02/22/2010 | K5BZH Im an old geezer that didn't start HF contesting till my hair changed colors and was not that good of a ditty bopper in the first place. My log had 209 raw QSOs, a chore for me, but realizing a few new countries were added, at least 4 for CW, makes it worth a little sweat.

40 meters = 85 contacts / 40 countries; 20 meters = 56 contacts / 33 countries; 15 meters = 62 contacts / 37 countries; 10 meters = 6 contacts / 5 countries

Got rattled a few times, somehow I managed to achieve the art of stuttering with a telegraph key, am sure some werent too happy with me, please accept my apologies, I wasnt too thrilled either.

Rig was a IC-7000 at 100 watts to a ground mounted 14AVQ vertical with zero radials (that will get fixed this spring).

Thanks to all of you folks for your efforts to make this an outstanding event. 73, -- K5BZH