BAND QSOs Points DXCC OK stns
80 157 630 29 14
40 199 861 35 12
20 283 491 52 21
15 23 42 17 0
10 0 0 0 0
2024 pts X ( 133 DXCC
+ 47 OK stns ) = 364320
Comment:
Thanks for all the contacts - they are appreciated.
That was tough. "A" index was over 70 at the start of the
Contest. You could tune up your rock crusher amp anywhere on the 20
and 40 meter band as there wasn't anyone there to interfere
with. Both were dead. Fortunately, 80 meters took up the slack at
the start of the Contest. 80 seemed more like 40 meters as it was
quite to the extent that the inv. vee worked as well on receiving as
the Beverages. Good propagation on 80 and lots of activity. The
European Sun Rise was fun as the signals, and lots of them, were
strong and easy to copy with the quite band. Even Bob, ZL2AMI, was
100 percent copy on the inv. vee when he called at ~0712 Z on 80
m. The bands came back to normal (for this point in the Sun Spot
Cycle) about 12 hours into the Contest. Still it was fascinating
experiencing the rapid changing band conditions. However, not
interested in "experiencing" this again though.
Even with these lousy conditions throughout a good portion of the
Contest I was able to beat my 2005 score.
73,
Mike, K4GMH
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