Another day with a lot of band openings - some very strong and some weak. Seven new ones worked today with four already confirmed. But that isn't the best part - I have now confirmed 201 grids on 6m! If I can get just 2 more LotW confirmations, I will have the 200 needed for the next endorsement via LotW.
It appears that I did get 200 confirmed before I got the 150/175 endorsement stickers for the VUCC! Totals are now 217 worked and 201 confirmed.
I think I will focus on 6m for the foreseeable future and hope to his somewhere around 250 confirmed by the end of the season in August. So, with that, I will start up a "cycle" of how I handle 6m.
For new ones in May, I will wait until the first of July to give the station time to upload to LotW. I will then check the date of their last upload, and if it was before the QSO date, I will send a card direct. If they have uploaded after the QSO date, I will assume that it was a NIL contact. Of course stations that are not using LotW will get a direct card. This will be done in August for June contacts and September for July contacts. August ones will be done in October.
I won't send in any more endorsements until around October/November unless I hit the 250 LotW confirmed before then.
Over the fall/winter I will work on developing/devising some type of better antenna (dipole?) that will improve my capabilities for the next season.
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