[3830] ARRL 10 WQ5L SO CW LP

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                    ARRL 10-Meter Contest

Call: WQ5L
Operator(s): WQ5L
Station: WQ5L

Class: SO CW LP
QTH: MS
Operating Time (hrs): 23

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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   CW:  926   133
  SSB:           
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Total:  926   133  Total Score = 492,632

Club: 

Comments:

150W, vertical loop @30' fixed NE/SW

Hey, look, it's a DX contest again! Best DX conditions since 2002, if not
earlier. Still, it can get even better as we get closer to the cycle peak --
the openings will start up a little earlier and shut down a little later.

On the flip side, short skip (Es) was darn near nonexistant. I caught a weak
opening to the Plains/Rockies in the first couple hours, and one to W8/VE3/WNY
right near the end. In particular, apart from scatter, I had no propagation to
the mid-Atlantic area which in other years is a big source of QSO points from
here. Missed NC, DE, DC and MO. There was no short skip to the southwest
either; I only worked four Mexican states, all out west.

All in all, great fun... maybe a better antenna next year.  73,

-- Ray WQ5L


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