[3830] ARRL 10 K7XC SO Mixed Unlimited HP

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                    ARRL 10-Meter Contest

Call: K7XC
Operator(s): K7XC
Station: K7XC

Class: SO Mixed Unlimited HP
QTH: DM09jh NV
Operating Time (hrs): 12

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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   CW:  461    76
  SSB:  247    60
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Total:  708   136  Total Score = 317,968

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Comments:

wow! what a trial by fire! Early Wednesday morning in heavy rain and 
high winds the South East screw in guy anchor failed toppling a 40' 
AB-577 Mil Surplus Mast, destroying the TH3-MK4 tribander. So, we are 
now two days before the contest and I have no 10M antenna! I spend 
Thursday in the cold and rain disassembling the mess, getting it all 
reorganized to go back up, install the mast in a slightly different 
location, screw each guy anchor straight down till the eye is just 
above the ground (not like the ARMY manuals says, aiming the guy 
towards the tower). As the sun fades the lower elevator section and 
all the guys are up and ready for an antenna to lift. Friday Morning 
in blowing winds and snow flurries I dig my old homebrew 4ele DK7ZB 
design 10M monobander and reassemble it. Stealing the boom from the 6M 
beam I start attaching elements straight from the specs off the web 
page via my smartphone. I Attach the feed & secure all connections. 
Walking it over to the AB-577 Mast I hoist it up with relative ease, 
install it pointed north, hook up a fresh feedline and weatherproof 
the connection. Testing it at 12 feet, it looks like it will play just 
fine. As the sun fades I finish raising it to 25', gather up the tools 
and stagger indoors, frozen stiff and very tired. Oh look the contest 
started 45 mins ago... the conditions are not very good. I manage to 
eek out 11 Qs before the band is completely dead. The next day all the 
work pays off as I am able to easily run stations on phone and CW with 
relative ease while holding my frequency as long as I wish (one time 
for 3 1/4 hours) & end the day just short of 500 Qs & 110 Mults. 5:30 
AM Sunday morning, the band is popping in and out on 10M CW Meteor 
Scatter (MS) and long haul ground wave making it easy to work several 
close in mults that are impossible on F2 propagation. Then the F2 
hits around 6:46 AM but I cant seem to get any traction... so I off to
have some breakfast, hot tea and toast,coming back to a much better 
band. I do my best to hang in there but my brain is not into it yet... 
another break for brunch and more tea. When I come back I am finally 
able to once again work anyone w/relative ease. Tuning around a while 
I chase mults & then start CQing again, this time I get replies. From 
noon till the end of the contest at 4PM, I do my best to run rate and 
and set a goal of breaking 700 Qs. As the contest ends its harder 
to find active stations but I do manage to eek out out enough Qs to 
meet my goal... Barely! Not bad for not having an antenna 3 days ago! 
When all is said and done I managed to keep my fat old butt in the 
chair a bit over 12 hours. Thanks to all who worked me! 

K3, IC2KL, 4ele Homebrew DK7ZB style 10M Monobander @ 27 Feet.

73s from DM09jh... sk

ARRL 10M Contest - 2015-12-12 0000Z to 2015-12-14 0000Z - 708 QSOs
K7XC Max Rates:

2015-12-12 1738Z- 5.0 per minute( 1 minute), 300 per hour by K7XC
2015-12-12 1812Z- 2.8 per minute(10 minute), 168 per hour by K7XC
2015-12-12 2057Z- 2.5 per minute(60 minutes), 147 per hour by K7XC

ARRL 10M Contest - 2015-12-12 0000Z to 2015-12-14 0000Z - 708 QSOs
K7XC - Off Times >= 30 Minutes

2015-12-12 00:00Z - 2015-12-12 00:43Z     00:44  (44  mins)Start late
2015-12-12 01:41Z - 2015-12-12 15:24Z     13:44  (824 mins)
2015-12-12 18:14Z - 2015-12-12 19:14Z     01:01  ( 61 mins)
2015-12-12 21:40Z - 2015-12-12 23:38Z     01:59  (119 mins)
2015-12-13 00:07Z - 2015-12-13 14:06Z     14:00  (840 mins)
2015-12-13 14:30Z - 2015-12-13 15:16Z     00:47  ( 47 mins)
2015-12-13 18:38Z - 2015-12-13 22:07Z     03:30  (210 mins)
2015-12-13 23:51Z - 2015-12-13 23:59Z     00:08  (  8 mins) End early

Total Time Off 35:53 (2153 mins)
Total Time On  12:07 (727  mins)

     Qs Pts  Mults
 CW 461 1844 76 
SSB 247  494 60
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Tot 708 2338 136 

Score: 317,968


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