[3830] ARRL 10 K5KG M/S LP

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                    ARRL 10-Meter Contest

Call: K5KG
Operator(s): K5KG
Station: K5KG

Class: M/S LP
QTH: WCF
Operating Time (hrs): 17.5

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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   CW:  354    66
  SSB:  261    53
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Total:  615   119  Total Score = 230,622

Club: Florida Contest Group

Comments:

There is not much that I can say about this contest that hasn't already been
said on CQ-Contest!  What a strange set of conditions.  Some great runs
interspersed with hours of boredom.  At times, the band dropped out completely,
so it made it difficult to stay focused and interested.

Greatest thrill was being called by the VP8.  Frustrations were the dead band
iterrupted with occasional loan but loud distant stations, and getting a call,
only to lose it in the noise before getting his section.  Was tempted to open
QRZ.com to see where stations were, but that would have been cheating!  It was
interesting how localize the band was at times.  The 10m "cloud" seemed to be
drifing all over creating pipelines at various times into AZ, CA, VA, TX, and
WA.  Zero, with a few exceptions, were notoriously absent.  FL stations were
difficult to work unless beaming due south into the sun.

Got a real feeling that southwest FL was NOT the place to be in this one,
unlike prior years. Seemed like being a bit further north or west would have
been favorable. 

Equipment: Ic-756Pro2, Acom 2k, C31 at 60', 6el mono at 30' (stuck south), and
SteppIR Big Vert.  All antennas on a Stack Match for switching around.  Most
CQ'ing was done on the three antennas simultaneously.  Was SO, but entered as
M/S to use the cluster.

73, Geo...


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