Minnesota QSO Party - 2020
Call: AE0EE
Operator(s): AE0EE
Station: AE0EE
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: LES
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Summary:
Band CW-RTTY Qs Ph Qs
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160: 0 1
80: 90 34
40: 74 2
20: 77 15
15: 0
10: 0 0
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Total: 241 52 Mults = 83 Total Score = 48,638
Club: Bloomington Amateur Radio Assn
Comments:
100 W, dipoles up 5-10 m, CW keyed entirely on a Vibroplex bug.
The rate started out pretty well on 80, but died once I tried to move to SSB and
moved to higher bands. Throughout most of the day, I wasted a lot of time
trying to run (or even make a few contacts!) on SSB, with generally little to
show for it. The exception was a relatively early move to 80 SSB, where I was
able to find an open frequency very near the published target frequency and held
it as people started to move down.
I heard activity on 15 m FT8 (several occasions), so called for a while on CW at
the published frequency but to no avail. I even heard a few stations up there
(AC0W and another station were very close to the same frequency, but neither
could hear me). I went to 10 m at noon, first on CW then SSB, again, on the
published frequencies, but with no response. With 30 minutes or so to go, I
moved to 160 m and started calling. Again, no response. I tried 160 m SSB,
worked one lonely station (new one for both of us!), and that was the only other
station I heard that was involved in MNQP on 160 m.
For multipliers, I worked 42 non-MN states, 4 provinces, and DX (including F,
DL, and OM, but only as a single DX multiplier). That leaves 36 counties (of
87) worked. I managed to get LES thanks to N0HJZ/m---I was worried I might miss
my own county!
Overall, activity seemed down, as did propagation. I had hoped to work OM2VL on
80 m (need OM for DXCC) like I had a couple years ago with the 1x1 callsign, but
it wasn't to be. He was loud on 40 m CW, though!
I'm looking forward to improving my score in this event next year. I may decide
to forego SSB altogether, though it did provide some needed mults.
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