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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I will speak to this from both IN STATE and OUT OF STATE.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">In State:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">In the past years that I have set up shop in the Super 8 parking lot in Dodgeville (Iowa County) I have tried 20m SSB specifically and had DISMAL results at best making ANY Qs. Not sure if it is a time of year thing, since I have similar results in Winter Field Day (from multiple different states) or just what the problem is. So not sure it is a promotion thing or just a conditions thing. I have not tried 20m CW from WI in the QP yet, did for Field Day and it worked well. I know by June when I do the KY QSO Party I still have dismal results on 20m SSB but 20m CW has absolutely rocked. 40m has always been my money band in WI (QP and FD both).</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Out of state:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Granted, I am in OH so I am close enough for 40m. The gaggle of guys on 40m worked great for me! A couple times I had the amp in stand by after re-tuning from CW to SSB or the other direction and still busted the pile up with a mere 24 to 32 watts.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I have had similar results the first weekend in May doing IN QSO Party. At the end of August doing OH QSO Party 20m is money all contest long. Saturday I was trying my best to work some OK and ID QSO Party contacts and I ended up with 1 OK on 20m SSB and 1 ID on SSB and 1 ID on RTTY, and that was it. Otherwise 20m was ALL DX. 10m was HOT all weekend, if you wanted to work everyone in PY, LU, and CE.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Just one guy's observation from West-Central Ohio and South-West Wisconsin over a few years.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Rob KB8UEY</div><div><br></div>
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On Monday, March 11, 2024 at 10:22:53 PM UTC, Joe via WIQP-Mail <wiqp-mail@warac.org> wrote:
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<div class="ydp864caa8dyiv1795896351moz-cite-prefix">On 3/11/2024 5:17 PM, Joe wrote:<br>
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<font size="4" face="Consolas">I wonder how we can promote more
Wisconsin Stations to operate on 20 and up more.<br>
I understand there are more mults to be grabbed on 80/40 for the
Wisconsin Stations.<br>
Just seems like the contest is a WIQP, and only for Wisconsin
Stations.<br>
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I did the upper bands as much as possible, but the RUNS were
just not there to be had.<br>
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Joe WB9SBD</font></blockquote>
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