Wisconsin QSO Party - 2022
Call: WI9WI
Operator(s): WI9WI
Station: WI9WI
Class: SO Mobile LP
QTH: 5 counties
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band CW-Dig Qs Ph Qs
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160: 0 0
80: 0 0
40: 280 0
20: 99 0
15: 0 0
10: 0 0
6: 0 0
2: 0 0
UHF: 0 0
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Total: 379 0 Mults = 63 Total Score = 75,268.0
Club: Four Lakes ARC
Comments:
This was my 27th year of doing the WIQP solo mobile. The first was in 1994, and
I missed 2013 when we were out of the country and 2016 while recovering from
some serious leg surgery. Since finishing my goal of operating solo mobile in
every WI county a couple of years ago I have operated the past 2 years from some
of the rarer northern tier counties. This year I went up to our cabin in Sawyer
county Saturday morning. After getting there and warming the place up from 18
deg to a livable temperature I spent some time getting the car ready. Sunday I
got up early and finished up getting the station together and headed south to
Rusk County. The drive down took longer than anticipated due to overnight snow
and somewhat icy roads. I got there a bit later than planned. Then I had my only
real problem of the day when my computer and microHam keyer refused to
communicate. After about 20 minutes of rebooting everything, changing a cable,
changing ports, yada yada, it suddenly worked for reasons I couldn't fathom. so
I was on the air finally. Rusk is a rare seldom activated county, and is quite
popular when I am there. Forty six minutes of operation yielded 75 QSOs. Then a
short 2 mile drive to Sawyer for 76 minutes yielding 97 QSOs. Next was Price, a
short drive for 87 QSOs in 47 minutes. Then it was a long drive to Ashland, so I
was off the air for well over an hour. I don't operate while driving for safety
reasons. I only do CW. When I got to my favorite spot at the Torch River
Trailhead there was a guy taking down an antenna in a tree. It was KB9??? who
was doing a POTA activation. We had a brief eyeball then I was on from Ashland
for 52 minutes and 90 QSOs. It's a short hop to Bayfield from there. I made only
32 QSOs in 25 minutes. Twenty and forty had dried up by this time, and I was
getting cold. I was having some sort of minor problem with the BugCatcher on 80.
The tuner wouldn't hold a tune. Rather than try to troubleshoot in the dark and
cold I decided to quit about 30 minutes early and drive to my friends place near
Glidden (the Black Bear Capital of the World)for a beer, dinner and a sleep. End
of story. Thanks to all for the QSOs and mults.
Gear: K3, microHam keyer, Big LiPo battery, netbook computer, 20 meter hamstick,
BugCatcher for 40 (and 80 when it works)
73
Jim WI9WI
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