Highlights:
6M e-skip 6-7 PM CDST Saturday evening to Texas & Mexico and a few
momentary spotlight openings later Saturday evening to SW states.
6M e-skip off-and-on from 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM CDST Sunday to Florida,
Gulf Coast, NM, AZ, CO, UT.
Lowlights:
Unable to contact the regulars around Minneapolis/St. Paul on any band (
Tropo-shield? ).
No e-skip openings with New England, East Coast, Western upper tier
states or West Coast.
Best DX:
XE2X EL06 1521 miles (Tamaulipas )
WA7JTM DM53 1381 miles ( Arizona )
XE2JS DL68 1353 miles (Chihuahua )
NM7D DM37 1333 miles ( Utah )
K7CA DM57 1301 miles ( Utah )
Participation seemed excellent, but regional propagation was very poor.
Missed many of the regulars in Wisconsin and surrounding states. My Q’s
and score down from previous years.
Many thanks to all the operators who got On-The-Air for anywhere from a
few minutes to all weekend long. Extra thanks to those stations that
took time to dig signals out of the noise. Thanks also to the better
equipped stations that attracted the attention of semi-distant stations
then stood by to allow the lower power guys to “tail end” and make a few
extra contacts.
Really appreciate the rovers, you made a huge contribution to the
contest! Thanks for being out there!
73
Lloyd – N9LB EN52 Wisconsin
Band QSOs Points Grids
50 130 130 65
144 56 56 20
222 22 44 12
432 31 62 15
902 5 15 5
1296 6 18 6
2304 1 4 1
Total 251 329 124
2013 Score : 40,796
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