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[Spencer Lazar]

    K1DG, you wrote:

>I recently posted a claim that I once ran 325 European stations 
>in one hour on SSB. A noteworthy correspondent legitimately
>challenged that claim.

    I shall second that challenge! The truth of the matter is that
    Doug was running away from 325 mad Europeans when the pizzas
    didn't arrive an the Miami Room. (Dayton HamVention)

    I once went to a 24 hour pharmacy and it was closed. The next
    day I called the owner and complained. He told me that he is
    open 24 hours, but not all at one time. 

    And finally what's so hot about working 325 Europeans in an
    hour?  I saw K4OJ eat 325 anchovies in less than a hour and
    he still had time to slurp down a six pack of beer.
    
    Now Doug, when you can do better than that and still operate
    a contest come back and tell us. 

    Sincerely,
    dr. Bafoofnik

    p.s.,
    What's so special about about a W8AH qsl card? I happen to know
    for a fact that K3ZO has a matched pair of W8AH autographed
    jock straps!
  






 
>I suspect that others have done as well or better than this. I did not 
>intend to sound like I was bragging, and apologize if it sounds that way. 
>But it was a really memorable contest with some really great hours.
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>The whole point of my note was to demonstrate that 200 Qs per hour average 
>for a full 48 hours is very very difficult unless you are running only Ws 
>from the Caribbean or nearby, near the bottom of the cycle when they have 
>nothing else to work. A peak rate of 200 for a few hours is hard enough when 
>running Europe, let alone a 200 average. I seriously doubt that 10K QSOs in 
>one weekend will be achieved soon by a station running mostly Europeans.
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>But I intend to try!
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>73,
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>Doug K1DG
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