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]]
>On Behalf Of Steve Forst
>Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 9:28 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>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.
> >