I didn’t really think I’d ever operate from W3LPL’s station, though I had met Frank a few times through various PVRC events. One weekend I went over to help survey the receive antenna array that he builds up for the contest season.
For this contest I was the 20M CW operator overnight. Although the band was not in great shape at those times there were only a few hours that netted 0 QSOs, so on balance it was worth being there for the extra points.
The antenna field at W3LPL 
The receive antenna field at W3LPL 
Important mug of tea 
AD5XI at the 20M run station
In the end we did pretty well, beating K3LR for NA and coming 8th in the world.
Call: W3LPL
Operator(s): AD5XI K3AJ K3MM K3RA K4ZA KD4D KL2A N3HEE N3OC N4QQ NI1N NN3W W3LPL W3UR WR3Z
Station: W3LPL
Class: M/M HP
QTH: Glenwood, Maryland
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Location: USA
| Summary: | |||||
| Band | QSOs | Zones | Countries | ||
| 160: | 702 | 28 | 104 | ||
| 80: | 1756 | 36 | 127 | ||
| 40: | 2122 | 38 | 151 | ||
| 20: | 2564 | 36 | 154 | ||
| 15: | 981 | 27 | 122 | ||
| 10: | 126 | 16 | 34 | ||
| Total: | 8251 | 181 | 692 | Total Score | 19,479,249 |
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club