ARRL 10-Meter Contest
Call: KD5J
Operator(s): KD5J
Station: KD5J
Class: SO SSB LP
QTH: AR
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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CW:
SSB: 154 33
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Total: 154 33 Total Score = 10,164
Club:
Comments:
In the 2006 ARRL 10 meter contest, I scored 8640 points with 144 QSOs and 30
multis to win a certificate for first place, low power in the AR section. I was
happy to surpass last years score.
This was my first year to use my new call (ex KB5EKX) and to log on computer
instead of paper.
The station is a Kenwood TS-2000 with a 3 el beam.
When the contest began on Friday evening, propagation was exclusively to Texas.
Everything was fine as long as we did not discuss sex, politics, or football. I
looked up the grid squares of stations I worked at this time. My contacts were
from Dallas to Houston to Austin to the Panhandle and on to Big Bend. During
this time I worked my only DX station, XE2WWW, on the Texas-Mexico border. As
the band died out, propagation shifted and I was able to pick up OK, NM, AZ,
and suprisingly CA. My last contact was with K5AM in NM at about 0400Z as the
band died out.
Saturday morning I ad to work and I dont think I missed much. I was able to
make some weak signal contacts in the early afternoon. The band opened up with
propagation to the northeast at 2230Z. During this time I worked the elusive DC
multi when I snagged 4U1WB. As the evening wore on propagation shifted west and
I was able to work stations to the north and west. The band died out around
0300Z.
Sunday morning came alive at 1630 with propagation to the northeast. During
this time I worked my only VE from ON. Before the band died out I was working
SC and IL simultaneously. My last contact was at around 1930Z with K4BAI in
GA.
Multis worked:
AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE GA IL IN KS KY MA MD MI MN MO NC NE NJ NM OH OK ON
PA SC SD TX VA WI WV WY
DX: XE
I was disappointed not to hear ME, VT, NH, NY and FL as I usually do.
73 and see you next year,
Cord KD5J
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