[NCC] Fwd: ARRL 10 W1NN SO CW LP

[Hal Offutt]

Lots of members heard and even a couple worked!

73, Hal W1NN


ARRL 10-Meter Contest - 2021

Call: W1NN
Operator(s): W1NN
Station: W1NN

Class: SO CW LP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 2
Remote Operation

Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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CW:    15       7
SSB:
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Total: 15       7    Total Score = 60

Club: North Coast Contesters

Comments:

Remote from Tokyo.

With only 80 and 40 meter dipoles left in my antenna arsenal after the 
ravages
of a two year absence on my station, there was not much point in 
spending time
on this one, especially since the fun part of this contest takes place 
during my
normal sleep hours.

I started off Friday night with a rollicking 3-QSO hour. All stations were
within a few miles of my QTH. I heard plenty of other very weak but Q5 
stations
but they couldn't hear me. It was the same story early Saturday. There were
lots of weak stations and some fairly strong signals from PJ2, KP2 and 
KP4, but
I couldn't get through the pileups on the latter. I'm not even sure if 
any of
them could have heard me at all even with no other callers. So I went to 
bed.
Sunday condx seemed a lot worse from what I could tell.

Chasing these popup stations is fun, and I had a couple of successes 
with guys
who were S7-S9 for a couple of minutes before disappearing into the noise.
Finding these stations requires a lot of tuning or maybe a panadaptor.

Overall totals: 7 OH, 2 FL, 2 SD, 1 ID, 1 PA, 1 CO, 1 MA.

10 Meters was unbelievable when I first became a ham in 1957. I could 
work DX
easily with 75 watts and my in-the-attic dipole. I especially remember that
stations from Arizona used to routinely come in 40 over 9. I hope those days
are getting ready to return.

73, Hal W1NN


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