[3830] ARRL 10 W4PK SO CW Unlimited HP

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                    ARRL 10-Meter Contest

Call: W4PK
Operator(s): W4PK
Station: W4PK

Class: SO CW Unlimited HP
QTH: VA
Operating Time (hrs): 7:17

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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   CW:  200    42
  SSB:           
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Total:  200    42  Total Score = 42,400

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Mid-day Saturday there was a terrific opening to the West where the West Coast
stations were running 20dB over Nine and my furthest contact was with a ZL
station!  I also heard a VK station with a good signal answering CQ's so I tried
 CQing a bit on a nearby clear frequency but no joy here.  Also the band was
open to South America and I logged several stations from CX, HK, LU, PY, and YV,
many with already high serial numbers!  Unfortunately the band folded a couple
of hours later.

Sunday there was still propagation to South America absolutely nothing west of
the Mississippi.    I did hear one station from Alabama off and on for several
hours that would have been a new multiplier but I never could get through to
him.  And I was running a KW to a 7-element beam. I did work a few more of the
South American stations with several reporting serial numbers in excess of 700.

I worked several PVRC stations, many just barely above the noise floor, but
there were several others that were spotted but I just could not hear.

The only success I had at running was during the opening early Saturday
afternoon.  Most of my contacts were by searching and pouncing.

Thanks for all the Q's, I had fun!

73, Sam W4PK


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