ARRL 10-Meter Contest
Call: KB0EO
Operator(s): KB0EO
Station: KB0EO
Class: SO Mixed HP
QTH: Minnesota
Operating Time (hrs): 11:20
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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CW: 306 68
SSB: 439 61
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Total: 735 129 Total Score = 271,158
Club: Minnesota Wireless Assn
Comments:
Although 10 meters was in poor shape, it was still fun to get on and run some
small pileups. Sporadic E opened up after 0000 UTC each night with very good
runs to SE USA, Brazil, and Argentina. I worked a few EU and ZL stations - most
of the DX was Caribbean and South America. The band was nowhere close to 2011
levels. There was absolutely nothing coming in from west of my QTH - I worked
one South Dakota and one Arizona station, plus a couple of Alaskans. It really
kept the multipliers down without the EU and western USA in the mix.
I had numerous family obligations that kept me out of the seat most of the day
Saturday - my daughter Bernadette won 1st place at her Olympic weight lifting
high school tournament, so it was well worth it.
It was great bumping into all the Minnesota stations - they are too numerous to
mention. I had a lot of SE USA stations complaining that all they could work was
Minnesota - way to go MWA!
It was very picturesque watching the snow falling all day Sunday while sitting
in the chair off and on. I had to go out the last 2 hours of the contest and
snow blow the driveway while it was still light...that's living in the tundra
for you.
73,
Dan - KB0EO
Northfield, MN
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