08/14/2008 | KI7JA This will be remembered as the "Incredible Sunday" contest for me. I went to the same spot I operated from last year in DN03bk (SE Oregon) and had everything set up on Friday this year. The weather was much better this year with temps in the upper 80's during the day and down to 40 at night. Saturday, the contest started out somewhat slow. In the afternoon, there were a few short double hop openings to the East Coast but opened and closed quickly. Sunday started out pretty much the same way, then suddenly opened up wide. I was working California to Nova Scotia, and Washington to Cuba and Puerto Rico. Being in a somewhat rare Grid square, I had many stations calling me wanting a contact for a QSL. Especially with the addition of the Fred Fish Memorial Award (FFMA). At times, the pile-ups were so intense that I could not pick out any call signs. By the end of the contest, I had worked 324 stations in 128 Grid Squares on 6M alone. I operated 6M, 2M, 222, 432, 927, and 1296. But once 6M opened, the higher bands were ignored. I was too busy on 6M. The 58,135 claimed score is the highest score I have ever achieved. This will be a contest I will long remember, and the "Incredible Sunday" will be hard to top for me personally. Hope everyone else had fun as well. 73's.

Bruce -- KI7JA