Actually I had no intention of operating this one since I have no antenna
for 160m, but I tuned down there out of curiosity at 2 AM Sunday morning
and the contest bug bit...
Call: WQ5L
QTH: Alabama
Rig: FT-757GX + LA1000 amp (~500W)
Antenna: Alpha-Delta 80-10m inverted vee
QSOs: 99
States: 31
Provinces: 1
DX: 2
Score: ??? (I don't have the rules!)
Hours operated: 2.5 (0805-1035 Sunday)
Breakdown:
W1: 8 (RI x3, CT x3, MA, ME)
W2: 8 (NJ x5, NY x3)
W3: 11 (PA x5, MD x5, DE)
W4: 22 (GA x10, VA x4, KY x3, NC x2, FL, AL, TN)
W5: 10 (TX x7, OK, NM, MS)
W6: 3 (CA x3)
W7: 1 (AZ)
W8: 7 (MI x4, OH x3)
W9: 12 (IL x5, WI x4, IN x3)
W0: 12 (MO x5, KS x3, IA x2, CO x2)
VE: 3 (ON x3)
DX: 2 (XE, VP9)
I was going to get up at 6am to see if maybe W6/W7 would come in better
at sunrise, but I slept thru the alarm (why I even thought 90 minutes of
sleep was necessary is beyond me).
73 de WQ5L
-- ray
rrrocker@rock.b11.ingr.com
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