[PaQSO] K3 Yello Traffic Light

[Herb Krumich]

The Murgas Club only operated single operations this year. I took on the club call "K3YTL" just to keep our call active.
I thought I would operate the whole contest QRP. Within hours of operation I realized the way conditions were, it would be a waste of time. On Saturday evening I fired up the amp and tried to play catchup. What a disapointment it was for 80 meters to be as noisy as it was late Saturday. At times I felt I was doing EME work on a VHF band with signals fading in and out. 160 meters seemed to be better but the activity was not what it should have been.
Sunday morning I started on 40 meters with a local club member right at 9 am. They were about 10 miles from my QTH. I had to ask them to fire up their amp to make the contact, since the signal was so weak. 
About 10 am I went down to the low end of 40 to operate CW. Who were the first few contacts?? California.... I was scratching my head at that point.
With many good runs of contacts at times, I did  make it to 1,000 contacts when the bell sounded. What amazed me was missing 8 counties. What didn't amaze me was working as many contacts on CW "the forgotten mode" as SSB.
What a great contest to sharpen up our skills for all the winter tests that follows. DX to all
Herb K2LNS  CW op for K3 Yellow Traffic Light or K3 Your Toilets Leaking