Tom will be the only guy standing out in the field, wondering where 
everybody else is.

73, Steve KW3A

On 5/26/2014 3:13 PM, Dave Basden 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]]
>> 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.
>>>
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