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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>This was a fun contest. Thanks to all who participated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>BAND CW PH MULTS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>==========================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>80 47 32 23 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>40 215 57 75 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>20 65 1 16 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>15 0 0 0 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>10 0 0 0 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Contact Points: CW(327 * 2) + PH(90 * 1) = 744<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Multipliers = 114 OH Counties/States/Provinces (66 cw + 48 ph)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Claimed Score: 84816<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><u><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>County</span></u><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> <u>Qs</u> <u>Minutes</u> <u>Rate (Qs per hour)</u><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>AUGL 37 35 63<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>HARD 40 47 51<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>LOGA 37 46 48<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>SHEL 45 45 60<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>MIAM 47 51 55<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>CLAR 57 89 38<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>WARR 83 75 66<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>BUTL 83 84 59<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>The low rate in CLAR was disappointing. I allocated extra operating time in the schedule for Clarke because I thought I might be the only CW station on in the county. From previous mobile experience in state QSO parties, the early evening does seem to be a slack time; perhaps because out-of-staters are eating supper or perhaps the propagation switch from daylight to dark. The rate was much higher in the next county, Warren, in spite of the great activity in Warren. It took nearly an hour to drive from Clarke to Warren and it was completely dark at 9:00 PM when I commenced operating.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>I worked 45 counties, 33 states/provinces and 3 EU countries. I park to operate and the actual operating time was 8 hours, with 4 hours off the air while driving. The round-trip, home to home, covered 294 miles. The mobile setup was a K3 and hamsticks. DL2HBX and K8FH were worked most frequently, 7 times each. TN seemed to be the most abundant state while DELA was the most frequently worked county. Of all the stations I worked, my favorite callsign was KE8M. Another great callsign heard was AE8I, but I was unable to work him.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>The total Qs of 417 was up about 30% from 2010. I tried 75 and 80 early in the afternoon but not many stations were heard or worked. 40M SSB was also unproductive in the afternoon as my puny mobile signal got buried in the QRM. I lived on 40 and 20 CW during the afternoon. After dark 75/80 became productive and 40 SSB was superb. I had a run on 40 SSB of 35 Qs in 18 minutes which included 16 new multipliers. This run included states from KY to UT and AZ and 10 OH counties. Bliss would be an entire contest like that 18 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>The weather was perfect. When I parked to operate, I opened the windows and a moderate breeze kept the inside of the car comfortable. This was a welcome contrast to the snow and rain last April while mobile in the MI QP. The only incident occurred while operating from a park in the unincorporated village of Roundhead (about 200 people), Hardin County. A lady was walking her Basset Hound, a lovable looking but stupid breed (I had one). The dog seemed to be fascinated by my car and circled it several times while sniffing. To be friendly, as the dog and lady walked past my open window, I said “hello”. That was a mistake. The dog started barking, a deep and loud bark which did not stop. Operating became impossible.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>