[3830] ARRL 10 KQ6ES SO Mixed LP

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                    ARRL 10-Meter Contest

Call: KQ6ES
Operator(s): KQ6ES
Station: KQ6ES

Class: SO Mixed LP
QTH: CA
Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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   CW:  62      9
  SSB:  15      6
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Total:  77     15  Total Score = 4,170

Club: Southern California Contest Club

Comments:

FT-1000MP 100 watts
3-element tribander at 20ft

47 Q's the first evening to get my hopes up, then 23 Saturday and 7 Sunday.

A very odd and disappointing contest.  I don't have the history to say if
there's ever been a worse one.  I was concerned it would be a dud but this is
less than four percent of last year's points.  By noon Saturday it didn't look
hopeful, but I worked at it anyway, hoping for a reprise of my first ARRL 10m
in 1996 when it was very bad until Sunday morning, but today was almost
worthless.  However, after seeing some other scores, my numbers don't look so
bad!  

I think all the CA stations I worked were in the LAX, ORG, and SDG sections,
and no other states were worked when the sun was up.  All states in a straight
line between here and Florida were worked after dark.  25 of the 77 were TX and
34 were CA.  The one oddball was a phone Q with WB9Z in IL.  I couldn't get the
attention of W0SD, CV5K, and CX5BW.  Very strange not to hear even one LU.

In an attempt to say something positive, I had 50 contacts on 10m in all the
2007 contests before this one, so I guess getting more than that in one weekend
is welcome.

John kq6es


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