[SECC] Fwd: ARRL 10 KT4ZB M/S LP

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Subj:  ARRL 10 KT4ZB M/S LP


ARRL 10-Meter Contest

Call: KT4ZB
Operator(s): KT4ZB  AK4PI KW4B KK4MTO KK4MTP KK5MTQ KK4TXZ K4WP N4KKD W4JKG 
K4JJV
Station:  KT4ZB

Class: M/S LP
QTH: Savannah
Operating Time (hrs):  26.5

Summary:
Band  QSOs   Mults
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CW:         
SSB:  708    132
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Total:  708   132  Total  Score = 186,912

Club: South East Contest  Club

Comments:

Want to have some pre-Christmas fun?  Well,  put out a call for some ops 
and set
up a Multi-Single entry for the ARRL 10  meter contest.  Guaranteed fun!  
Again
this year folks from the  Coastal Amateur Radio Society in Savannah rallied
together to play on 10  meters.  This was a continuation of the training 
for new
operators  similar to the contest at K4WP last year.  We had a few  
experienced
operators and some newbies.  The entry was SSB only and  low power.

Operators this year included Bill, AK4PI, Kevin, KW4B, John,  KK4MTO, 
Charles,
KK4MTP,  Franklin, KK5MTQ, Mark, KK4TXZ, Bill, K4WP,  Chuck, N4KKD, Ken, 
W4JKG,
Jim, K4JJV and Jere, KT4ZB.  The ages range  from 11 year old twins and a 13
year old brother to...oh, let's just say  70ish.  KW4B proved to be the
“man” and hopefully will join me in some  serious contesting in the future.
The twins made contacts stateside and  Brazil while their older brother 
closed
Saturday night with a contact to  Australia.  Another new ham to HF, KK4TXZ,
listened and watched for a  good two hours and then worked Canada, 
Australia and
Mexico. K4JJV worked  into SA, Canada and stateside.  N4VVK added several 
Europe
stations  plus a nifty contact to Turkey.  AF4PI who normally works QRP, 
sat  in
during the SA opening and enjoyed a 100w and a beam pointing south. Good  
buddy,
K4WP, last years host, worked some Europe but mostly hung out and  chatted 
with
the guys and visitors.  KT4ZB was on from  6:30 am  to about 9 am both 
mornings
until the first morning ops came and added  points with good runs to EU.

Conditions were very good here and we were  early into Europe.  Catch of the
weekend was 4K6FO during a KT4ZB run  on Sunday morning.  Best hour rate was
122.  It's always a thrill  to work Japan from Southeast Georgia, and we 
had 3
different guys work a  total of 24 JAs. Top country outside US was Germany 
with
60 contacts. Some  of the better DX included C50XX, Gambia,, 4K6FO, 
Azerbaijan,
A61QQ, United  Arab Emirates, EV1R, Belarus, GJ2A, Jersey, HZ1BW, Saudi 
Arabia,
OD5ZZ,  Lebanon, TA3AO, Asiatic Turkey, RT0P, Asiatic Russia, V55V, Nambia  
and
ZS6EZ South Africa,

The 708 QSOs is a record for the station on  10 meters and a serious effort
would have topped 1,000.  Conditions  and activity were top notch.  The
Caribbean is tough for us as the  signals just shoot right over us into VA 
and
the Midwest on 10m. We ended  up working 33 states, all Canada but NU, 8 
Mexican
states and 81 different  countries.  There's a big smile on my face as my
“boys” got some  experience with both the radio and N1MM.  Thanks to the
contest  committee for sponsoring the contest.  Only thing I'd like to 
change  is
to break out the M/S to M/S SSB, M/S CW and M/S Mixed.

Merry  Christmas and cu on the bands - Jere 

Yaesu 1000MP Field, TH6-DXX,  N1MM


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