Hi contesting friends,
The 2023 iteration of the 10-Meter contest is behind us. Lots of QSOs were
made. Perhaps not as many as we had hoped and expected! But there are some
impressive scores being reported already.
I'm doing the write up of the full results of the 10-Meter contest, which will
appear on the ARRL contest website when the results are posted in mid-2024. I
begin work on that in February after log checking is completed by the ARRL.
One thing that helps me tremendously in properly documenting the contest is by
having access to first-hand reports from the field. That is, from the
participants. That is especially important in an international contest, where
my own limited knowledge is based upon my weekend from my station in Georgia
(and just on the CW band). To that end, I'm writing this email asking you to
send in a short report of your experiences.
Many of you are already writing up comments. Thank you. If you do not usually
submit soapbox comments, please consider doing so this time.
If you do not feel comfortable writing in English, please don't hesitate to
write in whatever language is best for you. I can run those through Google
translate. (If the various forms don't accept your preferred script, send me
the report, with a short English header so I know what it is, in an email).
All comments are welcome, but, I'm especially interested in reports from:
top-line finishers, first-time participants, and/or participants from outside
North America and North-Central Europe. Since a major focus of the results
article is about the winners, it would be great to have some comments from
those who came out on top.
There are five ways to do so, here listed in order of preference (for my
purposes). You only need to do one of them. :)
1. Enter your soapbox comments directly into the appropriate line in the
Cabrillo log before you submit.2. After you have submitted your log to the
ARRL, you will receive a confirmation email. In that email there is a link to
add additional soapbox comments, linked to your entry. If you do this in the
next few weeks, those comments will get to me in time for use in the write-up.
This is also the way to submit photos (see below).3. Write comments in 3830.
Many of you have already submitted your scores there, and if you have already
written a report, no need to repeat it in one of the other ways, as those are
public. 4. Use my dedicated Google form, which has a few prompts to help guide
your comments. These comments will only be read by me. No need to have a Google
account. https://forms.gle/7mWdt4nHBL7PsUKr65. Send me an email with your
report: amgoss05@yahoo.com
Finally, if you have photos from this weekend, you can submit them via the
interface that comes in ARRL's log submission confirmation email. It's always
great to have photos! Include caption information (including who took the photo
and who is in it, if appropriate).
Thank you! Andy AA5JF, amgoss05@yahoo.com
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