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I want to start by thanking K4SB, W4DD, AA4GA and others for their
suggesting regarding my computer problem. I got it going late
Friday night. <br>
<br>
Seems like every year I get real frustrated with this contest, maybe
because I keep thinking one year I'll get it right and be happy with the
results. I missed my goal of 1,000 QSOs because of two problems
right out of the gate. First, about 45 minutes into the contest
something went haywire with my keying and I had to switch things around
which meant that I would have only one radio for the weekend rather than
two. This is not a big deal because I've never made more than a
dozen second radio QSOs in my life, but I was looking forward to trying
it on Sunday afternoon. Then, in the S&P mode the
program/computer completely locked up. This first showed up when I
was trying to work W4WA. Sorry Ron/Lee! I loaded an earlier
version of the program and everything was fine from there on out.
The most bothersome result of the two events was the time out of action
Saturday afternoon. I knew Sunday afternoon would be terrible, so
those QSOs you miss on Saturday really hurt the bottom line. <br>
<br>
The greatest improvement to my shack for the coming season(s) is a Top
Ten band decoder and antenna switch box. It's one of those things
that you really don't appreciate until you have one. I didn't
realize how much bother it was in the past to switch antennas when I
changed bands. It is so very nice to just punch the button on the
rig and have the right antenna on line and ready to go. <br>
<br>
It seemed like most of the contest I needed Wyoming and Maritime.
Never did get Maritime. BUMMER. I finally got WY a couple of hours
before QRT. I guess one of the biggest thrills this year was having
VY1JA answer my 40M CQ on Saturday night. That got my adrenalin
going. You can see from the rate sheet that 40M is a good band for
me. If I had it to do over again I would stay on the air through
the entire night and maybe take a nap on Sunday afternoon. Maybe
next year. <br>
<br>
I had five sections with only one QSO each: NWT, PR, AK, ND and WY.
Seems like there were a good number of GA stations. I worked 12,
which is more than most years. I haven't taken time yet to see if
all are SECC folk. I know many are. Top section for me was IL
with 45. <br>
<br>
Here are the summary and rate sheets:<br>
<br>
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs
Points Mults <br>
__________________________________________________<br>
<br>
80CW
37
37
74 0 <br>
40CW
491
490
980 12 <br>
20CW
331
330
660 50 <br>
15CW
86
86
172 12 <br>
10CW
34
34
68 5 <br>
__________________________________________________<br>
<br>
Totals
979
977
1954 79 <br>
<br>
Final Score =3D 154366 points.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
HOUR 80CW 40CW
20CW 15CW 10CW
TOTAL ACCUM<br>
---- ------ ------ ------ ------
------ ----- -----<br>
21
0 0
51
0 2
53 53<br>
22
0 0
45
0 0
45 98<br>
23
0 0
24 26
5 55 153<br>
0
0 45
11
0 0
56 209<br>
<br>
1
0 23
18
1 0
42 251<br>
2
0 65
0
0 0
65 316<br>
3
0 64
0
0 0
64 380<br>
4
0 73
0
0 0
73 453<br>
5
0 54
0
0 0
54 507<br>
6
0 44
0
0 0
44 551<br>
7
5 35
2
0 0
42 593<br>
8
10 23
0
0 0
33 626<br>
9
0
0
0
0
0 0 626<br>
10
0
0
0
0
0 0 626<br>
11
11 15
0
0 0
26 652<br>
12
4 15
1
0 0
20 672<br>
13
0 23
8
0 0
31 703<br>
14
0 0
51
0 0
51 754<br>
15
0 0
23
1 7
31 785<br>
16
0
0 0
14 3
17 802<br>
17
0 0
10
6 0
16 818<br>
18
0
0 3
19 6
28 846<br>
19
0
0
0
0
4 4 850<br>
20
0
0
8
5 0
13 863<br>
21
0 0
19
1 0
20 883<br>
22
0 5
25
0 0
30 913<br>
23
0
0 5
10 7
22 935<br>
0
7 6
10
0 0
23 958<br>
<br>
1
0 0
16
3 0
19 977<br>
<br>
TOTAL 37
490 330
86 34 <br>
<br>
<br>
73,<br>
<br>
Jay/K4OGG<br>
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