ARRL 10m contest, 1996
Bill, KM9P, kindly invited Dave, K0DI and myself, N9HZQ
to operate the 10m contest from his station since he wasn't
planning an operation.
We operated multi-op, high-power. Here's how we fared:
mode QSOs points mults
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CW 483 1932 62
SSB 620 1240 72
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TOTAL 1103 3172 134 SCORE: 425,048
Operators: N9HZQ, K0DI, KM9P
Equipment: 105CA, Yaesu FT1000MP, Ameritron AL-1500.
K0DI made 95% of the CW Q's and N9HZQ most of the SSB.
KM9P spelled us while we ate breakfast Sunday morning.
(Thanks Bill).
Bill has done a superb job of station setup and location. In
a way, this was a retro operation: one antenna, one radio, one
1500W amp, one computer, and a couple guys banging out
Q's all weekend. Bill's station made it easy to come in, sit
down, and work guys. The 105CA up around 100' plays really
well and I felt loud all weekend.
Highlights:
None of the LU's laughed at my high-school Spanish. They
didn't really need it, but I tried it out just for fun.
9J2BO called me in SSB and asked if I wanted a CW QSO.
Lots of other guys, stateside, SA, and Africa, quickly agreed
to change modes letting us get the double-mult.
Lots of nice comments about the call (although it was a mouthful
on SSB by the end of Sunday).
Finding AH8A underneath VE7DX and managing to work
him. (Sorry, VE7DX, I'm sure we were loud calling him).
FR5DX popped up just long enough for us to work him then
back into the noise a few minutes later.
VR6TY called me the last minute of the contest.
Surpassing our goal of 1000 Q's.
It's amazing what you can do on 10m these days when you try!
Lowlights:
Didn't work a single European. Missed 4U1UN, too, apparently.
Missed KY on CW since we didn't realize that would be rare
when we worked them on SSB.
73 es tnx for all the Q's
Jeff
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Jeff Tucker, N9HZQ
Williams Consulting, Inc.
jefft@atlanta.com
n9hzq@contesting.com
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