BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults
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160CW 70 69 69 32
80CW 132 132 132 41
40CW 165 165 165 44
20CW 225 225 225 56
15CW 100 100 100 39
10CW 55 54 54 26
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Totals 747 745 745 238
Final Score = 177310 points.
I tried to concentrate on mults this time. Kind of difficult when TRLog
wouldn't tell me what bands I needed mults on... I'm sure it was a
configuration problem. Very frustrating having to wade through a huge
manual to not find the answer.
TrLog says I made 50 2nd radio QSO's. Seemed like more to me. My quiet QTH
and the beverages made all the difference on 80M & 160M. I was even able to
hear even west coast stations on 160M. Remember working N6TR, N6TV, N0AX,
and few others on there. Would have never done it with only the TX antenna.
10M & 15M were both open to the NE and midwest and basically nobody was
there. A couple of guys I asked to move said it wasnt open. I think they
were surprised to hear me there with a good signal. 40M seems to be my weak
band this time. Not sure why. Had a difficult time clearing a frequency.
Normally not a problem.
I was also operating in a lot of pain. I jumped off of a 30' tower after
waking up a nest of wasps. I'm very alergic to their stings. My knee got
messed up on the landing. I guess I'm ready for sky diving.
The 1.5 hour drive home was the most difficult challenge. I woke up
Saturday morning at 4:30am to go to the station. Driving home the sunday
morning at 2:30am after no sleep was not easy.
73
Bill
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