[3830] ARRL 10 W1SJ SO SSB HP

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                    ARRL 10-Meter Contest

Call: W1SJ
Operator(s): W1SJ
Station: W1SJ

Class: SO SSB HP
QTH: VT
Operating Time (hrs): 22

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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   CW:           
  SSB: 1770   138
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Total: 1770   138  Total Score = 488,520

Club: Radio Amateurs of Northern Vermont

Comments:

I couldn't understand why the Europe run was so lackluster on both days.
Well, I found out after 30 lbs of heavy snow melted and fell off the yagi.
I couldn't rotate the yagi any further east than North because it was hanging
down and snagging the 160m dipole below it. I tried several methods of knocking
the snow off Saturday morning, but to no avail.  I figured that 45 degrees off
of azimuth wouldn't be that bad for a 3 element. I figured wrong. I lost 2
S-units into Europe and lost 500-600 QSO's in the process. Ah Murphy!

Otherwise, while beaming every other direction, conditions were spectacular! I
had my own mini ZL-run in the afternoon, too. I would have had JA's, but didn't
look too much up that way and a JA noted this on the cluster. Agh! But I did get
all 50 states and most of the European mults, so things weren't all that bad.

Next year... maybe!


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