[TVARC] K2TE, CQ WW CW, SOAB HP

[k2te at juno.com]

The best part of this contest is that all the big guns around the world
are easy to hear for us little pistols, and they troll for everyone.  I
did the whole contest in S&P mode.  I find it more productive than
running since I can get a better rate. Also, with my lousy hearing it
isn't easy to pull out weak stations if I'm running.

Sure glad to hear 10 open up like it did last month.  It was actually
easy to work the Africans plus 3B8 and 3B9 without pounding away in a
pileup. As usual, my plans get upended by other priorities to ensure
dometic tranquility.  The result is I missed Saterday late afternoon and
night for the good stuff.  My total Qs was about 200 less than last year
as a result.

Gotta find a way to do VP2M again one last time...

      Band     QSOs     Pts   ZN  Cty  Pt/Q
         3.5      49         132   10   34   2.7
            7    143         406   20   66   2.8
          14      94         267   14   54   2.8
          21    146         412   22   73   2.8
          28    114         327   20   61   2.9

       Total   546       1544   86  288   2.8


            Score : 577,456