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USING INDOOR MAG-LOOP ANTENNAS AA0CL
OPERATED PORTABLE AT POTA K-7007 IN WV ON BATTERY POWER WITH ENDFED ANTENNA SLUNG IN TREE AS DAY WORE ON HAD TO REDUCE POWER OUTPUT AS BATTERY WAS GETTING LOW ALSO HAD TO USE TUNER FOR 80 M. BAND PROPAGATION WAS VERY UNSTABLE, SOME STATION SIGNALS CHANGED FROM 5/9 TO 4/4 DURING TRANSMISSION. AB1A AB1A
JUST A FEW POINTS DL3DXX
IC-7410, 100W, 2EL DL4FN
SKOOKUMLOGGER K3S KPA1500 2EL 40 + TRIBANDER + WIRES K1GQ
WOW, LOTS OF INSTANT QSB! WAS THRILLED TO WORK SOME NEW COUNTIES. USED THE CLUSTER, SO MULTIOP. K1RO
I AM FROM MICHIGAN AND I LIKE TO ENTER THIS QSO PARTY. GLAD IWAS ABLE TO WORK MY HOME COUNTY OF JACKSON. CONDITIONS SEEMEDREALLY POOR. I THINK IT SHOULD BE TWO DAYS NOT JUST ONE DAY. K8LF
LAST HOUR WAS A DUMPSTER FIRE, BUT OVERALL TURNOUT AND CONDITIONS WERE GREAT! K8TS
FUN CONTEST THANKS FOR HAVING IT. 73 MATT KA0PQW KA0PQW
26 COUNTIES 35 STATES 2 CANADA 3 DUPES63 MULTIPLIER KA8JBK
NUMBER 13 NOT USED AS SERIAL IN LOG KB5GI
A PERSONAL BEST, WAS GREAT TO BE BACK IN MY NORMAL SHACK! HAD FUN, 73! KB8ZGL
50 WATTS TO A DIPOLE UP 45′. THANKS FOR THE PARTY! C U NEXT TIME, 73, DAN KE0TT KE0TT
LOW POWERROOKIE KE8MOA
GREAT JOB WITH THE PARTY! 73, KE8PJT KE8PJT
LOST TRACK OF MY NUMBERS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10 AND 15 KJ9C
THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH THE BAND NOISE CONDX. ALWAYS HAPPY TO WORK MY HOME STATE OF BEAUTIFUL MICHIGAN. KR4EE
JUST THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE SOME MULTIPLIERS OUT. BANDS WERE PRETTYROUGH HERE IN VAN BUREN COUNTY. HOPE EVERYONE HAD FUN. HEARD NO LOVEFROM THE NET BOUND AND RAG CHEWERS FOR SOME CALLING CQ ON “THEIRFREQUENCY” EVEN THOUGH THE STATIONS CALLING CQ WERE THERE FIRST. BOYOH BOY THAT IS WHAT THE BIG KNOB IS FOR. 73 DE KR8U KR8U
TOO CLOSE FOR MUCH EXCEPT THE UP. NE9U WAS A REAL WORKHORSE WITHA GREAT SIGNAL. THANKS – 73 TOM RIG = TENTEC EAGLE @ 100WATTS ANTENNA = MAG LOOP (40 THRU 15) AND AN ISOTRON-80 INATTIC 12′ ABOVE GARAGE FLOOR AND AN INDOOR 10 METER DIPOLE. KV8Q
NOISY BANDS SATURDAY. GOT BETTER LATER BUT NOT MUCH. N0YH
80 WATTS TO A 4010 ENDED N1IBQ
1ST TIME IN THE MI QSO PARTY. HAD A GREAT TIME. N8BZN
FIRST TIMER IN THIS CONTEST. ONLY SPENT ABOUT 3 HOURSOPERATING, BUT HAD SOME FUN.NEXT YEAR? N8DE
2 HOURS OF OPERATNG TIME THIS YEAR. N8HKU
OPERATED FROM THE LIVONIA POLLICE DEPARTMENT EOC. N8LPD
BANDS TERRIBLE DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS, 75 GOT BETTER AFTER DARK, STILL NOT ANYTHING TO BRAG ABOUT. PARTICIPATION WAS WAY DOWN COMPARED TO GOOD YEARS N8NJA
IC-7100, NVL OR LOOP, SINGLE PADDLE, ARDUINO KEYER. TU ALL GL 73. N8VWY
PORTABLE IN MASON COUNTY NW8E
SO HP ASSISTED OM2VL
FT-450D @5W, 40/80M FAN DIPOLE @40FT VE3DQN
BROKE MY LOG PROGRAM RUNNING 3 EVENTS AT SAME TIME.STILL HAD FUN VE3ZY
THANKS TO ALL.VE9VIC VE9VIC
(25*2) + (24*1) = 74 * (15+16) = 2294 IN 1.8 HRS W0BH
RIG WAS FTDX101D AND BUTTERNUT VERTICAL.PROBLEM (NOW FIXED) INTERFACING W/COMPUTER SO ENTERED FREQ MANUALLY.I’M SURE I MISSED A LOT BUT THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HEARD ME. NEXT YR! W1END
TERRIBLE BAND CONDITIONS ON THIS END – STILL A FUN TIME! W1KDA
THANK YOU FOR SPONSORING THE CONTEST. MANY THANKS TO THE MOBILE AND PORTABLE STATIONS TOO. 73 – DAN, W1QK W1QK
DIDN’T READ THE RULES THOROUGHLY. I USED A SPOTTING NET, SO AM FORCED TOENTER AS A MULTI-OP. ARGGH! A GREAT QSO PARTY, THOUGH. THANKS TOTHE SPONSORS. W2AAB
THIS WAS MY FIRST HOME STATE QSO PARTY. JUST WISHED THIS CONTEST LASTED LONGER. IT WOULD BE NICE IF THERE WAS A STATEWIDE CONTEST REMAINDER, QRZ EMAIL ALERT TO ALL OPS IN STATE. HAD GOOD FUN AND LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE MIQP’S IN THE FUTURE! W8DBC
BAND CONDITIONS WERE VERY POOR, BUT IT WAS STILL FUN BEING PART OF THE GRAND RAPIDS TEAM. W8DC
JUST GOT ON FOR ABOUT AN HOUR W8LVN
THANKS FOR QSO PARTY. WA1SAY
EATON COUNTY WB8LZG
SOFTWARE ISSUES I DIDN’T FIND OUT UNTILL TO LATE. LIKE 029 I DIDN’T WORK HIM OR ANY CW ALSO DELETED A CONTACT IN THE 60’S SO THEIR COULD BE UP TO 6 ERRORS AND SERIAL # MAYBE OUT OF ORDER? SORRY MY FIRST TIME AND I HAD A BALL, THANKS FOR RUNNING THE CONTEST. WK8P
THIS WAS ANOTHER WQ6X LAST-MINUTE REMOTE OPERATIONFROM NX6T IN FALLBROOK.IN BETWEEN SHIFTS DURING THE CQMM GIG I WAS LOOKING FOR MIQP STATIONS.READ MORE ABOUT THIS AT: HTTP://WQ6X.BLOGSPOT.COM WQ6X
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