Tom is correct about 40 going long in a hurry. I was working New 
England stations by 4:45 PM central time, and a few west coast stations 
by 7 PM.

When I first moved to 40 at about 4:30, the qrn was very high, and I 
figured I would not be able to do much on either 40 or 80. Shortly 
after dark, the band was long enough that the static from the storms in 
south Louisiana and part of Florida was no longer a factor on 40. You 
don't normally think about being inside the skip zone for static, but I 
certainly was last night.

I wish 80 had been as quiet as 40 was after dark. If it had been, I 
would have done much better down there. But it was as noisy as it 
usually is in the middle of summer.

I heard Lloyd and Tom, but did not work either of them since all 3 of 
us were in hunt and pounce mode.

Here is my contact breakdown by band.

Total Contacts = 220
 Total Points = 22,220
Total multipliers = 101

Total Contacts by Band

80 29
 40 67
 20 77
 15 40
 10 7



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Mike Duke, K5XU