[3830] ARRL 10 K5NA(KI5DR) SO SSB HP

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                    ARRL 10-Meter Contest

Call: K5NA
Operator(s): KI5DR
Station: K5NA

Class: SO SSB HP
QTH: Austin, TX
Operating Time (hrs): 24

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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   CW:           
  SSB: 1181    93
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Total: 1181    93  Total Score = 219,666

Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club

Comments:

Very different propogation than last year.  From the beginning of the contest we
now believe I had a stuck T/R relay in the amplifier.  The band really sounded
DEAD! I operated from 0000z until 1500z before realizing what was going on.  I
must have been a real alligator - once a California station told me I had a
large number of stations calling me, but could not hear them.  Some signals
still came through however, (probably the loudest ones).

I left the air at 1743z to attend my daughter's Ballerina Dance Recital, then a
Christmas Dinner, and returned at 1300z Sunday, so I missed some of the best
propagation of the weekend.  Still, I had a great time operating from K5NA. 
Highlights was getting ZK1CG on the second call, Good signals from Africa, and
ZF2NT calling be just before the end for a new Mult.  Thanks!


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