[SADXA] Working TO6S

[Wes]

Back on January 24 I sent a spot to the club and included a suggestion to work 
them on as many band/modes (slots) as possible.  Taking my own advice I 
endeavored to do just that. Clublog has an "Expedition mode" that participating 
expeditions* can use which allows "chasing" stations to see when they made into 
the log.  If you are in a club you can also see your standings with respect to 
your peers.  CADXA has turned this into a competitive exercise, with some 
members being *very* much so.  This time that included me.

When all was said and done, TO6S operated on 28 slots, although on a few of them 
they made very few QSOs.  For example, out of 20K total contacts, just 17 were 
made on RTTY.  They made only 35 contacts on FT4; I was one of them.  In total I 
worked them on 21 slots.  This made me No. 1 in SADXA, CADXA and US Zone 3, 2nd 
in ARRL and tied for 2nd with W4YCM and PE5TS in the world.  W4DXX was 1st in 
the latter groups.  He has a super station located in southern Georgia, a chip 
shot away from TO6S.

Bottom line; lots of fun and a good way to hone your operating skills and learn 
something about propagation.  I hope more of you try it on the next big expedition.

Wes  N7WS

* Some expeditions discourage this activity and don't use expedition mode.  I 
understand this for smaller operations to rarer locations, but using it does cut 
down on "insurance" QSOs.