ARRL 10-Meter Contest
Call: DH8BQA
Operator(s): DH8BQA
Station: DH8BQA
Class: SO Mixed Unlimited HP
QTH: JO73ce
Operating Time (hrs): 13
Remote Operation
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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CW: 86 36
SSB: 17 7
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Total: 103 43 Total Score = 16,254
Club: Bavarian Contest Club
Comments:
Elecraft K3, KPA500 + 6 ele OWA Yagi @ 60 ft.
ARRL10M - one of my favourite contests! Nothing big to be expected during
sunspot minimum, of course, nevertheless always fun and a nice opportunity for
some propagation studies. ;-)
Besides 35% locals (i.e. groundwave and troposcatter contacts) and a (small)
number of Sporadic-E as well as Meteor Scatter contacts (with the Geminids
meteor shower approaching) even some DX could be worked.
Besides the "usual" one hop DX like CU and EA8 and the usual suspects
from Africa (5T, S0, TZ, V5, ZS) and very few South Americans (only a few PYs
and CEs wkd, no LU this time) even some juicy mults on the west-east path made
it into the log: FY5KE, NP2X, P4/DL6RAI, NP3A, KP2M and KP4/K7GM were nice
surprises on Saturday afternoon.
Sunday afternoon saw an unexpected opening between Western Europe (CT, EA, F,
PA, G) and the U.S. It finally opened overhere for 10 minutes, too, although
only into Florida. Probably an ES + F2 link or maybe more likely 3 x ES hops as
condx would probably not allow any F2 propagation on 10 m currently. But you
never know ... ;-) Managed to work 4 stations and heard 3 more but they were
busy working locals or simply not hearing well enough. VP5CW was a nice catch,
too, and could be heard a little bit longer. EI2CN was a nice signal all the
time supporting my ES link theory ...
73, Olli - DH8BQA
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