K9MA CW SS 1996 SOAB-HP
416 QSO's, 74 sections, 61,568 pts.
FT-1000D, AL-82
TH-7 at 21M, 40M rotatable dipole at 23M, 80M shunt feed.
TRLOG 5.86, precambrian 286
Comments:
Approx. 6 hours, all Sunday. Surprising that so many mults showed
up with so little effort. (I did take a minute to crack N7NG's huge
pile-up.)
As several others commented, folks seemed to be pretty civilized
this time. Sometimes my "?" yielded a single very loud DIT. Fair
enough. The skip was often long.
I thought there would be more activity on 160, with even 80 going
long so early, but never heard much when I checked.
My first contest with TRLOG, so my apologies for the botched
exchanges. It sounded like a few others were still learning, too.
TRLOG is very efficient to use, but takes some getting used to. Seems
to work fine with a very slow computer and disk.
Never operate a contest with the neat little keyboard you get at
a hamfest for $10. As if I don't botch things up enough myself,
the thing crashed the computer in mid-exchange.
It sure is great to hear all those long calls with 90's checks!
--
Scott K9MA
sdelling@facstaff.wisc.edu
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