After nearly two years of less than dedicated seat time I was able to collect my 10,000 SOTA chaser points. This is my 2nd set of 10K points. The first being when I operated and chased as WA6RIC. Moving to Oregon some three years ago, I gave up my W6 callsign for a W7. I then made the decision to start chasing again in W7O land. However, I soon found out that my QTH is not in the best location. Being on the coast (Newport) I have the hills and the Coastal Ranges backing up to me. That and low sunspots and generally bad band conditions. Also my yard layout somewhat restricted my antenna setup. As such, except for a few KX3 contacts, I did all my chasing using my trusty Yaesu FT-890 running 100 watts into a sloping random wire. It took time and patience but I got my Qs.
Thanks to all who activated and helped with the chase points.
73
-Rick / WA7SB
10K Chaser Points
