| VERY NOISY ON 40 & 80. TNX FER THE QS. | AA8TA |
| ENJOYED LOTS OF ACTIVITY FROM MI! THANKS FOR GOOD EARS/ANTENNASCOPYING MY 5-WATT QRP CW SIG FROM NEW JERSEY! | AC2YD |
| A GRAND TIME WAS HAD BY ALL. | AD8MP |
| SOON AS CONTEST STARTED THUNDERSTORMS MOVED IN AND LASTED DURING MOST OF THE CONTEST. HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO SHUT DOWN AND DISCONNECT ANTENNAS. | K2DFC |
| “GREETINGS FROM WARM AND SUNNY FLORIDA.” | K3TW |
| GLADWIN | K8EO |
| I HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO OPERATE FROM MY CABIN ROSC BUT I GOTTHE ITCH TO DO A ROVER OPERATION FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE THECONTEST STARTED. IN THE PAST I HAD DONE A FEW ROVER STYLEOPERATIONS IN MIQP BEFORE IT WAS A CATEGORY IN MIQP, SO I HAD ASTATION ALREADY ALL SET UP TO GO.MADE 143 QSOS IN 2 1/2 HOURS. CONDX ON 40M SEEMED DECENT, NOTGREAT BUT DECENT. I HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY VOICE-KEYER AND MYHEADPHONES BROKE WHILE THERE. I LOST AN EXTRA HOUR OF OPERATINGTIME STOPPING TO EAT AND BUY A CHEAP SET OF HEADPHONES IN MY NEXTCOUNTY WHICH WAS WEXF.FLAT WHILE I WAS THERE AND I ONLY MADE 79 QSOS. I DIDN’T WORKWEXF WHILE I WAS THERE BUT WORKED IT IN THE THREE OTHER COUNTIESI WAS IN, GO FIGURE. AFTER TWO AND A HALF HOURS I PACKED UP ANDHEADED FOR MISS. I SHOULD HAVE LEFT A HALF HOUR SOONER. THECOMMUTE FROM MY OPERATING SPOT IN WEXF TO MY MISS SPOT IS THELONGEST OF THE TRIP.GETTING NEAR SUNSET, 40 WAS IN BETTER SHAPE AND PEOPLE WERESTARTING TO SHOW UP ON 80M. I MADE 163 QSOS IN ABOUT 2 HOURSWHILE IN MISS, THE MOST OF THE TRIP. AT 10PM I STARTED TEARINGDOWN TO MOVE TO ROSC, MY LAST COUNTY FOR THE TRIP.GOT ON THE AIR WITH AN HOUR TO GO. I WAS PRETTY DISAPPOINTED BYHOW BAD THE BAND CONDX WERE BY THEN AND IT SEEMED LIKE THE QRNCHASED NEARLY EVERYONE OFF. I ONLY MADE 43 QSOS IN ROSC BEFORETHE CONTEST ENDED.TUNER.WAS TO SETUP AND TAKE DOWN. IT SEEMED TO TX/RX WELL ENOUGH FORWHAT I WAS USING IT FOR.ISSUES WITH MY VOICE-KEYER SETUP, IT JUST NEVER SEEMS TO WORKPROPERLY WHEN I DO A ROVER OPERATION. I CAN ONLY OPERATE ABOUT ANHOUR ON PHONE BEFORE MY VOICE GIVES OUT FROM CALLING CQ.STILL AMAZED AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THINK I’M A “DUPE” EVENTHOUGH I’VE CHANGED COUNTIES AND I’M FAIR GAME AGAIN.WAS BEAUTIFUL FOR AN APRIL DAY IN MICHIGAN AND IT MADE SETUP ANDTEAR DOWN MUCH EASIER THAN IT COULD HAVE BEEN. I SAW LOTS OF DEERAND TURKEYS DURING MY TRIP.AND ASK WHAT I WAS DOING EVEN THOUGH I WAS SET UP IN PUBLICPARKS. I DID GET A DOUBLE TAKE FROM SOME GUY DRIVING A SUV WITH AGEORGIA PLATE WHILE IN MANI BUT THAT WAS ABOUT IT.LIKE PARTICIPATION WAS DOWN THIS YEAR AND THE BAND CONDX WEREKIND OF “MEH” AT BEST. I ENDED UP WITH 51 MICHIGAN COUNTIES AND41 W/VE MULTS. | K8MM |
| DESPITE VERY NOISY CONDITIONS ON 40 AND 80 METERS LATER IN THE CONTEST, THE EVENT WAS A LOT OF FUN! | KB8TYJ |
| KD8FS & K0RC OPERATORS | KD8FS |
| ~3.5 WATTS FROM A (TR)USDX INTO A HOMEBREW END-FED HALF-WAVE. | KD8RGP |
| BANDS WERE ROUGH THIS TIME, C U NEXT TIME. 73, DAN KE0TT | KE0TT |
| PORTABLE QTH – FM29JW7 QSOS X 2 POINTS / CW CONTACT = 14 POINTS.14 POINTS X 7 UNIQUE COUNTIES = 98 POINTS.THANK YOU FOR THE 2023 MICHIGAN QSO PARTY. | KF3G |
| 26 QSO AND 19 MULTS… PROPAGATION WAS NOT GREAT HERE | KJ9C |
| NOT ENOUGH TIME IN THE CHAIR. | N5KF |
| HAD AN HOUR AVAILABLE TO GIVE OUT THE WYOMING MULT TO A FEW OPS. 73 | N7MZW |
| 40M WAS KING. 80M WAS DISAPPOINTING THIS YEAR. WE COULDN’T HEAR THE MOBILES TO FOLLOW THEM ON EITHER BAND. OTHERWISE, NICE QSO PARTY AS USUAL. 73 – N8ZSA (+ WF5X) | N8ZSA |
| IF YOU EVER EXPAND TO EVENING HOURS, THE NEARBY STATES WOULD LOVE WORKING YOU ON 40M AND 80M. | N9EEE |
| DID THE VARIOUS STATE QSO PARTIES ON SATURDAY FROM MY JEEP AS A POTA ACTIVATION (K-3408). | NN6U |
| THE POWER WAS LESS THEN 100 W.I RECEIVED MY FIRST LICENCE IN 2022.ALL QSO WERE MADE ON 40 METER BAND.I RESPECTED ALL THE RULES. | VE2GT |
| (4*2) + (11*1) = 19 * (4+9) = 247 IN 2.2 HRS | W0BH |
| RIG WAS FTDX101 AND BUTTERNUT VERTICAL.BETTER CONDITIONS ON 20M THIS YEAR HELPED. | W1END |
| USED THE SETUP IN MONROE TO INTRODUCE TWO NEW HAMS TO HF CONTESTING.BAND CONDITIONS SEEMED TO DROP OFF AS THE DAY PROGRESSED. UNABLE TOMAKE ANY QSOS ON 15M OR 10M.THANKS FOR THE QSOS AND 73! -RON (W8RU). | W8RU |
| NICE TO WORK OPS IN MICHIGAN – THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED, 73W9TCV | W9TCV |
| WHERE IS EVERYBODY? | WA1SAY |
| FINALLY GOT MY JK ANTENNA UP 80′. I DIDN’T HAVE ALL THE ROTOR CABLE SO STUCK IN NORTH POSITION! DID OK I GUESS. | WA6KHK |
| I AM IN SOUTH FLORIDA, BUT ALL THE RF IS COMING FROM MIDLAND, MI | WA8Y |
| THIS IS ANOTHER WQ6X FORAY INTO THE MIQP FROM THE SF EAST BAY.UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS ONLY THREE MI STATIONS WERE COPYABLE FROM W6.WHERE WERE THE REST OF THE MI STATIONS? BUMMER DEWD!LOOK FOR A WRITE-UP ON THIS GIG AT: HTTP://WQ6X.BLOGSPOT.COM | WQ6X |