[WIQPmail] How'd it go?

[swmiller tds.net]

I went up to Washburn Co. and operated fixed with my XYL, W9WJM.  Did well
on 10m and 40m.  20m was very crowded and difficult to find a clean
frequency and hold it for very long.

Lots of other 9s in southern part of the state (Dane & Milwaukee) that I
couldn't hear on 20m, but that East Coast stations were telling me both of
us were within 1/2 a kHz of each other and they could hear both of us.
Found better luck on 10m, some 15m, and lots of good in-state and regional
contacts on 40m.

Still a lot of fun even though we only got to work 4.5 hours of the contest
and had to leave for home in Dane County at 5:30PM.

Good experience for my wife who got her license last year.  She did pretty
well handling the "pileups" for Washburn in her first real contest.

73,

Steve
KB9DFE


On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Wisconsin QSO Party <wiqp at warac.org>wrote:

>  Another WIQP in the books. Comments?
>
> Overall conditions seemed good but not as good as last year.  Lots of
> activity on 40 and 75ph was bedlam for the last hour. I was able to hear
> the CW mobiles on 40 during the whole period but a little light at times.
> Sounded like some big pileups.
>
> Wx was decent as far as I know.  How were the roads up north?
>
> It seemed like a lot of the less-populated counties were represented by
> fixed stations as well as mobiles. Were all 72 activated? We won't know for
> sure until the logs are processed.
>
> What were your experiences?
>
> Ryan, OWD reports antenna problems took him out of the game at Rock
> county, but a great job for a first-time mobiler.
>
> Over 100 logs in so far. Please encourage everyone to send 'em in!
>
>  - Tom, K9BTQ
>    WIQP Team
>
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