Topband: CQ WW Contest

[Ed Swynar]

Well, the intrusion of the horde of SSB "splatter-meisters" into the traditionally CW DX segmented part of the band this weekend wasn't a complete loss --- I managed to work more than a few Caribbean 'phone stations not normally heard, as well as several west coast stations...

I was especially looking forward to getting on this morning (Sunday), to validate the advantages of my  having installed additional counterpoise wires beneath my extended inverted "L" yesterday afternoon --- alas & alack, 'twas not to be: one of the diode strings in my high-voltage power supply decided to "go south" on me, & it was well past sunrise by the time I'd had it re-built & operational again...!

~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ