01/25/2007 | W3SO W3SO, LM, FN00, WPa section

6M: 356/56
2M: 418/61
222: 110/36
432: 177/40

Totals: 1061/193 Score = 260,164

Operators: AI3M, W3BTX, W3IDT, W3SF, W3YOZ, WR3Z, and K4VV. (All are PVRC members).

WX not so bad.maybe 1-2" of snow after 4" earlier before we got there. The plowing made going up the mountain fine. The normal amount of snow on the ground for this time of the year is 18". We dodged the ice. Monday AM ice began forming on the antennas and trees.

On 6M, we had a couple of spurts out to W0/W5 for ~11 grids, but other than a few in W9-land, all the other QSOs were in W1/2/3/4/8. On 2m we penetrated farther out than normal. We didn't have the 500w 220 amp for this contest so the 220 totals are down. Overall, we felt the rates were good except for when the football games were on.

We shut down everything during a few hour period in the middle of Sat night.

A lot of the big guns were absent this time (mainly the January issue). No W4IY, K8GP, K3YTL. W2SZ was on but probably from hometheir sigs were real down compared to normal. Didn't hear K9NS.

For the Wopsononock Mountaintop Operators,
Ed -- K3IXD