ARRL 10-Meter Contest
Call: NE4AA
Operator(s): K6AW, K1TO
Station: K1TO
Class: M/S HP
QTH: FL
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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CW: 1605 131
SSB: 1286 133
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Total: 2891 264 Total Score = 2,374,944
Club: Florida Contest Group
Comments:
This operation courtesy of American Airlines. If it weren't for their mileage
incentive programs, Steve K6AW would not have gotten in touch about doing a
last-minute Multi-op here.
Lots of last-minute antenna work here seems to have paid off.
We did not have packet spots networked in, but did peek a bit at DX Summit over
on the laptop -- more on Sunday when it was slower than on Saturday. Total
multiplier gain was minimal from packet and we had considered leaving it off
completely. Interesting to hear a few supposed USA single-ops showing up on
spot frequencies. Since their scores are not posted yet, maybe they'll get
honest and report as M/S. Right.
We worked only FL in the first 20 minutes and feared the worst, but the one
thing that is constant about 10-Meter propagation is change.
During the short European run Saturday, we stayed on CW almost the whole time
and as a result, we missed many normally easy EU mults on SSB. Did work more
exotic mults on Sunday, but most of the European opening was to extreme western
Eu. Never worked a JA, although there was one audible JA7 on SSB. Thanks to
VQ9LA for passing *us* to CW and coming back to SSB to chat about it.
Enjoyed gabbing both directly and using Alt/G with K6AW. Lots of laughs! Sure
made for a different ARRL 10 experience for me, having done CW-only for a few
years now. Thanks to Steve for helping with the computers and antenna work.
Happy Holidays!
73, Dan, K1TO
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