I have some recent experience with this happening to me too.... Murphy stikes
again !! The computer age has put a new variable in the whole contest
equation....
73. Jeff
>
> From: "Roger Hackler" <rhackler@mindspring.com>
> Date: 2004/01/20 Tue PM 02:09:36 EST
> To: <secc@contesting.com>
> Subject: [SECC] NAQP SSB KN6RO Single Op LP
>
> North American QSO Party, SSB
>
> Call: KN6RO
> Operator(s): KN6RO
> Station: KN6RO
>
> Class: Single Op LP
> QTH: Marietta, GA
> Operating Time (hrs): 5
>
> Summary:
> Band QSOs Mults
> -------------------
> 160: 1 1
> 80: 36 18
> 40: 69 33
> 20: 57 25
> 15: 29 14
> 10: 34 11
> -------------------
> Total: 226 102 Total Score = 23,052
>
> Club: South East Contest Club
>
> Team: SECC #1
>
> Comments:
>
> If it could go wrong, it did. Murphey was alive and well! Everything works
> fine until the contest starts, and then, BAM! Too depressing to go into,
> but
> hey, there's always next time. Full time turned into part time at best!
>
> Thanks for the Q's. Worked quite a few SECC folks, and loved November 8
> Butt
> Ugly, ANAL in MI!
>
> Wound up doing the entire contest on a folded Dipole at 50 feet.
>
> 73
>
> Roger
>
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