Dave,

Sorry, you're right. Field Day is June 28-29. I guess when I go on
vacation, the mind goes on vacation too. Internet still sporadic at the
campsite.
Tom Behler. KB8TYJ


On Monday, May 26, 2014, Dave Basden <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Tom,
>
> You need to double check the dates of Field Day,--I think they are a
> week later than you mentioned, but I could be wrong.
>
> 73,
>
> Dave, W7OQAt 09:28 AM 5/26/2014, you wrote:
> >Hey, Steve.
> >
> >Congratulations on the CQ WPX totals!!
> >
> >As far as I know, you did the best of any of us.
> >
> >So, yes, I think we can safely say that your CW contesting skills are
> >definitely coming along nicely.
> >
> >Sorry we didn't cross paths.
> >
> >I, too, find contests like these to be a bit more tedious than many of the
> >usual contests I do.  One thing that always gets me is how the big guns
> send
> >their contest exchange so quickly (probably at about 50 words a minute or
> >so), that people like me need to ask them for a repeat.  As a result, in
> the
> >end, I'm not sure how much time that saves any of us.
> >
> >Anyway, the contest for me was a fun outing, so now, it's onto the next
> one.
> >For me, it will be Field Day on June 21--22.
> >
> >At least, with Field Day, I'm not quite so much out of my element.
> >
> >Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]<javascript:;>
> ]
> >On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> >Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 9:28 PM
> >To: [log in to unmask] <javascript:;>
> >Subject: Re: My Big Finish in the WPX
> >
> >Mike,
> >
> >Sorry I didn't cross paths with you, or anyone else from the list.   As
> >usual, my CW phobia had me   just tinkering around for the first half of
> >the weekend, but  Saturday night, with about 65 in the log,  I figured I
> >would hit it a little harder.
> >
> >Working around my church schedule on Sunday, I managed to log 505
> >contacts, 337 mults, and a score just over 463K.    For me this was a
> >big outing.  I do think my CW contesting skills are (slowly) improving.
> >
> >Hope you had fun.  As hard as it is for me to get started in one of these,
> >once I get  into it, I really enjoy it.
> >
> >73, Steve KW3A
> >
> >On 5/25/2014 8:04 PM, Mike Duke, K5XU wrote:
> > > I returned home in time to work the last hour of the contest.
> > >
> > > My final total, 232 contacts, 173 prefixes, 75,774 points.
> > >
> > > Not a bad showing for a contest lite type of operator.
> > >
>