Well as usual, "think I'll just look for a few new countries." After 15.5
hours total op time and 11 new ones for a current total of 94 worked, I've
concluded we must be on the way up the sunspot cycle. Sigs were loud and
coming in from everywhere at once...
Worked all continents Sun.in 1HR10M 2211Z JO1YAO Asia my pwr out 500mW
2215 JH1HRJ/QRP Asia 5W
2225 VP5JP NA 100mW
2249 OH8MDJ EU 5W
2257 ZD8Z AF 5W
2305 ZZ2E SA 5W
2311 ZS6AJE AF 5W
2320 ZF2NE NA 5W
2324 VK2KM OC Long path! 5W
Different countries worked..............41
40M.....20M.....15M
Countries/band...........4 + 35 + 15 = 54
Contacts/band............8 48 16 = 72
Total Qs................. at 3 points X 72 = 216
Score............................54 X 216 = 12,064
Category..........QRP (5W out or less)
Equipment.........TS850, CMOSIII, NIR12,HB SCAF
Antennas..........3 El Triband, Explorer at 45' and 33' HB Vert for 40M.
Was great to see the bands open like this again. Hope I'm around to
experience my 6th cycle peak in few years! So get you SSB rigs and antennas
tuned up for the phone weekend coming up in March...see you on 20!
Floyd NQ7X Phoenix ScQRPion dm33uq
ARCI G-QRP NORCAL ARRL
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