11/19/2003 | W4ATL This was my first SS using SO2R. I have a FT-920 and Elecraft K2 with an A4S at 50 ft, 40M dipole at 50 ft and a G5RV for the K2.

I had a great start on 20 and then things just slowly died throughout the night. I had a lot of power line noise on 15M Saturday afternoon and evening. For some reason, 40 was dead for me by midnight and that just left 80 on my G5RV (my 80M antenna was damaged during a wind storm.). Sunday morning was real slow until about 1500z Sunday. The 15M power line noise quieted down and it was a lot better band than the mess on 20M. By Sunday afternoon I started to feel better about my effort and ended up just short of last year's score.

I did not hear AK until the very end of the contest and I never heard
NT although I heard people working VY1JA. Looks like the guys in 6, 7, 0 and 5 land had the upper hand in getting the sweep as they were working VY1JA while I was listening to static. -- W4ATL