All scores are claimed scores unless otherwise noted. January: ARRL RTTY Round Up (Final Score) • QSO’s: 723 • Mult’s: 82 • Score: 59,286 • Op Time: 15.5 Hrs Comment: This effort was good enough for low power 1st place for the Indiana section and was nearly 20,000 points higher than my 2007 score. January: NAQP CW (Final Score) • QSO’s: 466 • Mult’s: 161 • Score: 75,026 • Op Time: 10 Hrs Comment: Tried some new settings on the DX Doubler with mixed results. January: BARTG Sprint • QSO’s: 49 • Mult’s: 22 • Score: 1,960 • Op Time: 1.5 Hrs January: CQ 160 CW • QSO’s: 167 • Mult’s: 46 • Score: 17,986 • Op Time: 4 Hrs February: CQ WPX RTTY • QSO’s: 20 • Mult’s: 20 • Score: 960 • Op Time: <1 Hrs February: NAQP RTTY (Final Score) • QSO’s: 439 • Mult’s: 117 • Score: 51,363 • Op Time: 9 Hrs Comment: 1st place for the Indiana section. April: MIQP • QSO’s: 107 • Mult’s: 68 • Score: 11,084 • Op Time: 5 Hrs May: INQP • QSO’s: 305 • Mult’s: 164 • Score: 83,804 • Op Time: 10 Hrs Comment: Operated from Benton County May: 7QP (Final Score) • QSO’s: 59 • Mult’s: 30 • Score: 4,740 • Op Time: 10 Hrs Comment: Operated concurrently with the Indiana QSO Party and was the top score from Indiana. May: NEQP • QSO’s: 70 • Mult’s: 28 • Score: 3,500 • Op Time: 10 Hrs Comment: Operated concurrently with the Indiana QSO Party and was the top score from Indiana. July: IARU • QSO’s: 258 • Mult’s: 54 • Score: 27.540 Op Time: 6 Hrs July: NAQP RTTY • QSO’s: 314 • Mult’s: 115 • Score: 36,110 • Op Time: 7 Hrs August: NAQP CW • QSO’s: 461 • Mult’s: 155 • Score: 71,455 • Op Time: 9.75 Hrs August: NAQP PH • QSO’s: 79 • Mult’s: 31 • Score: 2,449 • Op Time: 2.5 Hrs September: CQ WW RTTY • QSO’s: 304 • Mult’s: 187 • Score: 83,963 • Op Time: 8 Hrs October: Stew Perry Warm Up • QSO’s: 90 • Score: 364 • Op Time: 3 Hrs October: ILQP (Operated from N9FN) Final Score • QSO’s: 1,732 • Mult’s: 100 • Score: 276,800 Comment: N9FN invited me to join him at the Champaign, Douglas, Edgar and Vermillion County lines for the defense of his 2007 portable-category championship. The final score is nearly 40,000 points more than his 2007 final score but was only good enough for 2nd place in the 4-corner category. Check out the Photos page for pictures. Thanks, Dave, for an excellent contesting experience. October: Stew Perry Warm-Up • QSO’s: 90 • Score: 364 • Op Time: Here and there November: SS CW • QSO’s: 615 • Mult’s: 77 • Score: 83,480 • Op Time: 18 Hrs November: SS Phone • QSO’s: 360 • Mult’s: 77 • Score: 55,440 • Op Time: 12 Hrs December: ARRL 160M • QSO’s: 137 • Mult’s: 44 • Score: 12,056 • Op Time: 2.5 Hrs December: ARRL 10M • QSO’s: 43 • Mult’s: 8 • Score: 1,368 • Op Time: Here and there December: RAC Winter 40M • QSO’s: 74 • Mult’s: 8 • Score: 2,864 • Op Time: Here and there