GAQP results for a "Cured" Ham,....er....Hamoholic.

Conditions were poor but it was nice to hear a lot of OLD calls.  I know thqt doesnt sound good but you(and I) ARE old!
Took 4 hours to download NA and get it going but then found out it didnt have a Keyer in the demo version.  My second J-#* hand Key Qso was luckily NF4A who got me a copy of NA and helped me via 3 phone calls to get up and running.

Rig: Less than 100W to a 40M dipole which I could reach up and touch from the ground.  Since Condx were rough, and I was low power, I couldn't make a good dent in the bands expecially 20.  15 was dead. 80 was workable with a Nye-Viking Tuner in the line.

Lightning and Rain Static ensued about 2 hours after I got on the air, shut down until about 11PM.  I did have a good run for an hour or so. Didn't work much Sunday, Just in and out while I practiced being a GOOD Husband and Neighbor.

Thanks to all who dug me out of the noise.

Results:  SO Low Power and a wire dipole.  CW.  Did give out a few SSB QSOs tho.  Not counted in Final Score.

281 Qsos
41 Mults

23,042 Points

I sent a similar message to SECC but it bounced.

Hope every Rover had a Safe and Successful Trip.  Didn't work many, Guess due to the skip on 40.  They were always weak for me here. Only heard N4PN/M 3 or 4 times and cant remember if I heard or worked K4BAI.

Anyway, lots of fun and nice to hear and QSO some friends.

73
Val
N4RJ

P.S.   SSSHHhhhhhhhhh....Im in a restricted neighborhood.