Steve:

I'm curious:

What do you mean by a pre-fill file?


And, in line with what  you noticed, there were a ton of Rich's in the
contest yesterday. ...  I wondered what was up with that, and you may have
provided the answer.

Looking forward to the phone NAQP next week-end!

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve Forst
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:57 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: My NAQP CW QSO Party run

Sounds like you guys had fun.   I totally forgot the start time and was 
tied up with something else.  Since I had done no CW with this radio before,
I had to move some wires, connect the Winkeyer, and  set up some 
things in the radio.   It all went well, but I only put 100 in the log 
and went to bed.

Only worked S and P and  did some on all bands 160 through 10 meters.

Just for the heck of it, I used a pre-fill file for the first time and found
it pretty useful.

Found a number of guys sending "Rich" as the name.   I think in many 
cases it was in honor of KL7RA, who became a silent key in November.

Plan to hit it a bit harder next weekend, and hope to see some of you.

73, Steve KW3A

On 1/10/2016 3:08 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
> Congrats, Mike, on a great effort.
>
> I ended up with 320 contacts in just under 10 hours of operating, and 
> will post more details once I work with my log a bit and view my stats 
> for each band.
>
> The NAQP contests continue to be up there among my favorites, during 
> the typical contest year, and I'm looking forward to the SSB event 
> next week-end.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Mike Duke, K5XU
> Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 2:42 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: My NAQP CW QSO Party run
>
> The contest got off to a good start with a reasonable 10 meter 
> opening, and good conditions on 15. Working 20 and 40 was about like 
> shooting fish in a barrel, and 80 wasn't too bad, especially 
> considering that we had some thunder storms near my qth just before the
contest began..
>
> I finished with a total of 366 contacts, and 49,044 points. That's 107 
> contacts more than I made during the August session, and my best score 
> yet in this event.
>
> I worked Lloyd on 80, and heard Tom, but since he and I were both in 
> "hunt and pounce" mode, we missed each other.
>
> Other highlights for me were getting both Mississippi and Arkansas on
> 15 meters, and Louisiana on 20.
>
> The phone NAQP is next Saturday, January 16.
>
> --
> Mike Duke, K5XU
>