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North American QSO Party, SSB - August
Call: K5ER
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: LA
Operating Time (hrs): 9.5
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 10 8
80: 63 28
40: 60 27
20: 134 37
15: 141 21
10: 1 1
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Total: 409 122 Total Score = 49,898
Club: Louisiana Contest Club
Team: LCC Team #1
</pre><font face="Courier New, Courier">I had thought about skipping this
one, but a call from Scott Saturday AM made me decide to play. Glad I
did, as I had fun. I did make (at least) one serious error. I had taken
some off time when the bands were a little flat in mid afternoon. I later
took off to eat supper with the family and when I went back to shack, I
didn't pay close enough attention to the clock. I started about 20
seconds too soon and had a total of 119 minutes of off time. Requirement
is 2 hours (120 minutes) off time, and breaks have to be at least 30
minutes, so I had to shut down 30 minutes before end of the contest. RATS
- I had a decent rate at that point. I would have broken 50K and been
very close to Mike, had I not screwed that up.<br><br>
Oh well, it was fun to speak with lots of friends. See ya'll in the next
one.<br><br>
73,<br>
Mark, K5ER<br>
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