Awesome and inspiring (ditto for Nizar)!

73 de Bill, KG5FQX

On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 6:53 PM, Allen Brier N5XZ via BVARC <[email protected]
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>                     N5XZ ARRL 10-Meter Contest
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> Call: N5XZ
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> Operator(s): N5XZ
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> Station: N5XZ
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> Class: SO Mixed Unlimited HP
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> QTH: TX
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> Operating Time (hrs): 24
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> Summary:
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>  Band  QSOs  Mults
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>    CW:  445    83
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>   SSB:  550    82
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> Total:  995   165  Total Score = 475,200
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> Club: Texas DX Society
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> Comments:
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> WOW! I expected conditions to be lousy, which they were. What I didn't expect
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> was to make almost 1000 QSO's and almost 500K points! This was far better than
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> I expected! Quite some time ago, I made just over 1000 QSO's when band
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> conditions were good. I didn't expect to make anywhere near that many. I had a
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> really great run on Saturday, with N1MM+ rate meter clocking in at 403 for 10
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> minutes and the max rate tool showing 360/hour for 1 minute. Not bad for lousy
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> band conditions. Imagine if the conditions were good! I managed to work two
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> DL's, one EA8, one E51, a bunch of VK/ZL's and a slew of Central/South
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> America/Caribbean stations. Not bad for Texas in these conditions. This is the
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> first time I have done mixed mode for a long time, and it was for sure a lot 
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> fun.
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> Thanks as always to my wife for putting up with me this weekend.
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> Rig: K3/P3 (I'll never go without a bandscope again!)
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> Amp: Alpha 78 @ 1500W out
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> Ant: 4-el SteppIR @ 75 ft
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> Int: microHAM micro KEYER II
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> S/W: N1MM+
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> Allen R. Brier N5XZ
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> 1515 Windloch Lane
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> Richmond, Texas 77406-2553
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> (281) 342-1882 (Home)
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> (713) 705-4801 (Cell)
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