[SADXA] CQWW SSB at N7WS

[Jerry Wothe]

Great job Wes.
I did not try at all.
W6XI
> On October 31, 2022 at 4:22 PM Wes <wes_n7ws at triconet.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Although I am not a contester I decided to play around in the contest as a 
> Search and Pounce (SP) operator. I entered as a single op, unassisted, high 
> power station, although I run only 500W.
> 
> I started about an hour late on Friday evening (Sat morning GMT) on 10 meters 
> and when it closed dropped down to 15.  It turns out these two bands would be 
> the mainstays.  I did make a few Qs on 20 and 40 and even one on 160, but none 
> on 80.  Top band isn't exactly a hotbed of SSB activity.  Saturday and Sunday 
> operating shared time other domestic things so this was far from a concerted 
> effort.
> 
> Nevertheless, as time passed and I made more contacts , I started to set little 
> goals, if I had 100 Qs I'd try for 150, if I had 50,000 points, I'd try for 
> 100,000. My final goals were 300 contacts and 200,000 points.  About an hour 
> before the contest ended I hit both and quit.  Unfortunately, after the contest 
> while totaling my score, I saw that for one contact with CE, I never entered the 
> suffix. Oops, back to 299 contacts but still over 200K points. I worked 91 
> countries and 32 zones.
> 
> Wes  N7WS
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