[3830] ARRL 10 NS3T SO CW LP

Sun Dec 11 22:53:36 EST 2005

                    ARRL 10-Meter Contest

Call: NS3T
Operator(s): NS3T
Station: NS3T

Class: SO CW LP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 17
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
   CW:  318    63
  SSB:           
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Total:  318    63  Total Score = 80,136

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Wacky propagation to say the least.  The good thing about being a 
little pistol is that a vertical antenna may actually be better
on a weekend like this, because the RF goes everywhere...

Since my weekends a growing more crowded with family/kid stuff,
I decided to quit being so passive and just call CQ like one
of the big boys, even if I'll never have their antennas.
Good strategy.  Close to 60% of my Q's were from CQ's.  I even
managed a few EU mults from OH & SM on Sunday.  

One call though from ZL really made me scratch my head - at
1630Z.  I looked on the grey line map and found it hard to 
believe, but the sun rises in New Zealand just over 4 hours
after it comes up in DC at this time of year.  Go figure.

Missed the early hours because of a company Xmas party.
Had to QRT with over 3 hours to go for the father-in-law's
birthday gathering.  It didn't matter, because I still had
a lot of fun.

I like the challenge of these low cycle years.  They probably
weed out some who just like to get on the air and run stations
at 100+/hour, but don't like to grind away for hours to get
to 100 total.

Managed to do some SO2R even though my antennas are too close.
Probably 25 Q's and a couple mults.  It so fractured my ears
and brain that the left side of my head was tingling.

73 Jamie NS3T
TS 2000/IC 706
two 10 meter dipoles, one horizontal, one vertical

 Hour    10M CW  10M PHO    Total     Cumm    OffTime

D1-0400Z   3/2      -      3/2       3/2      19
D1-0500Z    -       -      0/0       3/2      60
D1-0600Z    -       -      0/0       3/2      60
D1-0700Z    -       -      0/0       3/2      60
D1-0800Z  --+--   --+--    0/0       3/2      60
D1-0900Z    -       -      0/0       3/2      60
D1-1000Z    -       -      0/0       3/2      60
D1-1100Z   9/1      -      9/1      12/3      16
D1-1200Z  18/1      -     18/1      30/4   
D1-1300Z   9/3      -      9/3      39/7   
D1-1400Z   9/0      -      9/0      48/7   
D1-1500Z  11/7      -     11/7      59/14  
D1-1600Z  11/4    --+--   11/4      70/18  
D1-1700Z  22/8      -     22/8      92/26  
D1-1800Z  12/3      -     12/3     104/29  
D1-1900Z  16/3      -     16/3     120/32     44
D1-2000Z  28/5      -     28/5     148/37  
D1-2100Z  26/1      -     26/1     174/38  
D1-2200Z  10/0      -     10/0     184/38     46
D1-2300Z   3/1      -      3/1     187/39     48
D2-0000Z   3/1    --+--    3/1     190/40     55
D2-0100Z    -       -      0/0     190/40     60
D2-0200Z  20/2      -     20/2     210/42      4
D2-0300Z   7/0      -      7/0     217/42     33
D2-0400Z   2/0      -      2/0     219/42     49
D2-0500Z    -       -      0/0     219/42     60
D2-0600Z    -       -      0/0     219/42     60
D2-0700Z    -       -      0/0     219/42     60
D2-0800Z  --+--   --+--    0/0     219/42     60
D2-0900Z    -       -      0/0     219/42     60
D2-1000Z    -       -      0/0     219/42     60
D2-1100Z   1/0      -      1/0     220/42     59
D2-1200Z   6/0      -      6/0     226/42  
D2-1300Z   9/4      -      9/4     235/46  
D2-1400Z   3/0      -      3/0     238/46     37
D2-1500Z   6/1      -      6/1     244/47  
D2-1600Z   3/0    --+--    3/0     247/47     11
D2-1700Z    -       -      0/0     247/47     60
D2-1800Z  24/6      -     24/6     271/53      7
D2-1900Z  28/3      -     28/3     299/56  
D2-2000Z  19/7      -     19/7     318/63  

Total:   318/63    0/0

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