ARRL 10 METER CONTEST -- 2000
Call: KQ2M
Category: Single Operator Unassisted
Power: High Power 34.2 hours
Band: Mono 10
Mode: Mixed Mode
State: CT
MODE QSO QSO PTS STATES COUNTRIES
CW 1529 6116 59 87
SSB 1795 3590 56 87
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Totals 3324 9706 115 174 = 2,805,034
All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted.
Equipment Description:
FT1000MP & Titan (x2)
10 5/5/5/5 @ 22'/45'/70'/100' Top Rotatable others Fixed NE
3L @ 40' in a tree pointing Southeast
Club Affiliation: Frankford Radio Club
Comments:
This should be called the 10 Meter "Sprint"! With the relatively poor
condx the band basically opened for "runs" at sunrise and closed dead
when it was dark. This means that EVERY SINGLE MINUTE is precious
because there will be little or nothing to work at night.
Even with 15 elements fixed on Europe, EU station cq'ed in my face for much
of the day Saturday and Sunday and I felt that I was really struggling.
So THIS is the top of the cycle? HI!
I really love this contest because the whole contesting world gets to work
each other all weekend on one band. I especially enjoy mixed mode because
you experience the joys, frustrations and challenges of both CW & SSB and
then
get to bounce back and forth between the two. It really is neat to be
able to pass mults back and forth between CW and SSB but of of course this
presents a unique problem.... Since CW counts 2x SSB, and there are only so
many hours of daylight to run, how can you be in two places at once? and
what happens when you are running on CW and you miss the Africans on SSB?
Figuring this out is part of the challenge!
I keep believing it should be possible to work 100 countries on BOTH modes
in this contest (unassisted) but this remains elusive due to limited
daylight
which makes Asia a great challenge to work from New England in the limited
openings and the fact that there are seven less countries that count in
ARRL 10 vs. CQWW.
I was pleased to learn a lot from last years effort so that even with the
with poorer conditions I was still able to break my record from last year,
and more fully take advantage of the propagation that we had to work with
(without the nighttime openings to the South and Southwest).
Some highlights in the contest were:
* A personal best (from the US) 234 hour on SSB (EU & US with split
antennas)
* Mult passes from mode-to-mode of 5A1A, AH8I, FM/F2JD & VP9/AA1AC
(on a dead band on backscatter!) Thanks guys!
* Beating last years score
* GREAT Worldwide activity level!!!
* A DOUBLE mode WAS in the first 24 hours (except for SC on SSB)
* Working YT on BOTH modes!
* Getting to work EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE on both modes!
* Saying HI again to all the new and old friends I met at WRTC 2000
Some lowlights:
* Real sucky propagation with aurora buzz and power line noise
* More "crud", aurora buzz, SA SSB in the CW band and jamming, carriers,
broadcast and other garbage than I have ever heard before
* CW stations who think 3 is ....__ and 6 is __....
* When you call LZ1??, and DJ9?? and F6??? give you reports and then
disappear when you CONFIRM LZ1ZZ (not real call).
Someone suggested that a dipole on the East Coast would blow away a serious
BIG station in California. I guess I must be using the wrong antennas.
If using a 3-stack of 5 element antennas causes EU stations to CQ in your
face all weekend on CW, I can only imagine how silly I would feel operating
with a "stealth" dipole on my roof with aurora buzz and a K of 4 in
New England in December. I think that banging my head on the table would
be more enjoyable.
There was lots of activity and lots of great scores. Congrats to everyone
who worked hard, had fun and made a new personal best. Special thanks to
those stations who qsy'ed or who remembered my call and worked me later on
the "other" mode.
Thanks for all the qso's and CU in the next millenium!
73
Bob KQ2M
This is to certify that in this contest I have operated
my transmitter within the limitations of my license and have
observed fully the rules and regulations of the contest.
Signature _________________________________
MAILING ADDRESS:
Robert L. Shohet KQ2M
51 Scudder Road
Newtown, CT 06470
BREAKDOWN QSO/mults KQ2M ARRL 10 METER CONTEST Single Operator
HOUR 10 HR TOT CUM TOT
0 74/32 74/32 74/32
1 105/12 105/12 179/44
2 66/9 66/9 245/53
3 48/6 48/6 293/59
4 21/3 21/3 314/62
5 . . 314/62
6 . . 314/62
7 . . 314/62
8 ..... ..... 314/62
9 . . 314/62
10 43/25 43/25 357/87
11 38/13 38/13 395/100
12 135/16 135/16 530/116
13 155/11 155/11 685/127
14 135/8 135/8 820/135
15 196/45 196/45 1016/180
16 222/11 222/11 1238/191
17 121/9 121/9 1359/200
18 118/6 118/6 1477/206
19 120/9 120/9 1597/215
20 125/11 125/11 1722/226
21 135/8 135/8 1857/234
22 119/7 119/7 1976/241
23 58/4 58/4 2034/245
0 48/1 48/1 2082/246
1 35/2 35/2 2117/248
2 4/0 4/0 2121/248
3 4/0 4/0 2125/248
4 . . 2125/248
5 . . 2125/248
6 . . 2125/248
7 . . 2125/248
8 ..... ..... 2125/248
9 . . 2125/248
10 19/5 19/5 2144/253
11 25/5 25/5 2169/258
12 99/2 99/2 2268/260
13 93/5 93/5 2361/265
14 113/5 113/5 2474/270
15 123/1 123/1 2597/271
16 112/2 112/2 2709/273
17 103/3 103/3 2812/276
18 87/7 87/7 2899/283
19 80/1 80/1 2979/284
20 120/2 120/2 3099/286
21 109/0 109/0 3208/286
22 75/1 75/1 3283/287
23 41/2 41/2 3324/289
DAY1 2034/245 ..... 2034/245
DAY2 1290/44 . 1290/44
TOT 3324/289 . 3324/289
BREAKDOWN in mins/QSO's per hr KQ2M ARRL 10 METER CONTEST Single Operator
HOUR 10 HR TOT CUM TOT
0 60/74 60/74 60/74
1 60/105 60/105 120/89
2 60/66 60/66 180/82
3 62/46 62/46 242/73
4 28/45 28/45 271/70
5 . . 271/70
6 . . 271/70
7 . . 271/70
8 ..... ..... 271/70
9 . . 271/70
10 37/70 37/70 307/70
11 61/37 61/37 368/64
12 59/137 59/137 427/74
13 60/156 60/156 487/84
14 61/133 61/133 548/90
15 59/199 59/199 607/100
16 60/221 60/221 667/111
17 60/121 60/121 727/112
18 60/118 60/118 787/113
19 61/118 61/118 848/113
20 59/126 59/126 907/114
21 60/135 60/135 967/115
22 60/118 60/118 1027/115
23 60/58 60/58 1087/112
0 63/46 63/46 1150/109
1 58/36 58/36 1208/105
2 9/26 9/26 1217/105
3 4/68 4/68 1221/104
4 . . 1221/104
5 . . 1221/104
6 . . 1221/104
7 . . 1221/104
8 ..... ..... 1221/104
9 . . 1221/104
10 52/22 52/22 1273/101
11 58/26 58/26 1331/98
12 60/99 60/99 1391/98
13 60/94 60/94 1450/98
14 60/114 60/114 1510/98
15 60/123 60/123 1570/99
16 60/112 60/112 1630/100
17 60/103 60/103 1690/100
18 60/87 60/87 1750/99
19 60/80 60/80 1810/99
20 60/120 60/120 1870/99
21 60/109 60/109 1930/100
22 60/75 60/75 1990/99
23 58/42 58/42 2049/97
DAY1 18.1/112 ..... 18.1/112
DAY2 16.0/80 . 16.0/80
TOT 34.1/97 . 34.1/97
BREAKDOWN in kilo-points by hr KQ2M ARRL 10 METER CONTEST Single Operator
HOUR 10 HR TOT CUM TOT
0 194 194 194
1 105 105 300
2 71 71 371
3 48 48 419
4 24 24 443
5 . . 443
6 . . 443
7 . . 443
8 ..... ..... 443
9 . . 443
10 144 144 588
11 82 82 669
12 156 156 825
13 143 143 968
14 117 117 1085
15 275 275 1360
16 118 118 1477
17 84 84 1561
18 97 97 1658
19 109 109 1767
20 97 97 1864
21 81 81 1945
22 70 70 2015
23 51 51 2066
0 25 25 2090
1 26 26 2116
2 2 2 2118
3 2 2 2121
4 . . 2121
5 . . 2121
6 . . 2121
7 . . 2121
8 ..... ..... 2121
9 . . 2121
10 32 32 2153
11 36 36 2188
12 66 66 2254
13 58 58 2312
14 57 57 2369
15 40 40 2410
16 43 43 2452
17 74 74 2526
18 81 81 2607
19 46 46 2653
20 46 46 2699
21 32 32 2731
22 41 41 2772
23 33 33 2805
DAY1 2066 ..... 2066
DAY2 739 . 739
TOT 2805 . 2805
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