Anyone operating in the #naqp today? #contesting

I recently did the #RTTY North American QSO Party (#NAQP) and had the best performance contesting since I placed 3rd in region for the 1987 Novice Roundup. Still don't know scores yet but I think I did better-than-mean.

I'm now considering doing the #ARRL #SSB International #DX Contest (http://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx). The weather is supposed to be crap tonight through Saturday (ice, snow, rain) so look for me in the bands.

#HamRadio #AmateurRadio

Going to do some practice RTTY on 20m somewhere between 14.080 and 14.099 MHz in about a half hour before the #NAQP this weekend

I'll be popping over onto #VHF and #UHF during my #NAQP breaks. My hopes aren't high, but one year I did manage to snag someone working legal limit UHF 100 miles away on a Skyline Drive peak with a frightening Yagi array on his truck, all with my homemade ground plane antenna, so we'll see.

Looks like I'll miss out on #naqp because of the rain (no antenna at home), but I'm hoping it'll be nice next weekend for some #vhf action.
Also, I think I'll need a #sota fix soon...

#hamradio #contesting

Spent some time yesterday operating the awesome K5TR #hamradio contest station in the Texas Hill Country and just getting on the air a bit. Accidentally had a pileup of people wanting to work me on 20m, which was a new experience.

I've had pileups before, but usually when I was operating a special event or something. Not just getting on the air to make contacts.

I had a lot of fun. Likely to work #NAQP from there next year.