though I don't have a tuned antenna on 10M, I didn't hear anything on that
band during the hours I took part in the contest in my little way.
I heard allot on 15, but again, no proper antenna, and I was hearing only
big US contesters an no europe or asia.
On 20 though, on saturday, I worked some good european stations including
finland and lithuania.
Like I said before, a small drop in a very large bucket for most serious
contesters, or even those who have a decent antenna, but it made me happy to
know my setup does work well for both DX stations, given patients, and for
any US station I could hear.
I noticed the SFI and A and K indexes were fairly good over the weekend,
though not as good as they were a couple weeks ago...I guess about average
for the past few weeks.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 4:59 AM
Subject: Re: CQ WPX follow up
> Steve:
>
> I think there were a few Morocco stations on, but I was not successful
> snagging them, so you are ahead of me on that score.
>
> Again, though, the big thrill for me was to see 10 open, and 15 in great
> shape at least yesterday afternoon.
>
> Looking very much forward to the CQ WPX CW contest toward the end of May.
>
> P.S. The Carolina Windom held up during the contest, even when using the
> amp, so it appears that I have escaped the feared moisture
> re-infiltration,
> at least so far.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 10:07 PM
> Subject: Re: CQ WPX follow up
>
>
> Tom,
>
> Sorry we didn't cross paths this weekend. Had big hopes to beat last
> years QSO total and score, but my 656 QSO's were almost 100 below last
> year. However I got more mults, so my 650k score was about 70 k higher
> than last year. Had a tremendous amount of noise Friday night and most
> of Saturday, and it was hard for me to get the ball rolling.As you said,
> it was nice to see 10 meters open. Perhaps the best DX for me this
> weekend was SV9 and 3V, both on 10 meters Sunday afternoon.
>
>
> Had my best success on the low end of 75 both evenings. Had a few nice
> little mini pile-ups from Europe and even got a call from a 5D in Morocco.
>
> All in all, a fun radio weekend. I also found the old Butternut
> vertical did very well on 15 meters, often out performing the rotating
> dipole.
> As for working the G5 right after me: I had the recording feature
> running in the logging software and just went back and listened to that
> QSO. I must have stayed on frequency for a moment to get him logged
> right, and while I didn't pay attention at the time, on the recording I
> hear him acknowledge your call and the 66 s/n you gave him.
>
>
>
> 73Steve KW3A
>
>
>
>
> On 3/27/2011 9:32 PM, tom behler wrote:
>> Hi, all.
>>
>> Well, I made a meager effort at the CQ WPX contest this week-end, with a
>> blistering 100 QSO's.
>>
>> I knew I wasn't going to be able to do much because of other commitments,
>> so
>> only spent about 3 hours or so on the effort.
>>
>> What was noteworthy to me, though, and perhaps the good news, is that 10
>> meters was finally open in my part of the world to Europe and South
>> America,
>> and 15 meters was in beautiful shape--the best I've seen it for a number
>> of
>> years.
>>
>> So, here's hoping that the solar cycle is slowly taking off.
>>
>> P.S. I heard Steve (KW3A) work a G5O in England, and I worked him right
>> after that, so, Steve, I know you were out there. (smile)
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
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