Another CW Sweepstakes contest, somehow still doing S&P and using a straight key.  I provided some 187 guys with a WTX contact, in many cases I would guess it was their only WTX QSO.

SS is a fun contest.  My most exciting contact happened in the last minutes of the event, the exchange provided to me was 1010 Q K8MM 92 MI.  Whoa baby, that was QRP and a serial number of 1010, could that be in binary?  His signal was reasonably strong too, in fact as good as many running linears.  A little research after SS ended and I learned that K8MM is a serious QRP operator and runs some scores most would be proud to have.  Today I learned he did get a clean sweep.  He is also the President of the Mad River Radio Club.

I heard a couple or three guys using cut codes in the SS exchange.  I don't mind cut codes like 5NN or ENN at all for signal reports, but I tend to question their use in a SS exchange.

My WTX friend Brad, N5LUL, beat me again this year, that is two years running.  I think I need to brush up on my code speed, toss the handkey, and move towards running a frequency for a couple of spurts.