I was in and out of the SSB contest over the past weekend. I operated S&P mode since I have an awful time with accents, splatter, and way too much compression from the DX stations. Since everyone is looking for the US, I found it easy to just keep tuning and picking off stations.
Here are my totals for 11.4 hours of operation. I had a goal of 400 QSOs as I got near 400. When I saw that I was closing in on last year's total I pushed on to beat it with 430 QSOs.
Band QSOs Pts Cty Pt/Q
7 52 156 34 3.0
14 87 261 50 3.0
21 133 399 69 3.0
28 158 474 64 3.0
Total 430 1290 217 3.0
Score : 279,930
Rig : K3 + KPA500
Antennas : 6BTV Vertical, 15-meter vertical dipole
73 de Ed