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Subject: WQ5G NAQP SSB Score
From: steve@austin.ibm.com (Steve Runyon WQ5G 512-838-7008)
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 96 18:18:55 -0600
Callsign: WQ5G
Operator: WQ5G

Category: SO
Power: 100W

Name: Steve Runyon
402 Sage Boot Dr
Pflugerville, TX 78660

Default exchange: Steve Texas

Team/Club: Big Blue Contesters

BAND       Raw QSOs     Valid QSOs   Points    Mults
----------------------------------------------------------
160SSB          4           4          4         1   (not my strong band -:))
 80SSB         55          55         55        25
 40SSB        126         126        126        36
 20SSB        127         127        127        35
 15SSB        135         135        135        36    a pleasant surprise
 10SSB          3           2          2         2    no surprise
----------------------------------------------------------

Totals        450         449        449       135

     Final Score   =   60615

Comments: Had a lot of fun. Late getting on (1836Z) as the logging pgm 
kept 'hanging' on my borrowed ThinkPad under DOS. Finally ran it in 
a DOS window under OS/2 and it behaved quite nicely... hmmm. Anyway,
got on at 1836 and S&P for a while until I could find a spot to call CQ
on 15m, and still managed to get 118 QSOs in that first 60 minutes. Nice!
Well, then the battery died and I had to scramble to find the transformer
and get it back up... 

Stayed on 15m too long, then did the same on 20. S&P'd way too often
looking for mults, shoulda just hung in there calling CQ more.

All in all, I'm happy - bettered my last score by over 100 QSOs.
Thought I'd done pretty well until I heard some of the scores on
3830 afterward! I mean, really - 800, 900, 1000 QSOs?? And Dave, K6LL, 
1200???? That's amazing to me!!! And I was TRYING!

Got a long way to go and a lot to learn I see! (I once sent K6LL a 
note telling him how he was solid copy on my dummy load on 20m!!
He sure puts in a big signal here in central Texas, but still... 1200???)
Good grief! 120 an hour AVERAGE?? All I can say is "WAY TO GO DAVE!"

73 de Steve

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