Topband: Not so ood in the contest last night

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

As usual in this contest, I turned on the Alpha
9500 and ran as an alligator.  I had swarms
of stations calling, but many were too weak
to copy, I could just tell someone was in there.
Other times, there were too many to separate.
There were a lot of unfamiliar calls last night.
These stations must not operate CW.
Only worked a few east coast stations in the
hour I was on.  I have a prior commitment
tonite and won't be able to get on until
after 0700Z or so.  I was hoping to get Vermont
(last state needed on phone) but the condx
don't look good.

Rick N6RK