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