ARRL 10-Meter Contest
Call: W5CF
Operator(s): W5CF
Station: W5CF
Class: SO SSB LP
QTH: NM
Operating Time (hrs): 17
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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CW:
SSB: 411 48
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Total: 411 48 Total Score = 61,650
Club: Arizona Outlaws Contest Club
Comments:
This was my first time operating in this contest. So my goal was simply to work
them as I found them. The strategy was to include some "RUN" time.
The contest was a little bit different than I expected. Being an ARRL contest,
I expected tons of stateside stations calling CQ. That turned out to be wrong,
as there were tons of DX stations.
Saturday afternoon I saw noise levels drop below S2, which was great. About
2330Z all US stations just disappeared off the band. Sunday I saw noise at
about S5 all day long.
Spent a good majority of my time in S&P mode, making contacts and looking
for multipliers. That went fairly well, as I seldom called more than three
times to get a reply.
I also had two fairly good "RUNS", one of 40 and one of 63 Q's.
In total, 37 W's, 8 VE's, and 3 XE's, 411 Q's for 61,650.
The rig here is a TS-940S, into a ground mounted Hustler 5BVT. Hopefully by
next season I will have a tower up with a directional antenna.
Overall, lots of fun!
73 DE W5CF, RICK
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