ARRL 10-Meter Contest
Call: K2PS
Operator(s): K2PS
Station: K2PS
Class: SO Mixed LP
QTH: DC
Operating Time (hrs): 27
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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CW: 812 125
SSB: 484 99
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Total: 1296 224 Total Score = 944,384
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
I was pretty excited going into this one. I'd been focusing on ARRL 10 for the
past year, and to that end, bought a 4-element monobander and a pushup mast
which I installed at my son's place in DC. It performed pretty well in CQWW,
both modes, single band, and for the first time in a long while, the East Coast
had a potential advantage over the W5's and W6's, due to the EU path.
I had a pretty good setup back in SNJ, and discovered recently that I actually
held the SO LP Mixed record for the Atlantic Division, set back in 2002! So I
had a goal to see how I measured up against that, given that propagation
conditions might be somewhat comparable. The stations, however, were not
comparable. Back in NJ my tower went to about 55 feet, topped by a C31XR,
which gave me 7 elements on 10. The location was pretty good as well - while
not high in elevation, South Jersey is pretty much flat, and only 60 miles
separated me from the ocean and so basically an easy shot at EU. Now I'm 3
elements smaller and 15 feet shorter, with a QTH that is not as good.
I did have the DC section mult, but it really didn't help much. I was spotted
19 times, and in only 5 cases was DC mentioned. I think maybe only two of
those may have contributed to a sudden rush of Qs, and they didn't seem to last
long. It was fun though, to give out that mult, especially at the tail end of
the contest. From what I gathered, there was not all that much activity from
DC, and most SSB stations reacted when they understood that I was in Delta
Charlie, not NJ, NY, or NC. One memorable reaction was, "Hot Dog," followed by
profuse thanks!
It turns out that I matched up to my 2002 score pretty well, and may have
eclipsed it. This time around my score is only 3500 points short of the 2002
SUBMITTED total. I tried to stay on CW longer this time, and that made up for
a handful fewer QSOs and mults. We'll see how the log checking goes. Last
time I lost 30K points. Was I more careful to log correctly now, with my
advanced age? There's also the possibility that another station put in a great
score in the Atlantic Division. It's a good thing N8II is in the Roanoke!
Great score, Jeff.
73, Pete, K2PS/3 in DC
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