I had been feeling pretty sick for a few days but at 2200z I thought I'd
give this one a shot. Jim's (N3BB) place is an hour away so I got there at
about 2320z and was setup by 2340z. (Jim leaves it in 2 radio mode now.)
As I was tuning around on 20m before the test I said to Jim that I hoped
there would be someone on the band to work. Conditions on 20m were terrible.
I made my first 40m Q at 0020z and even though it was a second radio Q I
normally hope to be too occupied by 20 at that time to even look elsewhere.
I went to 40m to stay at 0043z. What was really depressing was that I made
my first 80m q at 0137z! I don't even like to think about 80m 'til 0345z or
so. At 0216z I started to really look around on 80m and spent the last 2
hours flipping the toggle switches on my 2 radio box between 40m and 80m.
My cold seemed to get worse as the night went on as my voice got very
hoarse. Even though I was sitting down for 4 hours my body didn't exactly
see the sprint as rest as my temp was 103 degrees by the end of the contest.
The breakdown:
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults
__________________________________________________
80SSB 64 64 64 4
40SSB 152 152 152 24
20SSB 50 50 50 16
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Totals 266 266 266 44
Congrats to the West Coast Boys (K6LL, K6LA and K7SS) for finding some
mults. I couldn't do anything there. I guess my highlight was W6TNI
answering my call for Nevada in the final minute.
It sure would be nice to have more participation. I think it may be time to
resurrect my old CIA. (Ring any bells early 80's sprinters?)
73,
Russ--
N5KA
russ@inetport.com
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