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| OHQP HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVORITE SQP. I’VE PARTICIPATED FOR MANY YEARS FROM OHIO, COSTA RICA AND FLORIDA. I WAS HOPING FOR A NEW PERSONAL HIGH QSO COUNT THIS YEAR BUT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH TERRIBLE PROPAGATION FROM HERE IN FLORIDA. I DIDN’T HEAR ANY OH STATIONS ON 40 DURING THE AFTERNOON, WHICH IS UNUSUAL. 20 METERS WAS NOT VERY PRODUCTIVE EITHER. 40 METERS AFTER DARK WAS OK. 80 WAS A CHALLENGE WITH MY LITTLE ANTENNA SYSTEM. ALL IN ALL, MY QSO COUNT WAS HALF OF LAST YEAR, BUT I STILL ENJOYED THE PARTY. NEXT YEAR I WILL GIVE IT ANOTHER GO… | AA4TI |
| MADE A HUGE MISTAKE IN THINKING THAT THIS YEAR MIGHT BE SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR; THIS YEAR DID NOT COME CLOSE. LOST A LOT OF TIME DURING THE DAY TO UNEXPECTED EVENTS THEN HAD TROUBLE FINDING CONTACTS. COULD NOT THE HEAR MOBILES VERY WELL. DEAD, 20 SOMEWHAT OK, 40 METERS HAD ITS MOMENTS AND 80 METERS WAS VERY NOISY. HAD A LOT OF DIFFICULTY PULLING OUT CALLERS ON 80. |
AA8TA |
| OPERATED PORTABLE ON SOLAR PANELS / BATTERIES FROM WOLF RUN SP, REALLY TOUGH FINDING OTHER OH STATIONS AMONG ALL THE OTHER RADIO CLUTTER. THX 4 ALL THE OH CONTACTS | AB1A |
| ONLY ABLE TO WORK 2 HOURS BUT I ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE! | K0HIO |
| (2*2) + (4*1) = 8 * (1+3) = 32 | K0S |
| VERY NICE CONTEST. | K3GWK |
| “ACTIVITY FROM OHIO WAS LESS THAN LAST YEAR.” | K3TW |
| CONDITIONS WERE NOT GREAT. SPENT A FEW HOURS IN THE CONTEST. IC-7300 WITH SPE EXPERT 1K-FA AND WIRE ANTENNAS. |
K4QD |
| I HAD A LATE START DUE TO GOING TO THE W8DXCC IN CINCINNATI! | K4YJ |
| FUN CONTEST THANKS FOR HAVING IT. 73 MATT KA0PQW | KA0PQW |
| I HAD FUN | KB8ZR |
| REALLY FUN TO WORK WC8VOA, A STATION WE VISITED PRIOR TO THE DAYTON HAMVENTION. -MADE THE CONTEST VERY SPECIAL. |
KE6GFI |
| I WAS RECENTLY LICENSED DUE TO THE 2020 COVID QUARANTINE. I LOVE PORTABLE OPERATIONS. SO I WANTED TO GIVE THIS A TRY. THIS WAS MY FIRST OHIO QSO PARTY, AND I HAD A BLAST. | KE8ONI |
| OPERATED FROM FM29JW CW CONTACTS: 13 UNIQUE COUNTIES: 12 13 CW QSOS X 2 CW MULTIPLIER = 26 CW QSO POINTS 26 QSO POINTS X 12 UNIQUE COUNTIES = 312 POINTS THANK YOU FOR THE 2021 OHIO QSO PARTY. |
KF3G |
| A FEW MINUTES TO SPARE | KJ9C |
| STARTED WITH SOME NICE SHORT SKIP ON 40 WORKING 15 OH COUNTIES IN THE 1ST HALF HOUR. THEN IT WENT LONG, AS USUAL. WITH THE A INDEX HOVERING AROUND 20, IT WAS QUITE A NOISY EVENT, ESPECIALLY ON 80 WITH ALL INDOOR ANTENNAS. FOUND ACTIVITY ON 80 ALMOST ANYTIME DURING THE DAY TO HELP PICK UP MORE OH COUNTIES. A BIG THANKS TO K8MR, K8O, K8RYU, AND N8KR WITH LOTS OF OH COUNTIES AS WELL – ALL GREAT CW OPS. GLAD TO HAVE OTHER FOLKS STOP BY OUR PARTY. SEE YOU ALL AGAIN NEXT YEAR. THANKS – 73 TOM RIG = TENTEC EAGLE @ 100 WATTS. ANTENNA = MAG LOOP (40 THRU 15) AND AN ISOTRON-80 IN THE ATTIC 12′ ABOVE GARAGE FLOOR AND AN INDOOR 10 METER DIPOLE. |
KV8Q |
| MISSED LOTS OF COUNTIES, EVEN WITH SOME SHORTER 40 METERS. | KW8N |
| MOBILE 1X1 STATION FROM KS QSO PARTY | N0I/M |
| 11TH OHIO QSO PARTY | N1NN |
| K3S, 100 W INTO 200 IN WHIP OVER SB1000 COIL WITH 4 SHORT RADIALS | N7WY |
| IC-7100, WIRE ANTENNAS, SINGLE PADDLE, ARDUINO KEYER, BAD CONDX BUT GRT HAMS. TU ALL GL 73. | N8VWY |
| RIG: ICOM 703+ @ 5W; ANT.: ENDFED WIRE (84 FT.) WINDING UP A MAPLE TREE. KEY: AME BUSHWACKER IN SS MODE. TNX ALL! 73 DE JOSE VA3PCJ/VE3DTI. |
VA3PCJ |
| RIG WAS FTDX101D AND OLD BUTTERNUT VERTICAL. HAD ANTENNA PROBLEMS ON 80 & 40 SO QUIT. OTHERWISE ALL VY FB. |
W1END |
| THANK YOU FOR SPONSORING THE CONTEST. 73 – DAN, W1QK | W1QK |
| HAD TO QUIT DUE TO LOCAL LIGHTNING STORM. | W4VG |
| GREAT CONTEST | W5UHQ |
| THANKS FOR THE QSOS AND 73! | W8RU |
| THANKS FOR QSO PARTY. | WA1SAY |
| OPERATED REMOTE FROM TOKYO, JAPAN | WA6URY |
| FIRST TIME TRYING THE ROVER EXPERIENCE. WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL EVEN THOUGH THE HEAT WAS TOUGH ON THE BODY AND THE EQUIPMENT HAD SOME ISSUES FROM IT AS WELL. LEARNED SOME THINGS AND HOPE TO RETURN AS A ROVER IN 2022. 73-ALAN-N8CJ | WW8OH |