[NCC] Fwd: NA Sprint CW K8MR HP

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

NA Sprint CW Contest - September

Call: K8MR
Operator(s):  K8MR
Station: K8MR

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Ohio
Operating Time  (hrs): 4
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
Band  QSOs  Op  Time
---------------------
80:    86        
40:   102        
20:    84         
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Total:  272    Mults = 43   Total Score = 11,676

Club: Mad River Radio Club

Team: MRRC/NCC  Sprinters

Comments:

One of the better Sprints in some time. Lots  of scatter worked on 20, and 
quite
a few three band qsos.  

Unfortunately after a great start (50 in the first half hour) I limped  to 
the
finish line. First two hours were good, but in the third my second  radio 
(40
meters), a TS-830S half as old as I am, started to develop  frequency
instability. By then 80 was the big band, but I was not able to  
effectively use
the second radio after that. Then with about 10 minutes to go  I decided to 
put
the first radio on 40, at which time I noticed the amp with  that radio was 
not
keying. So from SO2R/KW I ended up as SO1R/100  watts.

Now to figure out how I missed Florida!

73  -   Jim  K8MR