[ILQSO] K8MR IQP Results

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

 Illinois QSO Party
 
Call: K8MR
Operator(s): K8MR
Station: K8MR
 
Class: Fixed HP
QTH: Ohio
Operating Time (hrs): 3
 
Summary:
Band  CW-Dig Qs  Ph  Qs
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160:                 
80:                 
40:     80       104
20:                 
15:                 
10:                 
6:                 
2:                 
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Total:      80      104  Mults = 75  Total Score =  19,800
 
Club: Mad River Radio Club
 
Comments:
 
People of Illinois: I feel your pain. We've had much the same situation the  
last
two years in Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, little in state  propagation 
on 40
(or above), while people 500 miles away were booming  in.
 
This weekend I took advantage of that for a few hours, turning on the amp  to 
be
as loud as possible in Illinois, and went at it until I had to leave  for work
about 4 pm EDT. Good activity on both modes, even if you couldn't  hear each
other. Most of my SSB qsos were by CQing. High point was the last 3  "qsos",
when N9FN (4 counties), W9TY (3) and AA9LT (3) called in on SSB in a  row. 
That
got my NA 10-qso timer to the highest I've ever seen,  579/hour  :>)
 
I too hope for some sunspots ASAP, especially by my next trip out for  the
Michigan QSO Party in April.
 
73  -  Jim   K8MR
 
 



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