11/17/2008 | W0FF Thanks to Jim W0FF and Deloris K0RRO Glasscock for hosting me from their new QTH 30 miles west of St Louis near Union, MO. The last contest I'd operated from the Midwest was at Jim's previous QTH in south St Louis during the '82 CQ WW CW. I forgot how much fun (and how different) operating SS is from the middle of the country. On a whim, Jim tossed up a low 80-meter dipole and it turned out to be exactly the right antenna for this contest, working coast-to-coast and beyond all through the night.

Equipment used includes FT1000 and IC7000 (LP) transceivers, a 2-element quad at 50' for 20/15/10, an HF2V on 40, an 80-meter inverted-vee at 30', and N1MM logging software.

Final results were 1050 QSOs and 79 sections, only missing the difficult VY1/VE8 section. If the score holds up after log-checking, it will be a new section record from MO. -- N0AX