Great activity from CTRI CG in the ‘test so far…9 mbr stations were heard active from here with very good conditions today — and a few of our ‘big guns’ not even yet heard from.
First Europe in the log abt 6:30 A.M. local hr…lasted until around 11:30 A.M. No real e-skip Friday night…just 2 stns worked in W9 just after 10:15 P.M. via ‘ESP’ as things never quite broke open. Will check band again later tonite. Unable to work JA/KH2 this eve …disappointing; too weak — maybe tomorrow. Last mult/QSO was NV…in log 2 hrs 15m past sunset.
Bands were busy but not quite like CQWW…still, plenty of DX around. And plenty of US/VE still to work. Only 7 Mexico Q’s made.
Hope folks had fun through Day 1. Hope to work a few more CTRI mbrs on day 2. My numbers through the first day running LP:
Band Mode QSOs Pts Cty
28 CW 353 1412 114
28 USB 82 164 59
Total Both 435 1576 173
Score: 272,648
73, Bill W1WBB
I didn’t get started until Saturday morning and it seemed a bit strange to be running Europeans at 0615 in the morning. I was in and out during the day with various commitments and N1MM Logger says 4+40 On Time. It is a little past 0500 as I am typing this and ALL bands seem very dead… including 80 meters where I usually meet acouple of local friends on Sunday morning. Sure hopr things get better. I have worked a couple CTRIers ( that I can remember 🙂 )KI1G and WE1H who I worked at the ESP level from Vt.
318 Qs, 91 mults, 115,752 Score
Good Luck!!!
73, Ken K3IU