‰ NOW 13 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM MAY 2015 QST PAGE 72 ‰ 56 BUT ABOVE THE NOISE AND CLEAR. THIS WAS OUR FIRST HF CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER EVER AS WELL. THE CONDITIONS WERE DIFFERENT THAN MY PRIOR LOW POWER ATTEMPTS VERY DIFFERENT. MIKE POSTED ON SOTAWATCH THAT I WAS LIVE AND THEN THINGS GOT REALLY DIFFERENT. NOW KNOWING I WAS GETTING OUT, I CALLED CQ SOTA AGAIN AND THE CONTACTS STARTED FLYING. KANSAS AGAIN, ALABAMA, TEXAS, OREGON, MINNESOTA, INDIANA, NORTH CAROLINA, OHIO, AND ARKANSAS ALL JUMPED INTO MY LOG. I WAS BETWEEN 22 AND 44, MOSTLY TOWARD THE HIGHER END. THE ƒ QST DE W1AW ‰ CONTACTS WERE MAINLY 59 ON MY END. I MADE MORE HF CONTACTS FROM TURTLEHEAD THAN I DO IN AN AVERAGE YEAR AND ON LOW POWER. IT WAS FUN. I FOUND I DIDNT MISS THE AMPLIFIER AND BATTERY. I RECEIVED A REQUEST THROUGH MIKE TO TRY 40 METERS. I SWITCHED OVER AND LOADED UP, BUT I WAS UNABLE TO GET ON 40. I WENT BACK TO 20 AND PROMPTLY WORKED WASHINGTON STATE TWICE AND THEN RECONNECTED WITH MIKE. NOW I COULD HEAR THE WEST COAST NOONTIME NET ON ‰ END OF 13 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ