ARRL 10-Meter Contest
Call: KL8DX
Operator(s): KL8DX
Station: KL8DX
Class: SO CW LP
QTH: Alaska
Operating Time (hrs): 15h12m
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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CW: 883 63
SSB: 0 0
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Total: 883 63 Total Score = 279,028
Club: North Coast Contesters
Comments:
My long time friend and old neighbor Sean, KL1SF made a return
trip to Alaska on a work related mission. I was hoping to get
him in the shack but his schedule never allowed it. He headed back
to AZ on Friday night, so I did not operate a few hours so I
could see him off.
We were forecasted to receive strong winds yet again from another
of our famous winter Chinooks. I had to crank down my beam from
the 42-43 foot level where it normally sits, to about 20 foot. All of
my operation on Saturday was with my beam at 22 foot! We had wind
gusts here at my QTH to 60 Mph over the weekend so needless to say,
the lower noise was horrible and it was directly in my lower 48
path.
I was able to send the beam back up Sunday once the winds dropped to
a normal speed. For me, I think the propagation on Saturday seemed a
bit better than Sunday but of course, my beam was 20+ foot higher
too!
I will post a full overview on my blog in the next few days. I want
to extend the very best of holiday wishes to everyone! Thanks for all
the patience as I continue to learn the ropes to this contesting
stuff. May 2012 bring you a wealth of DX to your logbook. I'm sure
hoping it will bring me DXCC on 10 meters!
73,
Phil KL8DX
Denali National Park, Alaska
Website: http://www.kl8dx.com/
Blog: http://kl8dx.blogspot.com/
Work: http://www.nps.gov/dena/index.htm
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