Steve:

Well, maybe I should have hung in there a little longer for 160 to pick up 
for my part of the country.

As I said, I think I stayed up until around 11:30 or so, but then packed it 
in for a day.

Oh well, live and learn, I guess.

Will keep you posted on my amp situation.

Maybe, as you say, it was pilot error.

I just didn't want to mess around with things too much late Saturday night, 
and risk screwing something up more, thereby putting me at a disadvantage 
for the rest of the contest.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: PA contest weekend


>
> Tnx for the points Tom.  I didn't hear a lot from Michigan this year, so
> maybe you  can win your state again.
>
> 160 was down  compared to last year.  N4PN in Georgia  asked me to look
> for him at 11 pm and midnight and I did work him  after midnight, but
> most of my 160 was in state.  One exception was VE6SV in Alberta,  that
> was a pretty nice distance from Philly.
>
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
> On 10/14/2013 11:19 AM, Tom Behler wrote:
>> Congrats on a great effort, Steve.  Hopefully, you'll place first in
>> Delaware County again.
>>
>>
>> I made 275 QSOs, and worked all but 3 of the 67 PA counties.
>>
>> Did mostly phone, but a good share of CW as well.
>>
>> My score wasn't nearly as good as Steve's, but perhaps for being out of
>> state, it wasn't that bad anyway.
>>
>> My only disappointment was 160 meters.
>>
>> For some reason, when I got there late Saturday night, the band just was 
>> not
>> good between Michigan and Pennsylvania.
>>
>> The problem could have been my rather meager antennas for 160 meters, but 
>> I
>> do remember conditions on that band being better last year.
>>
>> Anyway, the contest was lots of fun, and I'm already looking forward to 
>> next
>> year.
>>
>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 11:12 AM
>> Subject: PA contest weekend
>>
>>
>>> Had a blast in this weekends PA QSO party.  Only station I remember
>>> working from the list was Tom KB8TYJ,  who found me a couple of times.
>>>   I did work a 2 station in California who seemed to know my call.  He
>>> was running a K3 and Hampod, and knows Rob K6DQ who sometimes checks
>>> into the 20 meter net.
>>>
>>> Finished with 811 QSO's about a third of which were on CW.  That's a lot
>>> of CW  for me.   Final score was just under my personal best for this
>>> contest, but still a lot of fun.
>>>
>>> TS-590, AL-80B, and Writelog software all worked fine.   Any problems
>>> were pilot error.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hope to play in the New York party next Saturday, so  if you are in NY,
>>> I'll be looking for you.
>>>
>>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>