[3830] ARRL 10 K6GEP SO Mixed LP

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                    ARRL 10-Meter Contest

Call: K6GEP
Operator(s): K6GEP
Station: K6GEP

Class: SO Mixed LP
QTH: ORG
Operating Time (hrs): 7

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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   CW:  42     6
  SSB:  22     3
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Total:  64     9  Total Score = 1,908

Club: Southern California Contest Club

Comments:

With apologies to Dr. Seuss's "Grinch Who Stole Christmas"...

You're a mean one, 10 Meters.
You really are a heel.
You're as cuddly as a cactus,
You're as charming as an eel.
10 Meters.

You're a bad banana
With a greasy black peel.

You're a monster, 10 Meters.
Your freqs an empty hole.
Your band is full of static,
You've got garlic in your soul.
10 Meters.

I wouldn't touch you, with a
sixteen and a half foot dipole.

You're a foul one, 10 Meters.
You're a nasty, wasty skunk.
Your heart is full of unwashed socks
Your soul is full of gunk.
10 Meters.

The three words that best describe you,
are, and I quote: "Stink. Stank. Stunk."

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Comparison to last year:

            2006            2007

QSO's        126              64

Mults         44               9

Score      17336            1908

I had cleared my calendar of obligations during the day, and I had planned
on operating at least 20 hours in the contest. And the propagation went
nowhere! This defies logic.  The solar flux was 89 today with a K index of 1? 
And the band stunk? I don't understand it.  And on the other hand, the openings
on 80M to Europe at night have been tremendous!

This contest brings back fond memories of finishing my final exams at Cal Poly
Pomona and heading home for a weekend of contesting.  The band was good then
(1980-84), though.

Rig: FT-990
Ants:
     10M Ringo Ranger Vertical up 20 feet
     10M dipole up 20 feet
Software:
     N3FJP 10 Meter Logger

CU in Stew Perry (if I get inv vee up) and RAC Winter Contest.

Happy Holidays,

Tim K6GEP


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