WA2SRQ Low Power CW Sprint:
20 17 203BAS @60'
40 87 EF-240 @50'
80 92 inv vee @70'
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196 x 45, 8820 points
A few hours before the sprint I climbed the mast to re-align the 20m
boom with the others -- it had moved about 30 degrees in a strong wind.
I shouldn't have bothered. 20 meters was awful. In the first 12 minutes
I worked 5 stations, all groundwave NJ, PA, CT. A few W5's were loud,
everything else was weak. I finally gave up on 20 at 0036Z with only
17 QSOs.
40 was better, but 80 was the great. The west coast stations were loud.
K6NA and N6TV were standouts, and K0RF's 80m signal was awesome.
-- Ed Gilbert, WA2SRQ
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