There was some interesting 'spotlight' propagation on 10 meters. I tried to work
WP3R (K9PG) on 10 meters several times and could not hear him even though I
could hear KP4KE and KP2 stations. Also, the PJ2,PJ4,P40 area was in and out
even thought the closer stuff in the northern Caribbean was booming in... the
opposite would happen too. 8R1K and FY5KE were never really loud on 10 but
some the PY's, who were probably in northern PY were booming. I never heard the
VP5's... they were too close.
We experienced this in the ARRL CW contest at PJ4R going towards the states
too...
Jeff
>
> From: "Courtney Judd - K4WI" <k4wi@earthlink.net>
> Date: 2004/03/07 Sun PM 07:22:31 EST
> To: "SECC" <secc@contesting.com>
> Subject: [SECC] Fw: ARRLDX SSB K4WI SOSB/10 HP
>
> My hourly rate was so slow that Writelog could not figure out my time
> on/off. I don't think I ever got over 20/hour at anytime!
>
> Subject: ARRLDX SSB K4WI SOSB/10 HP
>
>
> ARRL DX Contest, SSB
>
> Call: K4WI
> Operator(s): K4WI
> Station: K4WI
>
> Class: SOSB/10 HP
> QTH: Alabama
> Operating Time (hrs): 25
>
> Summary:
> Band QSOs Mults
> -------------------
> 160:
> 80:
> 40:
> 20:
> 15:
> 10: 207 60
> -------------------
> Total: 207 60 Total Score = 37,260
>
> Club:
>
> Comments:
>
> This is going into my personal record book as the strangest contest ever! I
> thought the CW test two weeks ago was slow! First time in 35 years of
> contesting
> that I had ZERO contacts on Friday evening(10 meters). Saturday was horrible
> with only a few Euro's making it into the log. Sunday was a tad better but
> not
> by much. The band would open and I could make one or two qso's and then it
> would
> shut down again for 10 minutes or so and then repeat. Only highlight was the
> number of stations telling me that I was the only NA station that they could
> hear. Good for the ego! VQ9LA calls in and says I am 10 over 9 but the only
> NA
> station he is hearing. A45WD tells me the same. I finally started keeping a
> list. JA3YBK is only JA to make it into the log on Sunday evening. Only had
> 14
> Euro Mult's.. all mostly southern and mid Europe.. If it wasn't for South
> America and the Caribbean stations , it would have been a total waste. Guess
> that's part of it! Thanks to everyone who pulled me out!
>
>
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