Gee, this sounds like a *good* weekend from the West Coast :-)
73, Ward N0AX
On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Bill Fisher, N4VJ / K4AAA wrote:
>
> 160 29 87 24
> 80 119 357 51
> 40 166 498 58
> 20 591 1773 82
> 15 162 486 57
> 10 59 177 13
> TOTAL 1126 3378 285 SCORE: 962,730
>
>
> I bagged it Saturday night when at 0530 I looked up at the computer and saw
> QSO's from the 0400 hour in the last 6 QSO's still on the screen, and not
> one was a mult. Friday night was horrible. Saturday night was worse.
> SaturDAY showed a small run of Europeans on 15M that I wouldn't have
> bothered with had 20M not been such a blood bath. Overall... The worst
> contesting experience I can remember. I think I'll limit my SSB activities
> to CQWW and bag the rest.
>
> Highlights:
>
> -Nothing broke
> -I'm still trying to think of some.
>
> Lowlights:
>
> -Monsoon that seems to be camped out over Atlanta since Thursday.
>
> -Wasting a day off for this crap.
>
> -Second night expecting quiter and better conditions. Ya right.
>
> -Getting run off of frequencies on 20M by NE stations during European time
> and when the JA's finally arrive... Five minutes of running JA's and
> suddenly someONE is telling me it's been HIS frequency since 1600Z. Name
> calling ensues and threats of retaliation the next day among other comments.
> I'm still working JA's through him. Now had this chain of events been
> reversed during European time, I would have been moving. Not that I'm
> without fault. I did the same thing to a K5XI operator last year under the
> same circumstances. Guess I learned my lesson. :)
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