[FQP] Florida QSO Party

[Georgek5kg at aol.com]

Ken,
 
I certainly want to thank you for giving the FQP the old college try from  
ND.  Too bad that you only worked 4 stations.  Yes, condx were pretty  poor 
much of the time.
 
We managed to work N7IV and KE0A in ND.  Worked N7IV on both CW and  SSB 
from one county.  Worked KE0A numerous times in several counties, both  modes. 
 All in all, there will be a lot of precious ND contacts in the FQP  logs 
for many of us this year.
 
Too bad about you having another blizzard.  When does spring arrive up  
there?
 
We did well in the FQP.  2298 Qsos and many mults and some dx,  especially 
in Europe.
 
73 for now.
 
Geo...
 
George  Wagner, K5KG
Sarasota, FL 
941-400-1960 cell  

 
In a message dated 5/1/2011 9:49:53 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
dakclock at beu.midco.net writes:

George, 
I was there, I called  CQ Florida, listened for Florida stations, I  racked 
up a grand total of 4, yes, just four Q’s for one hard  hours work.  Almost 
the only thing I heard were 3-4 big contest stations  calling Florida. I 
did not hear  a single Florida station. 
Fifteen meters was  completely dead, not even a heterodyne.  Forty not  
much better, the only activity was on 20 and it was a bust for  sure. 
I tried CW, the code  was too fast for me, I was out of my league. 
Another day, another  time, condx were absolutely awful. 
How did you  do? 
We had  a terrific blizzard here, it was not safe to venture out on the  
roads.  The entire highway system of ND was shut down.  In ND if you drive 
when the roads  are listed as shut, it is a $1000 fine.  The state patrol puts 
a car on  top of the overpasses and watches, they actively enforce this law, 
they mean business. 
73,  K0HL 
Ken Muggli 
701-348-9133 
dakclock at beu.midco.net