[WIQPmail] W9I - Iowa County

[Robert Lunsford]

 Band   Mode  QSOs     Pts  Mul  Mt2  Pt/Q   3.5  CW      18      36    3    0   2.0   3.5  LSB    111     111   44    0   1.0     7  CW       1       2    1    1   2.0     7  LSB     19      19   10    0   1.0 Total  Both   149     168   58    1   1.1Score: 14,8681 Mult = 2.5 Q's
Ended up with RF getting back in to my WinKeyer/computer and left the straight key and paddles back in Kettering, OH so CW did not go as planned.  Then had a failure of my 80m Hamstick (10 years old and traveled eerywhere from WI to ME and KY to VA so I got my $14 worth out of it.  So was out for a hair over an hour while I ran to WalMart and grabbed 100 feet of speaker wire and some plastic caribeaners to use as end insulators.  Then back to my hotel room and a little quick build of a 75m dipole.  I managed more contacts on 75m with the quickie built dipole than I did on either band on the hamsticks.  Was able to use programmed memories in my radio to bag a few CW contacts.  Also found out the hard way the snow between the hotel and Pizza Hut was a good bit deeper that I anticipated as I sunk to mid thigh while hanging the dipole.  Hope the addition of Iowa County helped a few folks.  73 for now from Ohio!
Rob KB8UEY (W9I Iowa County)
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