[LCC] RTTY WPX AA5AU SOSB10 HP

[Don Hill AA5AU]

                    CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest

Call: AA5AU
Operator(s): AA5AU
Station: AA5AU

Class: SOSB10 HP
QTH: LA
Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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   80:     
   40:     
   20:     
   15:     
   10:  837
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Total:  837  Prefixes = 534  Total Score = 1,168,926

Club: Louisiana Contest Club

Comments:

I did not think I would get to operate much in this one. With Valentine's Day on Saturday and it being the weekend before Mardi
Gras, there was too much going on. I decided it was more important to spend time with the XYL on Saturday than to sit in front of
the radio when it was sunny and in the mid 70s outside.

Despite not putting in a full effort, I still managed to come away with a respectable score and only 300k off last year's NA
record-setting effort. So in that, I'm very pleased with the way things turned out.

Ten meters seemed in excellent shape and I'm sure the low A and K indices had a lot to do with it as the solar flux was only 120 the
entire weekend. When the A index jumped to 10 toward the end of the contest, I could tell conditions were not as good as they had
been. But by then, the contest was nearly over so it didn't have a big impact.

I'm not a big fan of the double points rule for 40 and 80 meters so I think this contest will always be a single-band effort for me
on whatever high band is open.

I had a lot of fun this weekend and it wasn't just in the contest.

73, Don AA5AU