[3830] ARRL 10 ND0C SO SSB QRP

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                    ARRL 10-Meter Contest

Call: ND0C
Operator(s): ND0C
Station: ND0C

Class: SO SSB QRP
QTH: Minnesota
Operating Time (hrs): 6

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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   CW:           
  SSB:  150    86
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Total:  150    86  Total Score = 25,800

Club: Minnesota Wireless Association

Comments:

I only had a few hours to operate due to a bunch of other commitments, but
wanted to "play" a little and enjoy the good propagation in the time available.
 (My original plans to go full bore in this one went by the wayside when various
Christmas program schedules for my daughter came out.  And I had to be involved
in some volleyball club tryouts, so.... Maybe next year!)  I have loved this
contest since the early days - running QRP in it back before there was a QRP
category!  It is a great event and is multiplier rich.  

I used my old Ten Tec Argonaut 509 running a rock-crushing 3 watts output - it
is still a nice little radio.  I focused on working as many mults as I could in
the limited time I was on.  Conditions seemed pretty decent, but not as good as
in the last couple months.  Things seemed a little spotty and QSB was
significant at times.  It seemed from here that the band opened later and
closed earlier than a month ago and it was never quite as long as a few weeks
ago.  I didn't hear any BYs and couldn't get thru to the eastern Europeans. 
(It might have been better on Saturday morning - but I wasn't on.  - I could
have used the mults!) But I did manage to work a total of 53 countries in 6
hours time.  When I called loud stations, it was pretty much a push-button QSO.
   And high in the band, with minimal QRM, even weaker stations were easy to
work.  Once again 10 meters demonstrates what an awesome band it is for QRP!

The ND0C "retro station" for this one: 
   Ten Tec Argonaut 509 - 3 watts out (circa 1980)
   Wilson SY-3 three element tribander Yagi (circa 1979)

73, 
Randy, ND0C


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