[NLRS] 10G and Up Cumulative

[WB0LJCGary at aol.com]

Hi all,
 
I have just finished the paper work for the 10G weekends, all 20 log sheets  
and four
dupe sheets. I will be in the 10G and UP category.
 
Here are the totals:
 
546 contacts on 10G and 2 on 24G for a total of 548 contacts.
98,568 distance points
2200 QSO points ( I worked 22 unique stations. 20 on 10G and 2 on  24G.
                                This  is down a little from past years. )
100,768 total 
 
Best DX on 10G   282 km.
Best Dx on 24G      5 km.
 
A big Thank You to everyone who was on for the Cumulative.
 
The first weekend had good conditions, with great but pretty warm  weather.
The second weekend was a real mixed bag. Some rain on the Rovers on  Saturday.
Many of the contacts were made by rain scatter. We only got rained on hard  
at one stop. There was drizzle at a few other stops. Sunday was much  warmer 
for the rovers, unfortunately the Sisseton group was in fog. With a cold  front 
between us signals were weaker most of the day. Sunday was also filled  with 
attacks by the Minnesota state bird. It is amazing how many and how quickly  
they arrive. A liberal application of bug spray really helped. Signals  to Mike, 
KM0T, were always good, except when
I was aiming into a hill covered with corn. The Eastern MN groups  had good 
signals most of the time. We chose one or two sites that were not the  best to 
the East so we had to go to CW a couple of times. Sorry about  that.
 
I think almost everyone who was on achieved their best scores ever. The  
exception
might be some of the Easter MN ops since the distances were short  on many of 
the
paths.
 
The question is what do we do to improve the scores for next year? I would  
be thrilled to see our group put in 5 or more scores of over 100k. I know there 
 has been
talk about going to Superior next August. Superior is a nice trip but  
doesn't offer the
volume or distance totals that we have reached this year. We also need to  
work on improving the speed of the rovers so the fixed stations don't have to  
wait so long between contacts.
 
I'm looking forward to next year.
 
73, Gary  WBØLJC