[SCCC] KQ6ES ARRL 10m

[John Simmons]

ARRL 10-Meter Contest

Call: KQ6ES
Class: SO Mixed LP
QTH: Upland, CA

Band  QSOs  Mults
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CW:  62        9
SSB:  15        6
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Total:  77     15  Total Score = 4170

FT-1000MP 100 watts
3-element tribander at 20ft

47 Q's the first evening to get my hopes up, then 23 Saturday and 7 Sunday.

A very odd and disappointing contest.  I don't have the history to say if there's ever been a worse one.  I was concerned it would be a dud but this is less than four percent of last year's points.  By noon Saturday it didn't look hopeful, but I worked at it anyway, hoping for a reprise of my first ARRL 10m in 1996 when it was very bad until Sunday morning, but today was almost worthless.  However, after seeing some other scores, my numbers don't look so bad!  

I think all the CA stations I worked were in the LAX, ORG, and SDG sections, and no other states were worked when the sun was up.  All states in a straight line between here and Florida were worked after dark.  25 of the 77 were TX and 34 were CA.  The one oddball was a phone Q with WB9Z in IL.  I couldn't get the attention of W0SD, CV5K, and CX5BW.  Very strange not to hear even one LU.

In an attempt to say something positive, I had 50 contacts on 10m in all the 2007 contests before this one, so I guess getting more than that in one weekend is welcome.

John kq6es