Well the day started off on the wrong foot when I forgot to take into account the clock change and showed up for the 1300Z CWT an hour late! (I couldn’t figure out why the band was dead.) I recovered from that and worked 30 stations on 40m in a half hour at 1900z. That appears to be my 80th CWT for this year. While I started the CWTs too late to finish the year with a gold medallion, that will be a goal for next year. I’m still happy with silver for my 1st year.
Many thanks to everyone at CWops and all the CWT participants. Especially thanks to Joe Spencer, KK5NA, who was my CWA Advanced Class instructor, and Bruce Blain, K1BG, who spoke at my radio club (Newport County Radio Club) and introduced us to CWops and the CW Academy.
