations in the lower peninsula. Thanks to all the
mobiles that made the trip to hand out counties. This kept us going in the
contest. See you in the OhQP! - W8AV
A real blast being a 'rare' county! - W8AWE
This was the first 'real' contest for all of the students in our group! Everyone
had a great time!- W8BYC Had a
great Time! - W8GU Strange
propagation. Could not hear MI stations on 40. Ohio was too close, so 80 was
best and only band for me. - W8IDM
Had a run of 24 calls in 1.5 minutes in the 11th hour, WHEW! May not be in the
top 3 after the counting is done but sure had a fantastic time! -
W8LEW Built two temporary antennas
this day at EOC for MiQP. We used three total stations. In the future we muse
ensure logging software is functional before the contest starts. -
W8OAK Good Contest, Nice job -
W8VY We enjoyed this annual event which has
developed into quite the social opportunity. Between QSOs we enjoyed a delicious
steak dinner with lots and lots of radio friends. Our club, W8ZHO can really do
a social event. And we're learning the fun in radio contesting. Thanks to the
organizers of the MiQP for their work in making this such a fun opportunity! -
W8ZHO Unfortunately I was only
able to work the last 20 minutes of the contest on 80 meters -
W9QL Once again, not enough
time to participate fully. Still, it was a great time. I never checked 20M. I
wasn't home when there was a possibility there -
WA0MHJ Operated from Tennessee -
WA4JA This was my first time using a
contest logging program live. My tnx to all for being patient with me- HI! IT
was lots of fun - hope to CU all next year - WI8A
What's a DX window on 80 meters? - WZ8T