This was my 10th straight DX CW Test.  Had a great time.  Started off on 15 meters like gangbusters!  Worked 100 stations in a couple of hours, but things slowed down from there and I only beat last years contact numbers by 10 over all.  

The multipiers just were not there either. When you run a 'neighborhood friendly' antenna farm (I believe the words that come to mind here are clandestine, or modest??)  consisting of a ground mounted Butternut HF9V, you need mother nature to cooperate.  The super large solar flare on Tuesday last seemed to affect the propagation to Europe over the polar path.  I could hear east coast ops working Europe, but could not hear any stations from there until later on Sunday.  Results being a much lower multiplier total than last year.  Still, I was satisfied with my overall score, but reall had to work at it.  Experience in finding those elusive multipliers paid as off.

As usual, I am looking forward to next year.  This is becoming somwhat of ar tradition with me.  Hope we all had as much fun as I.

73's to all,  de Charles, KW6G