Hi Mike,

Great job...  I wasn't able to participate this go around.  Not having the
tower and antennas set up at the new house yet made it impossible to operate
as W1AW/5.  I did get the base for the tower set in the ground and the
concrete pored a few weeks ago and now I'm trying to find some help to take
down the antennas and move the tower.  So if you know anyone who does that
send them down south.           

73, Gary, N5GD


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Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 8:31 PM
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Subject: Re: W1AW/5 was Fun!

Mike,

You did a terific job. In addition, you have experience and skills that can 
now be used in other ham radio situations like field day. Clubs are always 
looking for CW ops. Well done. 73. Lou WA3MIX
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 6:45 PM
Subject: W1AW/5 was Fun!


> There is about 20 minutes left for W1AW in Mississippi, but I closed
> out my log, and sent it to the coordinator shortly after 5 PM.
>
> I was on the air for at least two hours on 5 of the 7 days of the 
> operation.
>
> According to my calculation, I made 1,079 contacts. Of those, 321 were
> on SSB, the remainder on CW, including 63 on 20 meters in an hour this
> afternoon.
>
> It looks like our state-wide total will be somewhere between 25 and 30
> thousand contacts.
>
> This operation was really fun, but I wouldn't want to operate in that
> "hello - goodbye" style all of the time.
>
> -- 
> Mike Duke, K5XU