Dave Heil wrote in message ...

Same rig/antenna as the last two years from here on the hill--FT-1000MP
"Field and Stream", Johnson Matchbox and 200 foot skywire fed with open
wire. It seems I'm never the guy to work you on FD. N8NN was the op
you worked.

You would have recognized our call.

My math skills are showing in the comments above. Score should read
"2.6 to 2.7 k points".

do the math again! I've done better than that single-handed.

We were one of those stations which should not have been running 5A. In
the middle of the night, we had only two stations running. We would have
been better candidates for 3A.

Been there, done that! Also had the situation where 2-3 ops in the CW
tent made more points for a 4A + GOTA station than all the rest of the
effort combined.

Members of a local Boy Scout troop visited and were given an overview of
amateur radio by the county EC. They then visited all of the stations
in operation. They spent the most time and showed the most interest at
the CW tent.

That's typical. Did you see my post where the middle-school teacher
recounted how young people today react to Morse when properly
presented? I'll repost it if you like.

The ancient mode users had the only station doing computer
logging (TR).

Which ancient mode you talking about? Reginald A. Fessenden was on AM
in 1900 and later, and working 2 way transatlantic AM by 1906. AT&T
hsd SSB was on LF for the transatlantic telephone by 1927, and hams
were on HF SSB by the early 1930s.

The old ops using the old mode were responsible for about 2000 of the
points and that from a single station.

If all the rigs ran low power and you made 950 CW QSOs, that's 3800
points right there.

73 de Jim, N2EY