The contest was joined just before sundown and I began working people at
a fair clip. Then the street lights came on. The wife and I took a ride
just as dusk and found a light that had just gone on-turned out to be a
late riser. Continued cruisin around the Village and lo and behold -
the light is on the next street - about 100 yards from my QTH !. So
with noise blanker cranked, DSP working and several 807s to keep me calm
I proceeded to attempt to work the test. My apoligies to the many
stations I asked for repeats - it werent u t'were me. Gave up at about
12 local time due to tireds and thought of working 15 stations an hour
for 6 more hours with not a peep from EU up until 0500.
Final 177 qsos, 413 points best qso score 7 points, best DX WP2/W and
W7RM !
It was still fun and look forward to next year - finally starting to
understand how to use TR!
Happy New Year
Dan
W8CAR
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