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
>