2005 ARRL November Sweepstakes (CW)
My strategy was to run since I knew I would be loud. I mixed S&P on occasion until I found a new run frequency. The last sections were SC, DE and MB. It was a thrill to have a loud VY1JA call me on 40 early in the contest. I missed him in the past few Sweepstakes.
I exceeded my goals for this contest. In the future, I hope to hit the 1000 QSO mark. I have come a long way after my first CW SS where I made a little over 300 QSOs with a TS-520SE and no CW filter. How did I do that in this contest? But I still have a lot of room for improvement. Many thanks to the strong stations who were patient with me when I needed fills, to the QRP stations for repeats due to QSB, and all of the fine operators who work this contest. -- W4ATL
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