[ILQSO] N9JF/m

[jim funk]

Thanks to everyone for the great participation yesterday.  Band conditions
were about as good as we could ask for and the turnout was great.  A special
thanks to the mobiles who came in from out of state.

After regaining consciousness this a.m., I processed the N9JF/m log and have
determined the following:

phone Q:   3

Yes, THREE.  An RF in the shack problem, I guess.  The rig shut down on SSB
everywhere but on 15 and 10 meters.  After letting my blood pressure get
dangerously high, I gave up and stayed on CW.  I know it cost me a lot of
mults.  Ya' learn somethin' every year....

cw Q:  782

states + provinces:  34    Not having 20 SSB cost me big-time on states.

IL counties: 57    I did a lot more S/P this year.  Not having SSB made me
miss several county-corner operations that I needed.   I did call you....

8-QSO counties:  8

DXCC:  5, plus a few to spare.   This was a *totally* different contest from
the last two years.  I worked DL, HA and OZ in the first six contacts.
Total of 42 DX contacts during the 'test.  Awesome!

Claimed score:   162, 968.

The other mobiles I heard were roaring along.  There should be some really
nice scores out there.
Thanks again to everybody for making this a good one!

73, Jim N9JF