[SCCC] W6PH ARRL 10 SOHP CW

[Don Jones]

You were 5NN in Malawi.  I was listening when you worked 7Q2T😎

On Mon, Dec 16, 2024, 7:49 PM W6PH via SCCC <sccc at contesting.com> wrote:

>
>
>                     ARRL 10-Meter Contest - 2024Call: W6PH
> Operator(s): W6PH
> Station: W6PH
>
> Class: SO CW HP
> QTH: Lone Pine CA
> Operating Time (hrs): 21.0
>
> Summary:
>  Band  QSOs  Mults
> -------------------
>    CW: 1591   141
>   SSB:    0     0
> -------------------
> Total: 1591   141  Total Score = 897,324
>
> Club: Southern California Contest Club
>
> Comments:
>
> K3S SPE 1.3K  1300 watts DXLog
> 5 el yagi at 60 feet
>
> Conditions were not what I was hoping for with a SFI=171.  Saturday was
> average.
>  Sunday was very unsettled with deep QSB.  My opening to Europe on
> Saturday was
> about 1+30.  On Sunday about 1 hour.  Fortunately most of the European
> multipliers answered my CQ's.  I missed UR, LY, SV, and YO.  My QSO totals
> were
> Friday-168, Sat-793, Sun-647.
>
> As always some things happen.  We had a very high wind come through on
> Saturday
> and turned my yagi 90 degrees from its heading.  Fortunately it is easy
> for me
> to see from the window in my shack.  I have a -130 dbm noise floor in my
> P3.  In
> the middle of a good run to Europe on Saturday, I got a horrendous noise
> similar
> to an automobile ignition but there were no vehicles near me and it raised
> the
> grass to -90 dbm. I couldn't hear any weak signals. It lasted about 20
> minutes
> and then disappeared for the rest of the contest. I had some problems with
> my
> old Dell laptop running XP.  It would occasionally lock out the keying.
> Just a
> nuisance.  Time to upgrade.
>
> My last state was WY.  Toward the end of the contest I was called by AC7AF
> and
> ten minutes later by W6KGP.  That was the only missing state after
> Saturday.
>
> I didn't work any zone 30 or 32.  Mt Whitney (14,500 ft) is five miles
> west of me.
>
> I really like the ARRL 10 Meter Contest.  It is basically a daytime event
> allowing normal sleep at night.  Good for an 83 year old.  Despite these
> issues
> it was a great contest.  The goal is to have an enjoyable time and I
> achieved
> that.
>
> Kurt W6PH
>
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