Hi Tom,

I plan to be on today, mostly SSB, but since I am also dealing with a 
bit of a cold, I may have to dabble in the black art of CW somewhere 
along the line.  I'll listen for you.

Since you have some real unusual county names in Michigan, I spent about 
15 minutes the other  day modifying the JAWS dictionary manager for my 
Writelog software, so that  the full county name will be spoken when the 
4 letter abbreviation is  input.   Not really necessary, and more of a 
help when working  a station again on new band or mode but since county 
names don't change, it should be useful for years to come.


73 and good luck, Steve KW3A

On 4/20/2013 5:09 AM, Tom Behler wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> For anyone who is interested, today is the day for the Michigan QSO Party
> contest.  It will run from 12 noon to 12 midnight Eastern time.  You should
> find both SSB and CW activity on all of the usual HF contest bands, except
> for 160 meters.
>
> As luck would have it, I have come down with a sore throat associated with a
> cold or something, so I'm not sure what the day will bring for me, but I'll
> do what I can.  At least if SSB becomes too difficult, there's always CW.
>
> My county will be Mecosta County.
>
> I look forward to working at least some of you in the contest.
>
> On a related note, I am not sure what the contest will mean for the 40-meter
> round table this afternoon, but if someone wants to run it, and I come
> across it, I may just check in quickly to say  hello.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>
>