Lou:

I'm sorry for the mis-information about Scott.  I don't know why I thought
he was a blind ham, and I do apologize.  I may be thinking of someone who is
a blind ham down in his part of Michigan, but the other possibilities escape
my aging memory at the moment.  (smile)


I worked Scott several times on 40 and 80.  Once on phone, and twice on CW.
His signal was not terribly strong, but he did quite well considering the
poor band conditions.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ


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Subject: Re: Michigan QSO Paarty Report: Kind of a strange deal

Tom,

Sorry I never heard you nor Scott. I searched mostly 40 and a bit of 80
later on. By the way, Scott is not a blind ham. At least, he better not be. 
He's a pilot by trade. But I'm glad you worked him again. He recently got a
K3 and was putting it through its paces in the MIQP. Props to you for
hanging in there. 73. Lou Lou Kolb Voice-over Artist:
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Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2014 11:12 PM
Subject: Michigan QSO Paarty Report: Kind of a strange deal


> Hi, all.
>
>
>
> It's getting late here, and tomorrow is going to be a rather busy 
> Easter Sunday, so I thought I'd give you a quick report on my Michigan 
> QSO Party effort.
>
>
>
> First of all, band conditions on 40 were extremely poor, especially at 
> the beginning of the contest.  I'd say that, for the first two hours 
> of the contest, I only heard a few Michigan stations, which was very 
> unlike the situation last year.
>
>
>
> The band did improve as the afternoon went on, but it did take a while.
>
>
>
> 80 was in better shape tonight, but even then, there were 
> substantially fewer people on the band than I recall being the case in
previous years.
>
>
>
> After a little more than 9 hours of operating, I put 255 contacts into 
> the log.  I'd estimate that almost half of those contacts were "out of
state"
> contacts.
>
>
>
> I did mostly CQing, and probably spent equal time on SSB and CW.
> Interestingly, I got a much greater number of CW contacts than SSB 
> contacts this time around.
>
>
>
> I did manage to work WD9GUT (Jim in Minesota), and a blind ham named Scott
> from a county in the southern part of the state.  His call was W8CUB, and 
> I
> believe Lou knows him rather well.  I also worked Paul (N4PN) from Georgia
> several times, which is always a neat bonus in any contest.
>
>
>
> I think that another reason for the lower than usual number of 
> participants
> was that this year's contest fell on Easter week-end, which is really
> unfortunate.
>
>
>
> Anyway, if anyone tried to work me, and I missed you, I truly do 
> apologize.
>
>
>
> This was just one of those days when the HF gods simply were not 
> completely
> on our side.
>
>
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>