[3830] ARRL 10 VE9AA SO CW HP

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                    ARRL 10-Meter Contest - 2022

Call: VE9AA
Operator(s): VE9AA
Station: VE9AA

Class: SO CW HP
QTH: NB
Operating Time (hrs): 10:51

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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   CW: 1000   116
  SSB:           
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Total: 1000   116  Total Score = 464,000

Club: Maritime Contest Club

Comments:

‘Twas the nite before TEN opened, and all through the shack,
Not a signal was stirring, for outside it was black.
The dipoles were hung, by the tower with care,
In hopes that strong signals,
soon would be there.

The harmonics were nestled, all snug in their beds,
while visions of pileups, danced in their heads.
With me in my PJ's and Mom in her thong,
We wondered about DX and where we went wrong.


When out on the snow, there arose such a mess,
I sprang from my bed, and forgot to get dressed.
Away to the window, I flew like a streaker,
Broke open the amp and became suddenly weaker.
.
The coax was ripped and the new fallen amp,
fell onto the floor and the ‘Test was now damped.
But what do my wondering eyes, should suddenly see here?
…but a miniature stack of 10m Yagis and deer !


With that little old man, so adept at the key,
this could be our good luck, if only it could be....
More QRQ than Hashafisti and with power to spare.
Now Dasher, now Dotter, now all deer, he yelled proud,
We’re doing this right, and we're going to be loud!

On Meteor, Aurora and Backscatter too!
We’ll work everyone folks, ‘til the tubes they turn blue.
To the top of the hill, we ran with our tools,
Now dash away, dot away, lids and DQRM fools.

The dummy loads are cool, before the current that flows,
I will rid you of keyclicks, splatter and gosh Heavens knows.
So up to the house-top, the signals they flew,
With antennas and amplifiers and St. Nicholas too.
.

And then in a moment, I heard on the stairs,
DX being worked, that was exceedingly rare.
As I logged with N1MM (plus version of course),
St. Nick was working VK’s, SSB and on Morse.

He was dressed all in fur and looking alive,
And his clothes were all sweaty from working a J5.
A bundle of hardline, he threw on his back,
And he looked like a Slim, who would never come back.


His eyes how they looked, his cheeks were puffed out,
>From an SSB pileup, that he commanded with clout.
His droll little mouth, behind the headset from Heil,
Did not conceal, that rare DX smile.


The stump of his pipe, he held tight in his face,
As lots of DX was coming, and this was a race !
He had a wry smile, a big man among men,
>From sitting too much,  and working W-A-S on Ten.


He was fast and fat, that right happy King elf,
I looked in the mirror, and imagined myself.
A wink of his eye and a twist of the key,
He sent 5NN and worked an E3.



He spoke a few words, as he worked the Morse code,
This rate behaviour lads, I love the big load.
He filled all the stockings and,
Between contacts he said,
Once this is done, Mike, you go right back to bed !

Laying a wee finger, up the side of his nose,
He started another pileup and the din, it arose.
This is VE9-Santa and you are Five-by-Nine!
I’ll work you all quickly and leave no one behind.


He sprang to his sled, and with a nod of his head,
He worked the last contact-(Long path to K1L-Zed !)

Away the stats flew, to the A-Double R-L,
I’ll be back next year, people -perhaps from VL?

He yelled as he faded, and went *poof* out of sight,
MX, 73 and to all a GN !
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
Merry Christmas from New Brunswick
de Mike VE9AA and family

Somehow I missed WV *where was N8II? Jeff? Also missed DC.
In my\ own country, I missed LB,NS,NT,NU,PE & YT.
Not one Mexican Station to be found ! Ay Carumba!...and I had a pipeline on 10m
to that part of the world.

Max Rates 2022-12-10 1541z 5.0 per minute (1 minute) 300 per hour
          2022-12-10 1454z 3.3 per minute (10 minutes) 198 per hour
          2022-12-11 1356z 2.4 per minute (60 minutes) 145 per hour

55 S-P & 61 countries...1000Q's seemed like a good place to stop.  TEN is
not ready for prime time just yet (compare this score to 2013 or 2014) but it
sure is getting warm.  Two more years I think.

*QZB* = You're all zero beat ; pse use ur XIT +/- !

CU (all of a sudden!) in the next one.
IC7410+amp+gnd plane

dit dit

Mike VE9AA in New Brunswick, Canada


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