[3830] ARRL 10 VE3BR SO Mixed HP

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                    ARRL 10-Meter Contest - 2021

Call: VE3BR
Operator(s): VE3BR
Station: VE3BR

Class: SO Mixed HP
QTH: FN03es
Operating Time (hrs): ~3.5

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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   CW:  43     16
  SSB:  12      7
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Total:  55     23  Total Score = 4,508

Club: Contest Club Ontario

Comments:

Radio: Ten-Tec Orion + AL-80B @ ~500 W
Antenna: DX-Eng 80/40 Thunderbolt 55ft Dual Band Vertical
Software: N1MM Logger+ 1.0.9364.0

I had very limited time for this one + my Orion was receiving some TLC for the
last month or so (before it suffered the breakdown, last contest I was in was SS
CW), so I just needed to run it through the paces to see if it recovered and
confirm that the reports of its death were greatly exaggerated. As a result of
the circumstances I do not really know if the conditions were that bad or my
antenna sucks on 10 m (using 80 m vertical on 10 m is never a good idea) or my
radio was the culprit (I do not think so, I think it is back to being its former
self). That I have had arthritic pain in my left thumb from fruitless twirling
of the VFO knob while looking for any signal on 10 is obvious. I happen to think
that this was because there were no signals to be heard on 10 with an 80
vertical. What I heard I worked :^)


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