SOAPBOX comments are copied directly off the logs. There were not a lot of comments but interesting stuff...
Fri night I was hammered by 20 over rain static, got up late
Sat norm. had a West Mountain Radio Xmas party Sat night and
operated Sun morning, but Sun evening didnt hear ping. It
was fun, I wish I could have operated more.
K1UHF
Didnt get to operate much. Had excessive line noise after
about 11AM until after dark each day. Also went with the family
Sunday.
Had a ball anyway and a BIG THANKS for the contest. It brought a
lot of folks out of the woodwork and was a lot of fun.
Meteor Scatter and the WSJT program are a great mode and very
interesting to operate.
AF40
No new grids/states, but thts ok. It seemed like when
someone announced on Ping Jockey that they were available, I was
always a click too late.
N3RN
Pretty pathetic I think, but location here precludes any qsos
to the SE, SW and South. Poor excuse, but better than none!
W5UWB
A very good shower for the contest. Looks promising for 2003 also.
K0PW
Lots of cqg with minimum results Sat AM. Tried cqg
again for two hours Sun nite, not one return.
N8OC
Not much time to work the contest but enjoyed hearing all the
activity, even some QRM on 144.140 at times. WOW Maybe we can cme
up with a few more contests activities during the rest of the
year to spark the interest. How about a JT44 contest? Just an
idea
Who knows? Keep up the good work you guys!
WA3LTB
My station consisted or a Yaesu FT847 and a Par Omni horizontal
loop at 35 ft. I used a Rascal interface to the radio and the
WSJT Ver.2.2.2 software. For most contacts 60 watts was used, my
longest contact was with K4FJW at 1104 kms, and I have been
running WSJT for 3 days before the contest! Looking forward to
the next one!
VA3NFA
I am not a contest operator!! Just trying to give out a few
contacts. Burned lots of time on poor rocks / long haul.
K0AWU
Tnx, Did not work much during the contest
KB4FQ
If a rover category existed, then Id claim 56 points
7 qsos x 6 grids + two grids activated!
WB2FKO
K1UHF and K2TXB were both unscheduled, Del off of his CQ on 144.140
and Russ off of mine. Good fun and thanks for organizing the
event.
N0UK
I wish I had planned ahead and spent more time getting ready for
the contest and spent more time operating during the contest. I
couldnt figure out how to operate unassisted and still tail-end
someone. I had a great time, this is the first log I have ever
sent in. Tnx
K9KNW
Ok west coast activity but many hours with nobody to sked and no
answers to CQ. Normal Geminids conditions. High speed techniques
make the Geminids a great, reliable shower. Nothing over about
1400 Km (nobody to work this time between 1450 and 2000km), but
this isnt really a long distance shower anyway. Thanks to
WB2FKO for the new grid. Running 100 watts to M2 am5w 1025 feet (rover
set-up). Had to take the antenna down twice due to high winds.
KR7O
I was only in the contest for about an hour during the weekend.
N1RWY
Missed working you during the rally. I worked high power multi
band (2 & 6) unassisted. Didnt do as well as I hoped,
but thats the way it goes sometimes.
W5SNX
It was near imposible to tail-end qso's without the aid of the
Ping Jockey. Unassisted was hard but still had some fun. All my
sked (4) were failures since they were all long haul. I called cq
on two meters and six but had zero replies on two meters so I
claim single band status by default. Hi
WA5UFH
I had other qso's but they didn't have the contest exchange
data.
K7ICW
I did spend some time attempting t monitor other likely
frequencies but did not find anyone. Not using PF andlimited
operating time were significant disadvantages. It will be
interesting to see a breakdown of assisted to unassisted
participants, and to see a breakdown of unasisted participants
who monitored PJ.
NJ0U