06/25/2002 | W1SJ 1. IT WAS QUITE AN AVERAGE YEAR - FIRST NIGHT HAD SOME NICE EUROPE OPENINGS BUT LITTLE WEST COAST. SECOND NIGHT SAW VERY LITTLE EUROPE BUT BETTER WEST COAST. 2. THE 2ND NIGHT HAS BEEN GETTING QUITE TEDIOUS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, SO MUCH SO, I OPTED TO GO OUT WITH THE YL! I DIDN'T SEEM TO MISS THAT MUCH, AS RATES WERE HIGHER THAN NORMAL LATER IN THE EVENING. 3. THE CONTEST IS SO SLOW SOMETIMES, THAT I LIKE TO WATCH TV, READ A GOOD BOOK AND OCCASIONALLY FIX SOMETHING IN THE SHACK WHILE OPERATING! -- W1SJ