Screwed up the operating time. It should read 35.5 hours. I overslept
by 40 minutes Sunday morning.
73, Don AA5AU
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au@bellsouth.net>
To: "RTTY Reflector" <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 10:19 PM
Subject: [RTTY] WAE RTTY AA5AU SOAB HP
> WAE DX Contest, RTTY
>
> Call: AA5AU
> Operator(s): AA5AU
> Station: AA5AU
>
> Class: SOAB HP
> QTH: W5 USA
> Operating Time (hrs): 23.5
> Radios: SO2R
>
> Summary:
> Band QSOs Pts QTCs Mults
> -------------------------------------
> 80: 1 1 0 4
> 40: 68 68 0 69
> 20: 321 321 544 122
> 15: 276 276 305 116
> 10: 289 289 740 110
> -------------------------------------
> Total: 955 955 1589 421 = 1,071,024
>
> Club/Team:
>
> Comments:
>
> Station Description:
> Kenwood TS-870 (2)
> Ameritron AL-80B @ 500W (1)
> Cushcraft A3S w/40M add-on @ 62 ft.
> Cushcraft A3S fixed to 20 deg. @ 45 ft.
> 80M inverted vee with apex @ 60 ft.
> WriteLog/MMTTY/PK232
>
> It was nice to see excellent condx for the entire contest period. I kept
> expecting the bottom to drop out on Sunday but it didn't. I kept trying to
> stay close to K4GMH, but he kept pulling away. He was working EU stuff on
> 40M
> I couldn't ever hear. The 10 minute rule kept me away from 80M and although
> I
> monitored it most of the 2nd night, I didn't hear any stations outside the US
> despite the band having very little noise for a change.
>
> I figured the only way to stay close to Mike was to concentrate hard on QTC's
> so I became a QTC junkie on Sunday. I was surprised our scores were this
> close, I figured he'd have me by at least 100k. So for my small amp and low
> antennas, I'm extremely proud of my effort. Congrats to Mike on a great job.
> N4BP was also going strong, so it will be interesting to see the final scores.
>
> Thanks to all that exchanged QTC's and all those that jumped in to give out
> contacts even without QTC's. WriteLog performed to perfection. The AL-80B
> kept plugging away at 500 watts through all those endless CQ's, QSO's & QTC's.
> Nothing broke or failed.
>
> I skipped the opening weekend of duck season for this contest and it was well
> worth it. Ray, WF1B, stopped by a few hours before the contest while he and
> Suzanne were in town. He must have brought me luck. Thanks Ray!
>
> 73, Don AA5AU
> http://www.aa5au.com
>
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