ARRL January VHF Contest - 2020
Call: K1TO
Operator(s): K1TO
Station: K1TO
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: EL87
Operating Time (hrs): 25
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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6: 184 64
2:
222:
432:
903:
1.2:
2.3:
3.4:
5.7:
10G:
24G:
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Total: 184 64 Total Score = 11,776
Club: Florida Contest Group
Comments:
For years now, I've advocated moving this event to early January to take better
advantage of winter Es. A swap with the RTTY Round-up would seem fine.
Scatter ruled all weekend. Heard hundreds of stations - once. FT8 is not the
best mode for this, but it really has become the FT8 QSO Party. MSK144
contributed 12 QSOs, SSB 5 and one on CW. Never heard a signal on FT4.
Pipeline to W1 for hours both Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon.
Neatest QSO was KM1CC FN51, I believe their last. Tnx Ed K1EP for persisting.
Heard XE2TT DL44 for 10+ minutes the first evening. At ~1800 miles this was the
best opening I've heard this winter to anywhere. Listen for ZL/VK most
evenings, but nothing.
Six hours in, the line score was 122/51. 4.5 more hours brought it to just
129/52 for the first night. Sunday was a slog with endless teasing scatter
decodes to jump on and a peak rate of 10.
Wayne K8LEE became a SK this week. This Commander amp came from him 3 years
ago. Just came across a picture of him in December 2011 CQ page 80.
Interesting fellow and station. RIP Wayne.
Seemed like local 6M aficionado W4TAA was on all weekend with his 9L and KW+ so
I expect Bill will prevail over my 7L and 700W +/-.
Will probably miss June this year, so this is the second year in a row with the
January score exceeding the June score.
vy 73, Dan
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