02/25/2003 | PJ7/ND5S Another great time from Dutch St.Maarten (PJ7) for this contest and my single op low power entry. Claimed score was 2,551,224 with 2873 QSOs. An improvement of 613 QSOs from last year and the exact same number of multipliers at 296.

There were some slow hours in early afternoons I've come to call the "Caribbean slump" as stateside stations turn their beams to Europe and the peanut whistles down here aren't heard off the sides.

Ten meters was a lot more productive than I thought it would be.

My Butternut HF2V vertical performed great at 90 feet for the low bands, and my Cushcraft MA5B mini-beam did a nice job on the high bands.

Thanks to DL3OI for activating WY and doing enough S & P for me to get him in the log on 5 bands.

Highlight was having K7ABV from MT call me at 2358 for my last mult.

Missed DC LB NT YT NU. -- ND5S