[CQ-Contest] ARRL 10M Contest Records

[Kenneth E. Harker]

http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/10-meter-contest-records-wve.html
http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/10-meter-contest-records-dx.html

     If you are planning for next contest season's calendar already, here are 
some things to think about.  The following ARRL/RAC section records are 
unclaimed (no station has ever before entered these categories from these 
sections):

RI    SO MIX QP
WMA   SO MIX QP
NNY   SO SSB HP, SO CW HP, and M/S
WPA   SO MIX QP
KY    SO MIX QP
SC    SO MIX QP
AR    SO MIX QP
MS    SO MIX QP
WTX   SO SSB QP
EB    SO SSB QP
PAC   SO CW  QP
SDG   SO CW  QP
SF    SO SSB QP
ID    SO SSB QP
NV    SO SSB QP
UT    SO SSB QP
NE    SO MIX QP, SO CW QP
ND    SO CW  QP
SD    SO MIX QP, SO CW QP
MAR   SO SSB QP, SO CW QP
NL    SO MIX QP, SO SSB QP, SO CW QP
QC    SO MIX QP
MB    SO MIX QP, SO SSB QP, SO CW QP
SK    SO SSB QP
NT    SO MIX QP, SO SSB QP, SO CW QP, SO CW LP

     As you can see, most of these unclaimed records are in the QRP power
categories.  If you live in one of these sections, you might want to 
talk up the 10 Meter Contest among your local QRP groups.  Sign up to talk
about the contest at one of their club meetings in the fall.  Persuade them 
that five watts on 10 meters can be a lot more effective than five watts on the
other HF bands.  There cannot be many other large HF contests that are better 
suited for QRP.

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      Among DX locations, the following are all the DXCC entities from
which all ten category records are claimed.  Unless you are in one
of these locations, there is an unclaimed contest record in your 
DXCC entity waiting for someone to operate the contest in that category 
for the first time ever.

Africa:
  None - notably, nobody has ever entered the SO SSB QP category from _any_
         country in Africa.  That continental record is still unclaimed.

Asia:
  JA     Japan
  UA9,0  Asiatic Russia

Europe:
  9A     Croatia
  DL     Germany
  EA     Spain
  EU     Belarus
  F      France
  G      England
  GM     Scotland
  HA     Hungary
  I      Italy
  OH     Finland
  OK     Czech Republic
  OZ     Denmark
  PA     Netherlands
  SP     Poland
  UA     European Russia
  UR     Ukraine
  YO     Romania
  YU     Serbia & Montenegro
  
North America:
  KP2    U.S. Virgin Islands
  
Oceania:
  none - there are still unclaimed QRP records even in DU, VK, YB, and ZL.

South America:
  LU    Argentina
  PY    Brazil

Maritime Mobile:
  All three ITU regions still have several unclaimed records.

-- 
Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
kenharker at kenharker.com
http://www.kenharker.com/