Well, Jim, I'll certainly look for KE5AL, and look forward to the honor of 
putting you in my log.

73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Shaffer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: ARRL CW Sweepstakes Contest, Anyone?


> Good luck Tom, and I'll certainly give you a QSO if I hear you.  I don't
> plan to compete.  I'm proud to say that I won my section, STX, for class A
> in 1988 and '89 I think it was.  I was using a CW sending/logging program
> I'd written for DOS on my PC XT.  Of course it didn't hurt that I had a
> tribander and 40 meter monobander up at that time.
> --
> Jim, KE5al
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Tom Behler
> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 7:24 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: ARRL CW Sweepstakes Contest, Anyone?
>
> Hi, again, everyone.
>
> As I said in my last post, I'm planning on giving the ARRL Sweepstakes CW
> contest a shot this week-end.
>
> The contest runs for 30 hours, from 2100 Z Tomorrow afternoon, until 0300 
> Z
> early Monday morning.  That translates to 5 p.m. tomorrow, until 10 p.m.
> Sunday evening, if you take into account the switch to Eastern standard 
> time
> tomorrow night.
>
> Personally, I feel the exchange in the Sweepstakes contest is a bit
> cumbersome, but I'm going to give it a try anyway.
>
> I'll be running in entry category A.--single op low power.
>
> I certainly won't be able to operate nearly the full 30 hours, but hope to
> get some good operating time in tomorrow and at least part of Sunday.
>
> Hope to work at least some of you from here in west-central lower 
> Michigan.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>