[3830] ARRL 10 NT7S SO SSB QRP

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                    ARRL 10-Meter Contest

Call: NT7S
Operator(s): NT7S
Station: NT7S

Class: SO SSB QRP
QTH: OR
Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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   CW:           
  SSB:  182    56
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Total:  182    56  Total Score = 20,384

Club: 

Comments:

It has been a bit of a tradition of mine over the last few years to operate in
the 10 Meter Contest as a SSB QRP entrant, with the goal to best my previous
year's score. Last year, I made an acceptable showing of about 7.4k using my
ZS6BKW doublet up about 30 feet.

This year I knew I would need to step up my game, since we are now on the
downswing of Cycle 24. I upgraded the antenna to a Moxon (up only about 15
feet, but much better pattern than the ZS6BKW on 10 meters, and less loss) and
also added a RF speech processor to give my QRP signal some extra oomph.

I think I can say that the upgrades paid off. I scored better than double my
previous best score. This is a completely subjective assessment, but it also
didn't seem like propagation was quite as good this year as it was last year. I
did not hear a ton outside of North America and Japan, but was able to work most
of the stronger stations I could hear.

An enjoyable contest, and I've set a new personal high score that's going to be
a lot harder for me to beat next time.


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