If we had gotten this rate on 15m on Sunday morning, we would've
set the 3A scoring record. We came close. Nice operation at
CO0US. The bands were absolutely awful. We had zero, zilch,
nada on 10 meters and under 200 total on 15. 80/75 was huge
compared to previous years but 40/20 was the heartland.
Henny
N4HY (operator at W2GD)
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Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 17:18
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Subject: [CQ-Contest] Band Condx for FD at CO0US
Hi all!
Thanks for all the Q's in FD and thanks especially to the team from
Federacion Radioaficionados de Cuba. It was a great trip and a great honor
to
participate in the first ever joint Cuba-US FD effort from Guanabito near
Havana. The
California team for CO0US just arrived back in the US early this morning (4
July).
We second what everyone has said about condx for FD -- in a word "terrible".
In fact, for most of us who have been doing FD for years and years, they
were
some of the worst conditions that any of us remember.
Our "meat bands" were 40 and 20, with a nice opening on 15 Sunday AM, rate
meter at or near 100 on 15 CW for almost 2 hours. 6M produced a nice, but
short
opening at night on Saturday, but nothing to write home about.
Since our luggage has not caught up with us yet, I have no details (logs are
in a suitcase). Nevertheless, the total number of Q's is about 4000 with
about
1800 of those being on CW.
In the next few days, we'll have a more detailed posting. Man, the stories
we
have to tell!!!
for TEAM CO0US, 73 de Bill, W1HIJ
Pina Colada Contest Club and
Team CO0US, FD 2003
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