Call: W0SD Country: United States
Category: Single Operator
SSB High Power
QSO QSO PTS STATES COUNTRIES
Totals 3124 6248 60 79 = 868,472
QSO's %
North America SSB 1995 63.8
South America SSB 60 1.9
Europe SSB 641 20.5
Asia SSB 358 11.5
Africa SSB 12 0.4
Oceania SSB 60 1.9
Comments: As we move up the cycle it becomes more and more a DX contest and
you just can't do well in a DX contest from here. Not crying as we have
our shot in SS; although again best during the poor sunspots! No matter I
like the sunspots! Signals above 29,000 Mhz like old times, exciting! It
really is physically demanding with weak Eurpeans and tough to understand
Europe and JA even with phonetics with all the QRM. Being in the chair
from 6:30 a.m until Midnight and never getting off the radio to even go to
the sandbox is a grind with the rates it takes to be competitive! The best
hour was 224 on Sunday afternoon! For European DX I had to go up to
28.824 to get clear enough of a spot to hear. Next year I may have to go
above 29.000 HI! Thanks to everyone who worked me. My apologies to those I
could not hear on scatter as I know it is frustrating or DX I could not
work. I can't believe people who send a QSL and no SASE or SAE. We have
worked nearly 10.000 stations this contest season. That would be a
reasonable DX-pedition total. I don't think very many hams would expect a
card back from a DX-pedition if they did not send an SASE. As always I am
answeing all cards received but I will admit I am starting to have thoughts
about "TRASHING" non-SAE cards. It is not the postage it is the "TIME"!!!
73, Ed-W0SD
Ed Gray
43804 257 Street
Salem, SD 57058-5904 USA
w0sd@rapidnet.com
http://www.rapidnet.com/~w0sd
605 425 2354 home
605 425 2242 office
605 425 2787 office
605 425 3144 office FAX
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