[RTTY] Congrats to N1BAA and AA5AU

[Don Hill AA5AU]

Thanks Jim!

Jose did a spectacular job!  I sent him a congratulatory E-mail.  He really shined this weekend despite having to borrow a 2nd radio
so he could do SO2R. hi  He didn't realize he had smashed the USA record until I told him.  672 mults low power?  He must have been
unconscious!!!

It's tough to match someone nearly Q for Q and get beat by over a million points, but that's the way it is in the WPX.  Location is
everything.  I can only wait until the sunspots come back and I can run EU on 10, 15 and 20 all day.  It's the only shot I have to
get back to the top.  Until then, it's great to see others excel.  Last year it was Andrei at K1TTT and this year Jose.  

Speaking of Andrei, anyone seen a score from YN2S?

73, Don AA5AU
http://www.aa5au.com
http://www.rttycontesting.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Reisert AD1C
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 12:24 PM
To: rtty at contesting.com
Subject: [RTTY] Congrats to N1BAA and AA5AU

In February 1999, I made my first foray into RTTY/contesting in the WPX contest.  I have entered every WPX RTTY contest since then,
until this year.  I moved to Colorado last year, into a community with strict HOA, so I have been off the air.  It was bittersweet
to see all the activity on packet and not be able to participate for the first time in 9 years.

I was shocked when I just checked the SOAB LP claimed scores:

  Call               QSOs   Pts Prfxs   hr      Score Club
  USA SOAB LP
  KS1Y(N1BAA)       1703  4776   672    27  3,209,472 YCCC
  AA5AU             1671  3893   546    30  2,125,578 

Congrats to Don for a super effort (breaking the SOAB LP USA record) set in 2005, even without meeting all his goals.  And congrats
to Jose N1BAA for his record-breaking effort!  I'm sure there are a log of Europeans in his log.

I am the sponsor for the SOAB LP plaque, and I was joking with Mike K4GMH last week about sending in my check for Don's plaque.
Sorry, buddy!

73 - Jim AD1C


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