[NLRS] 10GHz Cumulatives - Quick summary: CW saves the day (actually, the whole contest!)

[Chris Cox, N0UK]

I just got through toting the score for both weekends.  Well, even with 
the amplifier failure which crippled me to the 10mW power level, the 
abysmal conditions during the first leg, and the lack of any real 
enhancement during the second leg, I still managed to eke out a better 
score than in 2003.  That to me is a success!

However, there is no way that that would have been possible without 
resorting to the key.

I really hope that that may be some incentive to those needing one to 
learn the code!

I plan on actually writing a real report this year, and so will defer any 
details until then.

One comment I will make is that I worked 27 unique callsigns, and I 
know that there were more than that playing.  I should have made the 
effort to at least work all of the North Shore op's, as well as Eddie 
and Barry during the frst weekend.  Regardless, that in my mind is 
fantastic!  I am positive that we have nowhere near that number of 
people active on even 222MHz or 1.3GHz.

-- 
73  Chris Cox  N0UK, G4JEC, ex-AB0CN, ex-G8PTC  RNARS #1157  EN34jv33

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