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I was only on for an hour at the beginning and a half hour at about 1045z.  I heard almost NOBODY.  I heard two people during that time calling WV or responding to WV, but I heard no WV.  I listened on 80/40/20 CW.  I don’t bother checking SSB.  Finally I heard three on 80m [...]

The WVQP is this weekend.  I’ve never operated in this contest, and I’ve got two things against me:  (1) I’m right next door, which will likely limit the bands to 40/80, and (2) there doesn’t seem to be much activity in this contest.

So how about it ?  If you’re an amateur radio op with nothing to [...]

Started the contest at 1600z.  Had made 54+ contacts by 1930z.  Something happened in N1MM Logger that threw an error.  I believe it was some keystroke I hit instead of CTRL-T.  It threw the error and then crashed the program.   When I brought it back up I was screwed – had lost at least 24 [...]

Sat 6/2/07 1600z – Sun 6/3/07 0400z

The Alabama QSO Party is upon us.  Dust off your key, hook up your mic, and start making some contacts.  I’m hoping to see a lot of activity on the air to work.  I’ve never participated in this QSO party before, but it looks like it’ll be a fun [...]

If you’ve read any of my previous comments, you’ll know that I don’t have a great antenna system.   Did the lack of stations heard have anything to do with this?   Or, is it that not many people participated in the 2007 Mid-Atlantic QSO Party?   I heard so few stations.   Those that I did hear I [...]

I love my mother and of course I’ll be there to celebrate Mothers Day with her and the rest of the family, but of course there is that part of me that wishes it wasn’t being celebrated [by us] this Saturday!   I’ll miss a significant portion of the 12-hour MAQP.   I’m pretty bummed about that.   [...]

I worked the 7th Call Area QSO Party.   I’ve never seen so many 7-calls come out of the woodwork.   I didn’t know my mediocre setup was capable of working so many west coasters.   I had great fun.  I predict that this contest is only going to get bigger and bigger.   There are some seriously dedicated [...]

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