Synopsis:
221,990 points in 19.5 hours of operating
1406 QSOs and 79
160 80 40 20 15 10
13 266 735 284 108 0
Club Affiliation = FRANKFORD RADIO CLUB
Comments:
I personally do not like this contest, and found it a chore to put in the
19 + hours that I did. One high point came 1 1/2 hours into the contest
when I worked VT for a sweep. Have never accomplished a sweep that early.
Noticed that operation on 80 was well below 3800 including braying in the
DX window. That practice hurts the overall image of contesters
considerably. At times there was simply too many people wanting spaces in
too short a slice of spectrum. Noticed that on 20 the band was unusable
from one end to the other. This will cause us a problem in the future!
80 and 40 meter propagation was good to excellent and had good runs on
those bands. 20 was there and 15 was a minor disappointment. However, 10
meters was a bust. Had hoped to make good Qs on that band with all the
novice/tech ops, but only heard VI and PR on the band. Did hear a few 6's
calling CQ, but the band was not supporting workable propagation.
Even though I don't like this contest, I am looking forward to # 31 for me
next year.
73,
Natan W6XR/2
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