WB4HFL 97 CQ WPX Phone, Single Op, Low Power, Single Band - 10 Meters
Hours - 10
Score - 4386
QSOs - 50
Points - 129
Prefixes - 34
Club Affiliation - PVRC
Soapbox:
Spent most of Friday checking antennas, outside tuners, feedlines, and
coax under yellow skies. Yes, yellow skies, due to tree pollen release
in conjunction with typical March winds and a lack of recent rain.
With 10 meter propagation still poor at best, my simple goal for this
year was to just beat last year's score of 6580 (65 QSOs/35 prefixes).
Things were looking good up to early Saturday evening; had 50 QSOs and
34 prefixes. And only 7 of those were zero-point QSOs.
Then the curse of those yellow skies hit! My nose and eyes started
burning. By early Sunday morning I couldn't breathe through my nose and
my head felt like it was going to explode. As a result, I spent all of
Sunday lying in bed, flat on my back. Thus ended my efforts to beat
last year's score.
Well, there is always next year!
73,
Henry Pollock - WB4HFL
Raleigh, NC
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