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ARS Bumble Bee Contest July 50, 2006- LOG

This was my first Bumblebee since 2003 and I had to cut a vacation with my wife a little short in order to get back!  

It was a very hot day here in Lakewood, CO (suburb of Denver).  I had decided to work from Green Mountain.  This a big
round hump of a mountain on the west edge of Lakewood.  Not a tree on the whole thing but 180 degree views to the east
and high enough and far enough away from the mountains in the west that I thought it'd make a good sight.  I hiked
a little over a mile to the summit and parked my antenna on the east side right on top of a gentle drop off to the
east.  Sat there in the middle of the sun for 4 hours on one of those little lawn chairs that's only 3" off the ground.
I was using my k2 at 5W and a 25' on a side double on top of a 33' pole.  An hour into the contest my nalgeen bottles 
full of water and ice were just water.  An hour and a half into the contest said water bottles were HOT water.  It
didn't seem like conditions were too good.  Had lots of QSOs on 20M but a lot, lot of those QSOs were very, very 
faint.  Lots of good operators out there made it work!  I worked a very few on 40 and even less on 15... none on 10.
Forgot my camera so no pictures but, other then the view of Denver, not much to take pictures of up there anyway!
Following is my log.  


Band	Time	Call	MyRst	HisRst	SPC	BB#/PWR
20	1100	K9ESE	559	559	IN	14	
20		K7TQ	579	559	ID	12	
20		N4SL	579	559	WA	117	
20	1105	KG6UZ	569	559	CA	114
20		K4BAI	559	569	GA	5W
20		NO2D	569	579	CO	5W
20		K8DDB	569	559	MI	5W
20		N6GA	569	579	CA	179
20		VE3JC	569	559	ON	15
20		WA4MQW	559	559	NC	174
20	1111	W8PBO	569	569	WV	5W
20		AI8Z	569	559	CO	5W
20		NK6A	559	559	CA	149
20		AD6GI	559	559	CA	169
20		N6ZI	579	579	CA	90W
20		K3NCO	579	579	MD	5W
20		K4MF	559	559	FL	196
20		NE5DL	559	559	TX	102
20		K6APW	559	559	CA	245
20	1125	N6IZ	589	559	CA	41
40	1134	NO2D	589	599	CO	5W
40		K6LG	449	339	CA	79
40	1139	KJ6HZ	449	559	CA	5W
15	1140	N9NE	569	559	WI	27
15		N4UM	579	569	FL	216
15		N0IBT	559	559	CO	5W
15		K4MF	339	559	FL	196
15	1146	VY2/W1OH559	559	PEI	5W
15		K8CV	559	559	MI	5W
20	1153	NU7T	559	559	NV	5W
20		KI0II	599	599	CO	58
20		W7OM	569	599	WA	5W
20		W3BBO	569	569	PA	5W
20		N8RN	559	559	OH	5W
20		W6AZ	569	559	CA	5W
20		K6DGW	569	559	CA	67
20		K9YT	579	579	WI	37
20		KR7W	569	599	WA	97
20		KT9E	569	559	IN	109
20		KE0G	559	579	MN	5W
20		K4LTA	559	599	TN	5W
20		VE3NXB	559	559	ON	5W
20		AA7EQ	569	559	AR	5W
20	1208	W5ESE	559	559	TX	55
20	1209	WB7FJG	569	559	WA	117
20		W1PID	559	559	NH	75
20		K5OT	559	559	TX	107
20		N7RVD	569	559	WA	237
20	1216	VE3XT	559	559	ON	93
20		NI8N	559	559	OH	51
20		KJ6HZ	559	559	CA	5W
20		KB7MBI	559	559	WA	85
20	1225	N0TK	599	599	CO	5W
40	1232	K5HWT	559	559	TX	111
20	1243	N5GW	559	559	MS	1W
20		N4UM	569	569	FL	216
20	1248	K5GQ	569	459	TX	147
20		WA0RSE	559	559	MN	32
20		W4QO	559	569	GA	255
20		W4NJK	559	579	CA	5W
20		KC0ULO	589	599	CO	202
20	1258	NT4XT	569	589	GA	5W
20		N1BQ	569	559	VT	217
20		N0IBT	559	559	CO	5W
20		W2LJ	449	559	NJ	57
20	1309	K7FD	569	559	OR	5W
20		N0TU	599	599	CO	106
20		AF4LQ	559	559	KY	5W
20		N1EU	569	559	NY	54
20		AK0M	589	579	IA	86
20		KI6ERC	569	579	CA	227
20		WA9PWP	579	559	WI	5W
20		WA8REI	449	559	MI	173
20	1323	W7RF	449	559	CA	236
20	1328	K6LG	559	599	CA	79
20		W0MPR	569	599	CO	96
20		AD5VC	559	559	LA	230
20		AD6JY	449	579	CA	4W
20		NZ0Z	579	599	IN	5W
20	1333	AB6MB	569	599	CA	242
20		W9ILF	559	559	IN	1W
20	1341	N9RY	569	559	IL	49
40	1349	N7RVD	559	559	WA	237
20	1357	K4ORD	559	559	VA	5W
20	1400	VE1TV	559	559	NI	5W
20		N1WPU	559	449	ME	5W
20		W9LR	579	559	WI	87
20		WB9QBL	579	599	CO	233
20	1406	AA1MY	559	559	ME	208
20		WD9F	599	559	IL	5W
20		K07X	449	559	WA	5W
20	1412	NK1N	559	559	NJ	199
20		W9FNB	559	559	IN	182
20	1416	N7LT	579	559	MT	168
20		KD4ORO	569	447	AL	252
20	1419	AD5QB	579	559	TX	5W
40	1425	NW8L	569	559	NM	175
40	1427	KC0ULO	579	599	CO	202
40	1434	K0LWV	559	449	MO	5W
20	1439	K5NZ	599	599	TX	5W
20	1442	K6EI	559	559	WA	253
40	1450	N6GA	449	559	CA	179
40	1452	KI6SN	449	559	CA	3
40	1455	N0TU	599	599	CO	106