First 11 Hours

Here are the results so far:

1031 QSOs (2397 points) X 99 mults (76 countries + 23 zones) = 237,303 points

I'm already way ahead of my CQWW SSB score but I'm way behind the pace I had from ZF2TG in 1992 when I had 2985 Qso's X 31 zones + 111 countries=1,087,862. Of course, I had an amplifier there vs. 100W here.

Here's the breakdown by hour:

Hour/QSO's
0/121
1/124
2/124
3/178
4/150
5/95
6/83
7/75
8/32
9/12
10/36
11/1

I had a rough start as I couldn't find any place to CQ without QRM and 100W wasn't enough to clear any frequency. I realy didn't get into a groove until the 3rd hour (178 QSO's) when I established a good run frequency around 7.050. The last 3 hours were painful as I was really fighting back the urge to go to sleep. The rate slowed to a point in the 11Z hour where I could not resist sleep any more. I really need to work on my sleep schedule (and my fitness) going forward as I was not very productive those last few hours.

I need to pick it up this evening if I'm going to have a chance to come anywhere close to my ZF2TG score. I'm also not working enough EU as my avearge points/QSO are only 2.32 vs. the 2.72 I had at ZF2TG.

I'm going back to taking a nap now and will be back on the air around 20Z.