04/22/2006 | K3EAR We are back again this year despite all odds with a full Unlimited effort .
Sorry about last year's Limited operation . Things have been a bit reserved
over the past year due to my wife's long battle with cancer . It escalated over
this past year with the possibility of having to leave at any time till her
final passing . I give much credit to the guys in our small club and the local
clubs for pulling things together and making this operation happen . They even
got me to put my Rover back out on the road . The first day was not too bad
but the second day saw the van turn into an ice cube on wheels towards the end .
So how did we do you ask ? Despite relative flat band conditions , the
token Murphy visit and our usual intentional interference from another group
posting here , not too bad at all . From the posted preliminary scores we have
seen we are at least 300K over the nearest competitor and nearly double the
next nearest competitor . This will be our third winning effort as an Unlimited
, if true , punctuated by the win as a Limited . Yup , that is 4 years of
serious effort for those interested . We hope to resume further construction and
development this year and be back again . As always we can be emailed for the
story inside the story and more pictures . WA1HHN -- N3EMF