[SECC] Fwd: [3830] ARRL 10 AA4LR SO SSB Unlimited HP

[Bill Coleman]

                   ARRL 10-Meter Contest - 2020

Call: AA4LR
Operator(s): AA4LR
Station: AA4LR

Class: SO SSB Unlimited HP
QTH: Georgia
Operating Time (hrs): 10

Summary:
Band  QSOs  Mults
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  CW:           
 SSB:  182    43
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Total:  182    43  Total Score = 15,652

Club: South East Contest Club

Comments:

Antennas:
Cushcraft A3S/A743 at 13m, fixed Southeast

Equipment:
K3/100 w/ KAT3
AL-80A running 500 watts

Comments:

I'm in the bidding of repairing the A3S/A743, and it is stuck at the top of the tower for some adjustments to the Driven Element, so I operated the contest with the beam pointed South East, which is not an optimal direction.

Did Phone only and ran the amp.

Apparently I missed a big opening Friday night. I switched off around 0115, which turned out to be a mistake. Apparently there was a widespread E-skip opening to the northeast and west. Of course, with the beam stuck South East, I probably would have missed out.

Although I climbed the tower Friday afternoon, I was not up to climbing Saturday, and my climb on Sunday was brief. I need to be fresh to finish the work up there. It's too physically demanding and stressful. 

It was fun to hand out Qs for this contest. Saturday the band died shortly after sunset. Sunday the band died about an hour before sunset.


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Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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