ARRL 10-Meter Contest Call: N4GG Operator(s): N4GG Station: N4GG Class: SO CW Unlimited HP QTH: GA Operating Time (hrs): 12:10 Summary: Band QSOs Mults ------------------- CW: 749 64 SSB: 0 0 ------------------- Total: 749 64 Total Score = 398,468 Club: South East Contest Club Comments: Great to hear the band in good condx. Lots of stations and I started finding mults all the way up to 28.200 - like the good old days. I almost called a few beacons :-) Just casual operating here with a mix of run and S&P. Still shaking out a few remaining bugs in a completely new SO2R and keying setup. Ran SO 1.5V for a while - the FTdx5000 ergonomics are a big help with that. I was not on enough to compare days and missed the EU opening on Sat AM. Sunday the opening was good but did not last as long as I would have hoped. Late afternoon and early evening condx were mostly very short burst meteor pings - a real challenge. Another challenge was a lot of backscatter QSOs off EU with lots of multi-path. The fact that I could run EU for a while is a testament to condx - the 10M antenna here is really poor. TNX for all the Qs and happy holidays as the contest season draws to a close. 73, N4GG FTdx5000, ACOM 2000A, Full wave loop up 20 ft in a tree, rats-nest of SO2R and keying gear. Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/