Contest Season is reaching a high pitch, with the CQ WW SSB Contest last weekend, Nov Sweepstakes CW this coming weekend, and more CQ WW and Nov Sweepstakes ahead. I didn't think my results were that bad in the CQ WW SSB, but it looks pretty lame when put on a map. There was more 15m activity during this contest than the whole rest of the year combined! Maybe the new sunspot cycle didn't stall out, after all!

Claimed score: 12,240
QSOs: 81 (4 on 40m, 36 on 20m, 41(!) on 15m)
Countries: 38

I used the Catalina Radio Club's Kenwood TS-140S for a few hours at the beginning of the contest, but reverted back to my old Kenwood TS-520 which I'm more familiar with. The portable G5RV antenna was constant throughout the contest.