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Wow, that was exhilarating!    But before I go further, let me make something absolutely clear.   I don’t pretend to be a contester.   I don’t pretend to be a contender.    I’m just really having a lot of fun operating the QSO parties.

The FQP has been the most enjoyable so far.   I never work 20m.   But, I [...]

Time for the FLQSO Party.   This will be my first time participating.   Hopefully propogation will be good enough, and I’ll have some sort of attention span and keen awareness of where the activity is so that I can get a few points!

Full details at http://www.floridaqsoparty.org/

Hope to hear you on the air!

Mike

The MiQP 2007, sponsored by the Mad River Radio Club, has come and gone.   I participated and had much fun!

I only had 38 QSOs, but that’s almost double what I did in the GQP.    Mostly CW.   Worked both 40 (13 CW, 5 SSB) and 80 (20 CW).   My total claimed score was 1,988 points (WOW! [...]

The 2007 Georgia QSO Party has come and (almost) gone.   Yes I did participate.   By my calculations (subject to change after formal review), I garnered 600 points thanks to 20 CW QSOs with 15 counties on 40m and 20m.    This is hardly stellar performance folks.   I realize this.   But i’ve always been one to half-ass [...]