[3830] ARRL 10 ZL3IO SO Mixed Unlimited HP

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                    ARRL 10-Meter Contest - 2021

Call: ZL3IO
Operator(s): ZL3IO
Station: ZL3IO

Class: SO Mixed Unlimited HP
QTH: Kiwi-DX-Log
Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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   CW:           
  SSB:           
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Total:  264    55  Total Score = 55,220

Club: Bavarian Contest Club

Comments:

10 years ago the legendary Carl Cook (AI6V/P49V) & XYL were visiting us for
the ARRL 10 m contest. We got him the ZM2V contest call and he operated Mixed HP
finishing "First Place DX" from here. 
This year conditions were extremely poor with a clear declining trend since WWDX
SSB. I checked the band every few hours. 3 hops were possible on day one. Just
enough to work some AS/OC. Al lot of the DU/YB/BY stations were reasonable loud
but must have a massive noise floor at their end. Day two showed signs of life
and NA came out of the noise (4-5 hops) for short periods of time. The skips
were extremely patchy and moving around. Lots of 3/4's (PA. MD, DE, NC, VA, FL,
TN, KY) and 8/9/0's (CO, MN, IL, ND. OH, WI). Nothing heard from #5 area, only a
single CA station was logged and very few 7's. No SA or EU heard or worked here.
PJ2T was the only station worked from Central America.
24 QSO (3 x NA) were made in SSB.

Thanks to those who managed to dig my call out of the noise.
73 Holger

rig: FLEX-6600M + RF kit amp
antennas: 4 over 4 element stack plus a 7 element yagi


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