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BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. SIGNALS SEEMED SOMEWHAT WEAK OVERALL AND IT TOOK A FAIRAA4TI
SEEMED LIKE MORE ACTIVITY THIS YEAR EVEN THOUGH I HAD LIMITEDTIME DUE TO FAMILY EVENTS. 80 METERS WAS NOISY HERE FOR SOMEREASON, 40 METERS WAS GOOD BUT TOO CLOSE FOR 20 OR HIGHER. TNXFER THE QS.AA8TA
OPERATING POTA IN OHAB1A
I ENJOY WORKING STATIONS IN MICHIGAN WHERE I GREW UP AND GOT MYFIRST HAM LICENSE. BEING EASTER WEEKEND I DID NOT HAVE MUCH TIMETO OPERATE. I DID BEAT MY SCORE FROM LAST YEAR. I WANTED TOWORK JACKSON COUNTY BUT DID NOT CATCH A STATION FROM JACKSONCOUNTY.K8LF
PART-TIME EFFORT WHILE I WORKED ON SOME PROJECTS INSIDE MY CABIN. IESTIMATE AROUND 8 HOURS OF BUTT IN CHAIR TIME. ALMOST DIDN’T GET ONFOR THIS ONE BUT CHANGED MY MIND WHEN I DIDN’T SEE ANY SCHEDULEDACTIVITY FOR ROSCOMMON COUNTY. RIG: K2/100W – SO1R AND AMULTI-BAND DIPOLE AT 40FT. NO SPOTTING ASSISTANCE. SEE YOU GUYSNEXT YEAR. 73,IAN – K8MMK8MM
I HAD FUN IN THE MICHIGAN QSO PARTY. I RUN QRP FROM MY PHILADELPHIACONDO.KA3TTT
40 COUNTIES 34 STATES 1 CANADIAN PROVINCE4 DUPESKA8JBK
ROVE OAKL, LIVI, WAYNKB3CMT
FUN EVENT!KC8ULE
A SPECIAL THANKS TO THOSE WHO WORKED MY WEAK QRP SIGNAL. THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORT.KC9BKS
100 WATTS TO A PAIR OF DIPOLES UP 40 TO 45′. THANKS FOR THE FUN! DECENT CONDX ON 40 AND 80M FROM HERE. C U NEXT TIME, 73, DAN KE0TTKE0TT
I AM 10 YEARS OLD. THIS WAS MY FIRST CONTEST.KE8TXD
PLANNED TO WORK PHONE ONLY BUT BAND CONDITIONS RUFF AND SLOW START SO I SWITCHED TO CW WHERE THINGS WEREN’T MUCH BETTER BUT AT LEAST I DIDN’T GET SKUNKED!KE9V
PORTABLE QTH – FM29JW8 QSOS X 2 POINTS / CW CONTACT = 16 POINTS.16 POINTS X 7 UNIQUE COUNTIES = 112 POINTS.THANK YOU FOR THE 2022 MICHIGAN QSO PARTY.KF3G
I HAD A GREAT TIME IN THE 2022 MICHIGAN QSO PARTY! THANKS TOORGANIZERS, OPERATORS AND MY FAMILY! -73 DE KF4QFJ, JEROMEKF4QFJ
GREAT TIME AND GOOD SIGNALS. BETWEEN EASTER, PREPARING FOR SUNDAY’S SERVICE, COOKING AND FAMILY FROM OUT-OF-TOWN, IT WAS TOUGH SQUEEZING THIS IN. NEXT YEAR I NEED TO DO MORE CW.KN8N
THANKS FOR THE FUN HANDING OUT MULTIPLIERS 73 DE KR8UKR8U
SIGNALS TO WWA REALLY BAD BECAUSE OF THE SOLAR ACTIVITY. NICE TO WORK THE PERATORS I HEARD THANKS AND SEE YOU NEXT YEARN7AME
ICOM IC-7300, HEIL PROMICRO HEADSET ON VOX, VECTRONICS VC-300DLP MANUAL TUNER FOR 80 ONLY, AND A MODIFIED ZS6BKW UP 50 FEET, RUNNING N-S AT 6,053 FEET ELEVATION FROM LARAMIE COUNTY WYOMING. RECENT SOLAR STORMS DID NOT DO US ANY FAVORS FOR THIS WEEKEND’S CONTEST, BUT I GAVE OUT THE WYOMING MULT TO A FEW FOLKS IN LIEU OF A CHOCOLATE BUNNY. NOVEMBER SEVEN MANY ZEBRAS WALKINGN7MZW
I’M HAPPY I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE EVEN IF IT WAS FORONLY A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME. USED SD FOR LOGGING.THANKS FOR THE QS AND THE OPPORTUNITY. I HOPE TO SEEYOU ALL NEXT YEAR. 73, WILL, NQ2WNQ2W
100 W,3 ELE YAGISP6JOE
VERY SHORT OPERATING TIME FOR ME IN THE MIQP AS I SWITCHED TO ONQP ANDUSED ANOTHER LOGGING PROGRAM.VA3RSA
MOSTLY HEARD CQ MM. VEY LITTLE MI OR ON STATIONSVA6RCN
THANKS FOR NEW RULES: NO MORE ASSISTED CATEGORIES = MULTI-OP AND CHANGE FROM QSO# TO RSTVE2GT
(242) + (421) = 90 * (14+25) = 3510 IN 2.2 HRSLOGS DUE IN 7 DAYSHTTPS://MIQP.ORG/INDEX.PHP/SUBMIT-LOG/SUBMITTED 21 APR 2022W0BH
RIG WAS FTDX101 AND BUTTERNUT VERTICAL.FOUND MORE THAN LAST YEAR. HOPE IT CONTINUES.W1END
THANKS FOR THE CONTACTS. THANKS FOR SPONSORING THE QSO PARTY. 73- DAN, W1QKW1QK
W3TB FRANKLIN, TNW3TB
WAS A FUN TIME. BAND CONDITIONS COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER BUT STILL OK. LIKED THE FORMAT WITHOUT THE SERIAL AND I GUESS THE NEXT THING WOULD BE TO ADD DIGITAL, MAYBE PSK31. THANKS TO THE MAD RIVER RADIO CLUB FOR DOING THE CONTEST.W8DW
GAVE UP ON THE NA SPRINT CONTEST AND SPENT A FEW HOURS PUTTING THE CLUP STATION ON THE AIR..W8GTZ
GREAT BAND CONDITIONS AND A PERSONAL BEST FOR ME. THANK YOU TOEVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED.W8JJ
AT THE LAST MINUTE ON SATURDAY I DECIDED TO PUT TOGETHERA ROVER STATION AND COVER MCLM, MECO, NEWA, AND LAKE COUNTIES.AS A RESULT OF MAKING NO PREPARATIONS, I STRUGGLED TO PULL TOGETHERANTENNAS AND EQUIPMENT AND GET THEM ALL LOADED INTO THE VAN.I FINALLY HIT THE ROAD AT 1600UTC AND IT WAS A 2HR DRIVETO MCLM, SO I STARTED IN A HOLE TIME-WISE. 40M WAS IN GOODSHAPE BUT I COULD NOT GET ANY ANSWERS TO CQS ON 20M, NORCOULD I HEAR ANYONE ELSE ON THAT BAND. MR. MURPHY SHOWEDUP EARLY AND MANIFESTED HIMSELF THRU A FAILED DEEP-CYCLEBATTERY. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO USE THE AUTOMOTIVEJUMPER CABLES AND THE CAR’S BATTERY TO GET THE RADIOPOWERED BACK UP. DRIVE TIMES BETWEEN COUNTY SITES WEREMUCH LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED DUE TO THE LACK OF PLANNING,SO I HAD TO PUNT GOING TO LAKE. ACTIVITY LEVELS ON 40MWERE VERY GOOD, BUT THE 20M SITUATION PERSISTED ALL AFTERNOONAND WAS DISAPPOINTING TO SAY THE LEAST. THERE WERE SNOWFLURRIES FOR MOST OF THE TRIP BUT FORTUNATELY THEY DIDN’T IMPACTDRIVING. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN DESPITE THE SETBACKS.THANKS FOR THE QSOS AND 73! -RON (W8RU).W8RU
A GREAT CASUAL CONTEST.W8WWP
THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED! 73, W9TCVW9TCV
THANKS FOR QSO PARTY.WA1SAY
USED G90 – 20W – EFHW AT 30′. FUN!!WA2CNV
FUN CONTEST: NOT A SERIOUS EFFORT. NOISY BANDS.WB4E
40 WAS USABLE UP UNTIL 2200 LOCAL. TOO BAD I WAS 2 HOURS LATE STARTING, AND A HUGE BREAK MID-EVENING FOR FAMILY EASTER ACTIVITIES. NO 80 MTR AS PORTABLE FROM LAPEER AND THE ANTENNA DIDN’T SUPPORT IT. KA6BIM WAS MY ONLY OR STN, MY ONLY CONTACT ON 15M, AND I WORKED HIM ON BOTH 20 AND 40 M! 73 – WF5XWF5X
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