This contest was a total disaster from the very begining. Thunder storms
Friday evening, Saturday morning and Sunday morning. Plus having to use the
IC-735 that has little or no filtering along with the summer line noise I
get at this qth. With no filters to use, it was almost impossible to work a
call. If I heard a call and no one got close to the signal, I worked it.
But, if someone was close, it garbled the print and I was out of luck. In
the first 2 hours I had 15 calls in the log. I worked a few more during the
2nd section and then gave up as the thunder storm was really bad. The good
news is that we got 3.5 inches of much needed rain. I will turn in this
indecent score so that the 21 calls I worked will get the credit.
Band QSO's Pts Dist. DX
20 16 200 5 11
15 4 55 1 4
10 1 15 0 1
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Total 21 270 6 16
Claimed Score = 5940
73..........Dick - KS0M
Richard C. "Dick" White ks0m@ktis.net
Fulton, MO. 65251-2215
Amateur Radio Station - KS0M (ex WB0WLX - KC0MY)
ARRL DXCC Honor Roll / CW - 5BDXCC #3295 / CW
Life Member, American Radio Relay League
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