ARRL 10-Meter Contest - 2019
Call: K1TO
Operator(s): K1TO
Station: K1TO
Class: SO CW HP
QTH: FL
Operating Time (hrs): 32
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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CW: 885 60
SSB:
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Total: 885 60 Total Score = 212,400
Club: Florida Contest Group
Comments:
Skipped 2018 after a horrible 2017 and regretted it as FL had good condx
compared to most everyone else. Looks like a similar occurrence in 2019.
First four hours were better than expected. Saturday was steady most of the
day, trailing off around 1930Z. Saturday evening and Sunday were a slog, except
starting at 1630Z when the band suddenly opened well for a few hours with some
very strong signals.
After working just 3 TX through Sunday AM, dozens poured in today. Only worked
a couple of AZ and NV in W7 and three in CA. In fact, KH6 called in before I
worked CA. VK was a nice surprise a little later. Two EU on Saturday - DL and
CT. Zero AF. Neat spotlight opening to MN later on, then just 3 QSOs in the
last 2.5 hours.
Only mult heard and not worked was a VP8 who I heard calling another South
American.
Have a strong S8 noise from the south that affected SA signals quite a bit.
Very few other signals are S from here, but the noise affected all directions at
least a little bit.
Even December contests are sometimes affected by lightning in FL. A front moved
through Saturday morning, necessitating a half-hour off time.
This weekend reminded me a lot of the contest weekends I've spent on 6M in
recent years where the audience is largely limited by the range of one-hop
E-skip. It also seemed like activity was muted with many opting to skip a 10M
contest in the sunspot minimum.
Thanks for the QSOs and hope everyone has a terrific holiday season and a
healthy and happy 2020!
vy 73, Dan
FT-1000MP + Alpha 87A to homebrew 6L @ 50'
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