[ILQSO] Illinois QSO Party

[Hank Greeb]

Since you asked:

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	OhQP N1L(N8XX) Single Op QRP
Date: 	Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:23:15 -0400
From: 	Hank Greeb <n8xx at arrl.org>
To: 	Ohio QSO <ohqp-mail at ohqp.org>


                     Ohio QSO Party

Call: N1L
Operator(s): N8XX
Station: N8XX

Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: BROWN County
Operating Time (hrs): 10

Summary:
  Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
--------------------
    80:   66     32
    40:   50     43
    20:    7      0
    15:    0      0
    10:    0      0
--------------------
Total:  123     75  CW Mults = 59  Ph Mults = 50  Total Score = 34,989

Ask me why I decided on the special event call?  :)

Silly Sideband/Phone is more of a challenge, but when you're in a county 
where one is the only fixed station, it makes it much easier.  BROWn 
county Ohio hasn't had a resident station in as long as I can remember.  
When folks "spotted me" it was even more interesting.  I'd encourage you 
to urge folks to "spot" other, especially in the rare counties.  It IS 
possible to turn off the incoming spots so you can spot folks on the 
DXclusters.  I don't see a prohibition on using incoming DX Cluster info 
during ILQP - so maybe this doesn't apply to the ILQP?

On 9/6/2011 7:58 PM, Jim Funk wrote:
> Hank, you do certainly do well with low power.  Can you convey some idea of what percentage of your contacts are typically on CW as opposed to phone modes?  I guess my recommendation to Frank was based upon the assumption (ooops) that he would be running primary phone?  Certainly CW with 5 watts can be very effective.