Some thought was given to entering the contest as a rover, but due to the contest being on a weekday, the lack of time forced me into the single operator category. The location was a favorite nearby rover site in my home gridsquare FN22. The antennas were at 1940+ feet above sea level with a downward slope in all directions, plus there was no foliage in the immediate area. The weather was great and there was a good breeze to keep the mosquitos away. Unfortunately, there was occasional receiver desensitivity from commercial radio installations on the hilltop. The "desense" was a result of NYSEG data transmissions on 161.025 MHz only a few yards away.

There was no band enhancement of any kind, but I was pleased to hear lots of participation. Contacts were made at an average rate of about 1 QSO every 8 minutes, and I operated 56% of the sprint. Interestingly, none of my contacts were the result of my calling "CQ contest". One of the most interesting contacts was with AF1T who was located on the island of Martha's Vinyard (FN41) which was also my longest distance reached to the east at 265 miles (427 km). The best DX to the south was K9GY FM08 at 308 miles (496 km), also my longest distance reached in this contest. The most often-worked grid was FN20, and one station from that grid (station K3YWY) had a 5x9+50 signal on this end--he was running 300 watts from a mountain top location. Apparently FN22 was not very active because several stations thanked me for a new grid.