[PaQSO] WA3SES Results

[ed.miske@kennametal.com]

Band CW   SSB
160  75   26
80   153  83
40   258  368
20   134  50
15   66   16
10   6    0

1695 QSO Points x 138 mults  =  233,910
5 W3FRC QSO's;
X 5 for medium power
Claimed total: 234,910

Improved on previous best (204k) by more than 10%. Very satisfied with
that.

Dissapointed in my results on 10 and 15. I know that with wire dipoles at
50' or so I can't expect to get numbers I would with the aluminum I have at
home, but still feel I can do better. AA3B mentioned wire beams. Not sure I
have the room to put one of those up AND the 160 and 80 and 40 meter
dipoles, but will consider it for next year.

My two best years ever on 160 were this year and 1996, the other year I was
in Prince Gallitizin State park...must be Glendale lake???

One neat thing that happened was the visit from some folks from another
cabin. Seems their curiosity about all my wires got the best of them. One
of the guys had his wife back some chocolate chip cookies as an entree' to
my cabin. Spent close to 1/2 hour talking to them about ham radio in
general and contesting in particular. One family was from LAN and the other
from CMB. Seeing as how I already had those Cty's in the log, did not take
credit for the QSO's. And the C. Chip cookies were great...still warm. I
had been living on Oreo's...the C.Chip's added varity to the diet.

Thanks one and all, (home and rover, mobile and portable, hi, low and QRP
power; newbee's and oldbee's; CW only, SSB only and mixed) for a wonderful
time. I probably should not single any one station out, but what the
heck....thanks N3ZNI for the last two, POT and CRN.

Here's hoping I can get the same cabin for next year. It is about as
"antenna friendly" as any I've found.

The "X 5 for medium power" is just there to see how many read down this
far. I assume those that do not read this far will be on me real quick for
taking a 5 mult for medium power, which I did not do, obviously...just for
the fun of it.

Ed/WA3SES