Grinding out Saturday night with low rates…Yuck. \u00c2\u00a0 Worked more stations from the western US, but not a lot.\u00c2\u00a0 The path down into TX was much better Friday night, but\u00c2\u00a0 N\/S up and down the east coast was decent on Saturday.\u00c2\u00a0 New England(ME,VT,NH) probably was not as strong as Saturday, but most were workable.\u00c2\u00a0 Although I guess I didn’t hear the ones that were not. \ud83d\ude2e<\/p>\n
Can’t remember working so many NY stations.\u00c2\u00a0 Condx to NY\/PA were really good both nights, and lots of NY stations active.<\/p>\n
DX was mostly non-existent at the KazShack.\u00c2\u00a0 The stations that could be heard had large pile-ups – not really worth the effort.\u00c2\u00a0 With that as a baseline, I did get 11 DX mults.\u00c2\u00a0 A couple of DL’s could hear me, a loud EI with no pile-up, and a few from the Caribbean.<\/p>\n
At some point early on I had set 500 Q’s as a mental goal, despite being determined to not really set goals.\u00c2\u00a0 Half way there\u00c2\u00a0 600 seem like a loftier perch to shoot for.\u00c2\u00a0 So I was shooting for 500 by midnight.\u00c2\u00a0 The rate was steady, so it seemed possible.\u00c2\u00a0 Came up only 6 short, 593 logged by midnight.\u00c2\u00a0 So hitting 600 seemed possible too.<\/p>\n
Well, did not get to 600 Q’s.\u00c2\u00a0 Took a 2 hour nap and got up for a bit of Butt-In-Chair pre-sunrise.\u00c2\u00a0 Picked up a few more, but just not enough. West coast never really showed up for me. \u00c2\u00a0 Decided to end the effort when I had 20 hours Butt-In-Chair according to the logging program.\u00c2\u00a0 That happened at QSO#593 an hour after sunrise, with the rate down in the mid teens.\u00c2\u00a0 Grasp Plug Firmly….Pull.\u00c2\u00a0 Have other stuff to do late Sunday afternoon\/evening, needed some rest.<\/p>\n
Call: W4KAZ\r\nClass: Single Op LP QTH: NC\r\nOperating Time (hrs): 20\r\n\r\nSummary:\r\nTotal: QSOs = 593 State\/Prov = 50 Countries = 11 Total Score = 82,960<\/pre>\n