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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Wow, great condx + great wx (in Ohio anyhow) +
great activity + great ops = much fun. But suffering from PCD (post
contest depression) today.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Prelim number is 384 Q's from six counties
in about 9 hours of casual operating with the XYL along (she slept
half of the time), not my usual no-break all-out marathon. But I'm
still exhausted. Spending over 12 hours in the driver's seat is pretty
tiring.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I spent more time than usual trying to work phone
mults; have not added up the numbers to see if I was successful. I did
okay on 20 SSB with the western mults, but couldn't get anything going on 40 SSB
so I am missing most of the east of the Mississippi mults on SSB. There
were lots of loud guys in NY, VA, etc. calling OH stations that I couldn't
hear but they were not calling CQ. 75 was the usual painful grind but I
did eke out some in-state mults. 20 was very painful too; I would get a
run going and then some other OH station that couldn't hear me would come on and
take over my frequency. It's an old story and the only thing you can do is
try to find another freq or get some loud western station to tell the OH station
that he is crushing a puny mobile.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>This contest has really reached a great level of
activity and is definitely established as a major late-summer event!
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>More later when I recover.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>73, Hal W1NN</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>