ARRL 10-Meter Contest
Call: W2UP
Operator(s): W2UP
Station: W0DLE
Class: SO CW LP
QTH: CO
Operating Time (hrs): 26
Remote Operation
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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CW: 1356 144
SSB:
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Total: 1356 144 Total Score = 781,056
Club: Grand Mesa Contesters of Colorado
Comments:
One never knows what to expect from 10m. Last year was a bust, so I was hoping
for some good condx this year. On Saturday morning, I started hearing Europe
about an hour before sunrise, but nobody could hear me. I thought my station
host, W0DLE, took it upon himself to crank down the power and put me in the QRP
category without telling me. At 8 AM local, the door to return propagation was
unlocked and I had about 3 hours of a great EU run (by Colorado standards).
On Sunday, the band opened early to Europe, both directions - about 30 minutes
before sunrise, but signals were down and I could never get a decent run going.
Oh well...
I worked all 50 states, the close in ones being last - OK, KS and WY. Is every
resident of Vermont now a ham? It's incredible how many VT stations I worked.
Only mults I heard that I couldn't work were 9V and HS (called one HS and 2
E21's without success).
Last year, I was hoping to break the record for Colorado in SO/LP/CW. It was
set in 1991, so it was overdue! As the bands didn't cooperate last year, I
figured this would be my last shot at it until the next solar peak. The bands
cooperated and I was close to the record before shutting down for the night on
Saturday. Blew it away on Sunday and also broke the Division record, set in
2001, by almost 100K!
Many thanks to W0DLE for the use of his station (remotely). Chuck is the
Energizer bunny of station and antenna work. He never stops making changes and
improving things. This year, the remote worked like a charm. Thanks again,
Chuck.
Rate sheet (no laughing from the east coast, please):
12/14/2013 0 34
12/14/2013 1 40
12/14/2013 2 36
12/14/2013 3 11
12/14/2013 4 11
12/14/2013 13 10
12/14/2013 14 45
12/14/2013 15 107
12/14/2013 16 102
12/14/2013 17 92
12/14/2013 18 54
12/14/2013 19 48
12/14/2013 20 67
12/14/2013 21 37
12/14/2013 22 66
12/14/2013 23 88
12/15/2013 0 39
12/15/2013 1 13
12/15/2013 13 2
12/15/2013 14 47
12/15/2013 15 51
12/15/2013 16 70
12/15/2013 17 49
12/15/2013 18 32
12/15/2013 19 43
12/15/2013 20 55
12/15/2013 21 40
12/15/2013 22 38
12/15/2013 23 29
Total All Hours 1356
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