This was a frustrating contest. I realized after the contest I had my 6M QUAD vertically polarized. I performed maintenance last October and put up the antenna incorrectly. I was wondering why some of my close Long Island stations were working multiple stations I was not hearing. I logged 20 contacts, a dismal effort on 6M. On 2M, I had amplifier problems with a bad relay. My SWR's were also high, due to a bad jumper. These things happen, and all in one contest. Issues will be corrected for the CQ VHF contest in July.  73

David