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
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
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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
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>