[3830] N0AH ARRLSSCW WY

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Call Sign  N0AH        

Catagory   SOLP

Exchange     A N0AH 95 WY

Mode   CW  On Time 22 hours

equipment:  IC756, CT9, 6 ele Tennadyne Log Periodic, Butternut HF2V, 4 Bevg
antennas with 800 footer NW; 500 footer NE, 500 footer SE and 300 footer W

score breakdown as follows:

160         0
80        131
40        108
20        120
15        121
10          20

totals    500 QSO's with 71 sections for a total of  71,0000 points

I missed sections NNY, WTX, NL, YT, AB, PQ, MB, SK

Poor VE's....wonder how they did???? Only worked a handful-, mostly BC.

Had a lot more fun on the low bands than in the recent CQWWSSB- but bummed my
multiplier did not get more attention........pleased with the mults worked but
dispite holding my freq, I only had a few good runs, mostly on 15 and 80
meters ...( I am not a great CW op to begin with, but I'm really bad with that
fun SS exchange- phew-  QRS became part of my exchange- hi)

Surprisingly, I did worked 2 other WY stations ground wave on the low
bands........but not one WTX, go figure...maybe the Marfa lights effected
condx there.. 

I wanted to get at least 100 Q's per band- but after spending an hour CQ'ing
on 160 meters Saturday night,  without a peep, and dead condx's on 10 meters
Sunday.....my goal expired- should have looked for Canada on 20 meters towards
end of contest but decided to make a statement for us low power guys on 80
meters...glad I did as I had my best run the last two hours of the contest
with 60 or so qso's on this band...found a quiet spot, sort of, around 3.014
or thereabouts-  quiet as in only 2 other stations, one a B station,  right on
top of me dispite a good  narrow band filter...

Lessons learned in this one......in SS, holding a freq beats S&P everytime-
and next year, will go SB.......it makes a lot more sense with a WY
multiplier...as good as 40 and 80 meters were from my vantage point this go-
around....you will probally find me there next year-   C-Ya in SS SSB!   Paul
N0AH   Carpenter, WY

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