Saturday, we once again operated from the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum. I was happy to see that the antennas tuned up quite nicely again on both 40m and 20m, although the reception was still kind of noisy. All in all, we made eleven contacts, all on 40m.
The attendance was a bit sparse, but that was to be expected as it was a football Saturday here in Ann Arbor. When there’s a football game here, activity anywhere but the stadium drops off dramatically. Even so, we connected with a couple of people
We did have a good turnout of hams: Keane KD8AOZ, Sam KC8QCZ, Mark AB8ZI, and Michelle KD8GWX. As you might determine from her call, Michelle is a relatively new ham. Since I had a couple of my QSL cards on hand, we had a short QSO on 2m, and I was able to give her her first QSL card!
Sunday, I was entertaining family, but between the housecleaning and actual entertaining, I was able to squeeze in a few QSOs, five of them in the Quarter Century Wireless Assn. (QCWA) QSO Party. This was my first QCWA QP and it was fun. Very low key, and just my kind of contest.
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