Lifted from CT summary file:
Call: N9XX Country: United States
Mode: CW Category: Single Operator
BAND QSO QSO-PTS PTS/Q ZONES HQ STNS
160 0 0 0.00 0 0
80 32 60 1.88 4 1
40 107 247 2.31 11 3
20 110 294 2.67 20 6
15 20 58 2.90 7 0
10 0 0 0.00 0 0
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Totals 269 659 2.45 42 10
Score: 34,268 points
Random notes:
- Station here consists of a barefoot TS-850 (as always) and a
Cushcraft AV-5 5-band trap vertical, ground mounted (as always).
Using CT386, version 8.24 on a Toshiba T5100 "laptop".
- Operating time was limited to 8 hours out of 24, due in part
to some nasty thunderstorms that were very lightning-active.
- QRN was horrendous before and after the storms, even into the wee
hours of the AM: 10-20 dB over on 80, more tolerable on 40.
My apologies to those who answered my 80 meter CQs if I seemed
to ignore you or asked for incessant repeats.
- The storms happened just as 20 meters was peaking to Europe,
Middle East and former USSR regions - missed many good multipliers
and a lot of 5 pointers.
- Only DX heard on 80 was a little bit of PY0FF copied through the
mush. (Could've used him for 80M DXCC too - no luck).
- I believe GB8ZZ (K1ZZ) has the best ears in the world to hear my
peanut whistle on 40, 20 and 15!
- 10 meters was open to the southeast US and South America, but
no contest activity was heard on CW. I CQed on the hour and
half-hour a few times, with no takers.
- Found relatively few VEs. Thank goodness for the likes of VE7NTT,
VE4VV and VE3KP!
- Found and worked the FP and CY9 expeditions, but never heard OJ0.
- Lastly: other than for the pure pleasure of getting in the fray,
a primary motivator is the award endorsements for 250 QSOs and 50
multipliers. If I could've operated 24 hours, I would've. But
the availability of these endorsements is reason enough to hang in
there a little while longer and ferret out one or two more
multipliers or Qs.
- Had a great time!
Dan Reese, N9XX
New Berlin, WI
76300.331@CompuServe.Com
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