[SCCC] Fwd: [vkcc] ARRL 10-Meter Contest - 2020 VK3JA

[Dennis Vernacchia]

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From: Steve Rose <vk3ja at aol.com>
Date: Sun, Dec 13, 2020, 3:58 AM
Subject: Fwd: [vkcc] ARRL 10-Meter Contest - 2020 VK3JA
To: <jim at long-path.com>, <s1 at sdellington.us>, <wa7jbg at gmail.com>, <
n6ki73 at gmail.com>, <jnprice at pacbell.net>


ARRL 10M contest report below.
Really enjoyed the "thrill" of hearing EU coming through on ten meters
again after so many years of quiet as the cycle dragged on.  I have high
hopes for the next few years that the fun radio times could be coming
again.  The best antenna on my station is a full sized rhombic pointed on
central EU that really rocks on 28 MHz.  It really did it's stuff for a few
hours this weekend.  A good sign for the next few years.

Cheers to all
Steve


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Sent: 13/12/2020 10:49:07 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time
Subject: [vkcc] ARRL 10-Meter Contest - 2020 VK3JA

It's Sunday night after 10:30PM as I write and I'm still seeing a few sigs
from EU coming through here.
>From this VK3 location it was amazing to see the band open late afternoon
and stay open until about 10:30PM.  Sigs were S3-S6 and definitely workable
but not enough on the band to make much of a score.  Still great fun to
play S&P and having the satisfaction of getting out again on that great
band.

I hope you all had some good moments in this one.  Did we work everyone
that lives in Japan?   Hi Hi
73 Steve VK3JA

                   ARRL 10-Meter Contest - 2020

Call: VK3JA
Operator(s): VK3JA
Station: VK3JA

Class: SO Mixed HP
QTH: Rural Melbourne
Operating Time (hrs): 5.5

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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   CW:  146    28
  SSB:   23     4
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Total:  169    32  Total Score = 20,790

Club: VK Contest Club

Comments:

It was a lot of fun to struggle with pre sunset openings to EU both days.
>From VK3 prop was open a few hours but was surprised at the small turnout of
EU's during their morning hours.  Only worked about 9 stations the first day all
giving very small serial numbers but their sigs were good copy about S7.

Sunday night here (Sunday morning in EU) the band opened about 2 hrs before
local sunset and stayed open four hours until 2 hrs after sunset!  It was a lot
of fun to see what would come through working 10 meter QSO's in the dark after
sunset. It's been a long time for that!  One EA station came through here for
over 3 hrs with a good S7 signal but very little else on the band until an hour
after our local sunset.  Some good signals and I worked 23 stations in the dark
before QRT.

Good fun because it wasn't easy.  Lots of JA's here but I never heard NA at
all.
Thanks to the EU's that called making this a fun event.

73 Steve VK3JA


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