ARRL 10-Meter Contest
Call: NN7ZZ
Operator(s): N5LZ
Station: N5LZ
Class: SO CW HP
QTH: Utah
Operating Time (hrs): 13
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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CW: 183 35
SSB:
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Total: 183 35 Total Score = 25,620
Club: Utah DX Assn
Comments:
This one was just a VHF contest â?¦. Sporadic E, aurora, short burst meteor
scatter, but no F layer skip. The band was so quiet at times I had to check
to make sure I hadn't switched to the dummy load. After a slow grind Saturday,
the band was dead at 5 pm, so I shut down to get ready for a â??must attendâ??
holiday party. While waiting for my xyl to finish getting ready I turned the
rig back on to an open band with many strong sporadic E signals coming in from
W5 and W4â?¦ I made 15 quick contacts in about 10 minutes before I absolutely
had to leave â?¦ after slugging out one contact at a time all day I had to
leave when the band was hot .. what a bummer â?¦. And when I returned 3 hours
later the band was still open to the same area and I managed another 40 or so
qsos with my best rates of the entire contest. The band was still open with no
stations left to work when I finally shut down at 0515 gmt. Makes one wonder
which is worse: A dead band with many stations on â?¦ or an open band with no
stations on. Sunday was another slow grind â?¦ no real openings and I managed
less than 25 more qsos â?¦ Iâ??ll always wonder how many good Qsos I lost
during those three hours at the party!
I have no W1, W2, W3 or W8s in the log, and VE7 is the only province. The most
pleasant surprise was ZS1EL calling me at 17:51 Saturday during a very slow
E-skip run with MO, KS, OK and AR â?¦. probably multihop E?
Things can only get better!
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