[3830] ARRL 10 WD6T SO CW Unlimited HP

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                    ARRL 10-Meter Contest - 2021

Call: WD6T
Operator(s): WD6T
Station: WD6T

Class: SO CW Unlimited HP
QTH: CA
Operating Time (hrs): 3:30

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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   CW:  75     18
  SSB:           
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Total:  75     18  Total Score = 5,400

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Comments:

Home station, with 4 elements at 30' + 1 KW straight into a hill immediately
behind me.  At least I kept the worms warm in this cold weather.

Felt like a VHF contest. 100% ground wave and sporadic E.  Would work multiple
people in the same state.. first MD, then OH, then FL.  No DX heard, not even
SA, but maybe I was on at the wrong times. Did work several new states towards
my 5BWAS.

This is probably a good lesson in why the Internet can be de-motivating. Was on
Slack with some friends. One was reporting working all kinds of E. Coast before
I could hear anything. I thought he was using his vertical (albeit without a
hill in the way) and got discouraged, deciding to go for a hike with my dog
instead. Later, I learned that he was operating remotely to a capable
mountain-top station. Still, I had a good hike before the big "atmospheric
river" hit. And regardless, this was destined to be a part-time effort, as
I had family obligations as well.   

Hope others found some fun in it somewhere.


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