[3830] ARRL Jan VHF K1TO Single Op HP

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                    ARRL January VHF Contest - 2020

Call: K1TO
Operator(s): K1TO
Station: K1TO

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: EL87
Operating Time (hrs): 25

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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    6:  184    64
    2:           
  222:           
  432:           
  903:           
  1.2:           
  2.3:           
  3.4:           
  5.7:           
  10G:           
  24G:           
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Total:  184    64  Total Score = 11,776

Club: Florida Contest Group

Comments:

For years now, I've advocated moving this event to early January to take better
advantage of winter Es.  A swap with the RTTY Round-up would seem fine.  

Scatter ruled all weekend.  Heard hundreds of stations - once.  FT8 is not the
best mode for this, but it really has become the FT8 QSO Party.  MSK144
contributed 12 QSOs, SSB 5 and one on CW.  Never heard a signal on FT4. 

Pipeline to W1 for hours both Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon.  

Neatest QSO was KM1CC FN51, I believe their last.  Tnx Ed K1EP for persisting. 

Heard XE2TT DL44 for 10+ minutes the first evening.  At ~1800 miles this was the

best opening I've heard this winter to anywhere.  Listen for ZL/VK most
evenings, but nothing.  

Six hours in, the line score was 122/51.  4.5 more hours brought it to just
129/52 for the first night.  Sunday was a slog with endless teasing scatter
decodes to jump on and a peak rate of 10.

Wayne K8LEE became a SK this week.  This Commander amp came from him 3 years
ago.  Just came across a picture of him in December 2011 CQ page 80. 
Interesting fellow and station.  RIP Wayne.

Seemed like local 6M aficionado W4TAA was on all weekend with his 9L and KW+ so
I expect Bill will prevail over my 7L and 700W +/-.  

Will probably miss June this year, so this is the second year in a row with the
January score exceeding the June score.  

vy 73, Dan


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