Totally disconnected as of 3:00 p.m. ¡ª first of multiple waves of T-storms has just arrived from the NW. At least they¡¯re bringing much-needed rain.
At the halfway point for 13 Colonies 2024, I¡¯ve managed 720 CW QSOs in 9.5 hours¡¯ operating time. Most of that is from CQing on 20 meters, with brief forays to 15 and 40 in yesterday¡¯s 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. CWTs, plus 30 minutes on 15, just before shutting down for the storms.
Unfortunately, there are 29 ¡°dupes¡± in my QSO totals. Not sure why the dupe count is so high in this event but maybe those are ¡°insurance contacts¡±. Band conditions have not been particularly great, and I¡¯ve had to ask for callsign repeats numerous times despite enjoying a generally quiet receiving location.
It¡¯s been gratifying to see near-continuous DX Cluster spotting of K2B CW operation from nodes all around the globe. And at one point on the first or second day I saw eight K2x CW stations spotted at one time on 20 CW.
If it looks like this QTH is not going to be clear of T-storms in time for my scheduled 10 p.m. 20-meter CW hour, I¡¯ll erase my call ¡ª probably some time after 9:30 or so.
Bud, W2RU
