ARRL 10 Soapbox built 1-10-2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 4U1WB Class: M/S HP Total Score = 1,890 Thanks for the QSOs. 73, Masa Miura, AJ3M http://www.minokobo.com/je2ywy/ywy12aj3m/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 7J1AQH Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 1,656 Not a single W/VE or EU stn heard. Not even KH6! No 10m beacons audible during weekend except VK and ZL. On morning of Dec. 9, no 10m beacons could be heard. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 7X0RY Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 4 What is a big condx!!! tnx ZS4JAN for the QSO.... CUAGN in OKDX RTTY Contest. 73! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 9H1XT Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 6,300 Preparation for this contest entailed a new 5 element antenna after the wind brought down the previous one last christmas. However this could only be raised to about 30ft above ground. Although it seemed to perform well I have to bring it down again and redo the matching which proved to be very problematic. The conditions were appalling and at several stages I gave up only to return later and continue. No N/A station was heard although I did hear an EA work one W station. I cannopt understand how VK8AA did not copy me, he was such a strong signal. Also dissapointed that 7X0RY did not copy...must have had his antenna turned away...he was a real 579 with me. The consolation was the surprise call of D2NX and VP8NO in the short opening to South America, a path I was expecting, considering the strong TEP to South Africa all through Sunday. I do hope that the adventures for this contest, including falling off the shack roof, are the worst for the cycle and we really are in the very rocky bottom. Thanks to all those who called or answered.....Will surely be back next year. Vlad if you read this.....pse email me. John 9h1xt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 9W2QC Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 132 Unfortunately, I could not spend more time to participate in this contest due to other commitments. Band conditions were poor during this time frame with no stations from JA and EU heard at all. Worked one station from HS0, two BG7, one VR2, one 9M2, one ZS6 and the remaining are VK4, VK6 and VK8. No beacons were heard except for VK8VF which was surprisingly strong. During the 2.5 hours of operation, conditions seems to be excellent to VK. Looking forward to participate in next year's contest again with hopefully better conditions. 73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9W2QC. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA3B Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 54,264 Lots of multi-tasking during this contest. I was able to catch up on all my work, mail and QSLs! Five DX mults - HP, ZS, XE, ZD7, VP9. Happy Holidays. 73 Bud AA3B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA4LR Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 840 Antennas: Cushcraft A3S/A743 at 15m Equipment: Elecraft K2/100 Ameritron AL-80A Comments: Boy, conditions were really BAD. Got on at the contest start, but gave up after about 15 minutes. Got on again early Saturday morning, but only managed about 10 contacts in an hour and a half. Things seemed to open up a bit after sunset on Saturday. Unfortunately, I couldn't operate the second 24 hours. Complicating this was the decision to go phone-only, then discovering that the microphone in my BM-10 was not working. It appears that the HC-4 element may have just given up the ghost. Had to use my MC-50 microphone instead. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA4V Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 25,568 In a word?...brutal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA8LL Class: M/S HP Total Score = 9,300 Stinko conditions, no propagation. We need spots! I had a spotted cat on my radio but it was only enough for a short opening to w7/VE7. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA9DY Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 616 Worked CO, MA, TX, IL, WI on CW. Worked TX, IL on SSB. Log was very heavy with TX stations. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AC5AA Class: SO Mixed QRP Total Score = 6,496 I started off by running QRP by accident on Friday evening, and was making QSO's so easily, I just decided to play as QRP in this one. Then the band fell apart on Saturday and never seemed to come back (at least when I was on). Did mostly S&P since QRP and a low wire are not a very good combo. Thanks for the patience of those who stuck it out and deciphered my exchange. Heard a number of the locals on, but there were many who could not hear me, and I called many times! I was severely tempted to go to 100w, bue stuck it out with 5W and missed a number of folks. I can't wait for the sunspots to take off again- Friday evening was a tantalizing reminder of how it might sound when we turn the corner. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AE1P Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 4,940 Very tough condx's,at least Sunday was a bit better than Saturday. Should be more fun next year! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AE6RR Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 40 I only heard a few locals, worked K6XX and W6YX on both modes. Didn't bother to turn on the amp. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AE8M Class: SO CW QRP Total Score = 11,544 Orion at 5 watts, rotating dipole at 50 feet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AI4MI Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 576 Got a short opening to TX and OK for a bit from here in Tidewater. Got a couple in FL also. Got all the local guys. Had fun, checked out the new rig. CW-AI4MI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AK4I Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 336 Dead Air ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CT3EE Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 792 Hello all This year just a bit more than 1 hour on Sunday to see how propagation was. Just worked and heard South America and from Africa. No US no Europe, nothing... Holpe it gets better in the next years Best regards to all. Luis - CT3EE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: CW2C Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 28,200 Thanks to the many friends who gave me a new multiplier, including 9H1XT, D2NX, EA8OM, CT3EE, TR8CA, ZP5CGL, LU4DQ. Not the best conditions for 10m, best time around 13-14z on Sunday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: D2NX Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 9,472 Able to work only one Europe (9H1XT) and all other QSOs were with NA/SA. I heard two EA stations but did not succeed. Opening was very short, only during the late afternoon hours. It was truly thriling to call stations who came up just a short period of time. IC756 scope was very usuful to find stations. 73, Koji D2NX, ex JM1CAX/JY9NX/3DA0NX/K0JI etc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DD5FZ Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 4,280 Das Grauen hat einen Namen: ARRL 10 Meter Contest 2007! Horror now has a name: ARRL 10 Meter Contest 2007! Almost the worst conditions I've ever experienced - much worse than many a VHF/UHF contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DF3KV Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 1,224 real bad conditions 73 Peter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL1IAO Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 4,928 Just 2.5 hours on Sunday around noon. Condx should be better next year! 73, Stefan DL1IAO@contesting.com http://www.dl1iao.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: DL2ARD Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 17,864 RIG: FT 1000MKV,ACOM 2000, 5ele , JP2000 , Vertical QTH : On hill top ( So many tropo QSO`s are possible ) Only 4 DX QSO`s . TNX LU2NI,VK8AA,ZW5B,ZS6DXB. Have to go QRT on sunday 14:00 UTC so I missed the SA opening at 17:00 UTC. Hope for better condx next year. 73 de Oliver , dl2ard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F4DXW Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 3,002 Saturday poor propagation ; only 3 USA stations in my log and today it was impossible to turn my antenna because the wind was 130 km/hour . Thank all's Cu for the next contest F4DXW Stéphane (F6KHM-TM6M team) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F4FDA Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 238 poor condtion , terrible wheater cond, up 130km/h of wind, cul next year Daivd ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F5IN Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 3,780 Powered by Win-Test 3.18.0 http://www.win-test.com http://perso.wanadoo.fr/f5in heard only W4MYA from USA and cill him 15mns....with KW and 6 ele monoband & 21m up ......nothing very very very poor conditions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: F8AOF Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 12,768 Very low propagation, no NA QSO, only open SA, AF, and EU. See You next ARRL 10M ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: G0AEV Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 2,788 Well, I am one of those that likes it when conditions are bad! Nothing could beat the excitement of hearing XE2WWW (even though he didn't hear me) and then finding and working 2 very weak signals from the USA on an otherwise empty band. QRV for 30 hours and here's what I worked - W/VE: MA 1 TX 1 DX: CT 2 DL 6 EA 3 F 5 G 21 GW 3 I 22 OE 1 OZ 1 PA 1 PY 6 S5 4 V5 1 YU 2 ZS 2 Steve, G0AEV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: G4FKA Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 416 Started on Saturday morning intending to do CW only. However it sson became clear that conditions were going to be poor so a few SSB Qs hit the log as well. Conditions dismal in the UK; several hours of fruitless CW CQs. Even those with amps, towers and beams were struggling to find contacts. No hope for the rest of us! Bring back the sun! IC756ProIII, MFJ-993B, half wave sloping dipole. Geoff G4FKA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0EJ Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 11,484 turned on the radio Saturday after dark not expecting much but loud Es to midwest at first, then a bit more SW. Even CA called in! Sunday was very spotty for the time I was on. Fun, but..... 73 and Merry Christmas to y'all from TN. Mark K0EJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0GAS Class: M/S HP Total Score = 63,196 UNUSUAL CONDITIONS - REINFORCES THE ADVANTAGES OF CW! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0MD Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 3,784 Limited operating time. Antenna issues as my Yagi would not rotate and was fixed at 120 degrees for entire time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0OU Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 30,080 Sunday only- band opened a little but was very selective as to where it was open to. Ran the 756pro3 barefoot to 2 ele yagi at 65'. About the same as I did on 160 meters last weekend. Tnx for the 10m contacts. K0OU Steve in MO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0PK Class: SO CW QRP Total Score = 756 If this isn't the bottom of the solar cycle, I don't know what is! On Saturday I heard fewer than a dozen stations all day and worked just two. Sunday was a bit better but very tough going. Don't know if the Es opening on Saturday night would have reached this far north. I played around on 80m in the AWA 1929 QSO party instead, so missed what ever there was of it. My 10m QRP QSOs were only 25% of last year's. There's nowhere to go but up! COME ON SUN SPOTS!!! Rig: FT2000 @ 5w, N1MM, 3 el tribanders @ 45' & 90' Thanks for pulling my QRP sig out of the noise! 73 - Paul, K0PK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0RH Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 40,812 No Europe and very little SA makes for a long weekend.....Thanks for the Q's...Jim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0RI Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 40,320 IC-756proIII IC-PW1 amp Force 12 C-19xr 160m horiz loop ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K0TT Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 71,008 Propagation poor but better at times than I expected. Openings generally between 130 and 240 degrees, with a few sporadic E-W paths. Very weak backscatter. Might have been able to work some stations on backscatter with high power, but 100w not effective for that mode this year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1BV Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 3,360 I guess this is what VHF contesting must be like. At least we have a chance for improvement......... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1TN Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 40 Not the weekend for a Slinky aerial. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1TO Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 222,208 Pop Quiz: 10 Meters is primarily a: A) Daytime band B) Nighttime band Anyone would normally answer A), of course. However, my log shows differently this year! Local sunrise is 1208Z and sunset is 2236Z. Including dupes, Daytime = 391 and Nighttime = 507 QSOs HOUR 10 HR TOT CUM TOT 0 69/15 69/15 69/15 1 59/7 59/7 128/22 2 43/6 43/6 171/28 3 64/7 64/7 235/35 4 44/3 44/3 279/38 5 5/0 5/0 284/38 6 . . 284/38 7 . . 284/38 8 ..... ..... 284/38 9 . . 284/38 10 . . 284/38 11 4/0 4/0 288/38 12 12/2 12/2 300/40 13 19/3 19/3 319/43 14 15/1 15/1 334/44 15 26/1 26/1 360/45 16 32/0 32/0 392/45 17 17/0 17/0 409/45 18 3/0 3/0 412/45 19 . . 412/45 20 7/0 7/0 419/45 21 5/0 5/0 424/45 22 36/0 36/0 460/45 23 40/2 40/2 500/47 0 68/0 68/0 568/47 1 46/1 46/1 614/48 2 35/3 35/3 649/51 3 6/0 6/0 655/51 4 1/0 1/0 656/51 5 . . 656/51 6 . . 656/51 7 . . 656/51 8 ..... ..... 656/51 9 . . 656/51 10 . . 656/51 11 . . 656/51 12 3/0 3/0 659/51 13 10/4 10/4 669/55 14 31/0 31/0 700/55 15 47/1 47/1 747/56 16 53/1 53/1 800/57 17 40/3 40/3 840/60 18 26/0 26/0 866/60 19 15/1 15/1 881/61 20 4/0 4/0 885/61 21 3/0 3/0 888/61 22 3/0 3/0 891/61 23 3/1 3/1 894/62 DAY1 500/47 ..... 500/47 DAY2 394/15 . 394/15 TOT 894/62 . 894/62 It was an encouraging start on Friday evening. The band was open to South America at the start, then around 0045Z, I switched to the high antenna (C3E - 4L on a very short boom - at 170') and worked a flurry of stations to the southwest US. The bigger 6L that usually dominates was impotent, so this was clearly a high antenna weekend. On a whim, I tried the beam NNE at 0248Z and was rewarded with a bunch of W1/2/3, including more VT than I've ever heard. A slow and steady stream continued until around 0430Z when it was again time to beam WNW and salivate at the much faster runs the W5s seemed to be having. N0VD in CO went in the log at 0516Z, but no volume of activity left, so packed it in for the night with 284 QSOs, perhaps the highest first night total ever for me. Saturday turned out to be a real bust, with only 150 QSOs or so all day long during the daylight hours. The 13Z hour often produces interesting QSOs in other years, but on Sat, the only DX logged was nearby 6Y1V. Again, the high C3E was louder all day. From 1522-1619Z, 23 stations were logged and 19 of them were in TX. Before 18Z, someone turned the lights off and things got so slow that I took several hours off and returned to find things no better. Then, magically, as sunset approached at 2225Z, the lights went back on again and the band was open due north. This was the only stretch during the contest when the 50' antenna was clearly better than the high antenna. N4WW noted similar findings. Lots of VE3, MI, NY without a single W1, then a flurry of VA, then a slow mixture of W2/3/8/9/VA/MN until around 0030Z when the band narrowed to W8/9, then only to W9. I know Mother Nature doesn't use maps, but it was neat to work 20 W9s and a lone KY station who is probably right near the W9 border from 0051-0126Z. Oddly, 2 of the next 4 QSOs were with UT, but otherwise the W9/KY QSOs continued as the band crept a little further west with some eastern W0s in MN/IA/MO. A little later, a few other western stations snuck into the party, including 2nd-VFO pleasant surprises from ID, MT and SD. Blast-from-the-past K8MN ended the night's log at 0402Z from WV with 229 nighttime QSOs. Sunday AM started even slower than Saturday AM had, with only 3 QSOs in the 12Z hour. As mentioned earlier, the 13Z hour has produced fun mults in the past. Like clockwork, Tor, N4OGW is found at exactly 1300Z for the MS mult, the one and only time that state was heard here. Only 10 QSOs total in that hour, but 3 more mults (VY2, CE and HC). About 20 minutes later, I heard the HC and he had logged 49 QSOs since our QSO to my one. Shortly after 14Z, the Northeast was back. Crawled (not ran, or even walked) primarily W1s and NY, with a few VE3s (just saw VE3XAT's post reporting 3 total QSOs and I was one of them). The band inched south and west as PA, then W8/9, then MN. Finally ND called in at 1621Z and another at 1701Z. Slow stream of W8/9/0 continued, then without warning, at 1717Z, VA7MM called for a new one. 16 minutes later, the first WA of the weekend called in (my QSO #823 and state #46). Sure enough, 10 of the next 11 QSOs were with WA/ID. OR called in soon after right on schedule for state #47, then it returned to bORing. At 1814Z, the last of the W7s called, although VE6WQ magically appeared on VFO2 at 1937Z for the last NW new one. 2 more straggler VE7s and a MT, then deadsville. At 2012Z, a weak WA1DBR in AR called for the last USA non-FL of the contest. Other than a local FL stn, the rest of the QSOs were 6 LUs, a PY and a CX. VP5E, who turned out to be QRP gave me #39 at 2325Z for a new one and I guess it was the last QSO for both of us since he reported 39 QSOs to 3830. I even got the grass cut on Sunday afternoon. Mults: Missed RI and DC in the continental 48, and also HI and AK. Worked VO1, VY2, VE2/3/6/7. The 9 DX countries worked: 6Y CE CX HC LU PJ2 PY VP5 XE, all in NA/SA. No clue that ZS and D2 were active and widely worked in the USA. Many mults in the Caribbean, Central America and northern South America are too close for us in FL to hear typically. K1TO setup: FT-1000MP, Commander HF-2500, CTWin, C3E @ 170', homebrew 6L @ 50' 8079 CQs, per CT. Wore out the 2nd VFO listening in DUAL mode on the MP. Easily several hundred QSOs and lots of mults found that way. Seems like the norm is to auto-send the QTH twice, so worked lots of MAMAs and PAPAs. Congrats to Richard, K5NA for thoroughly dominating this category this year. Seemed like every time I heard him, he was sending "TU" and logging another one! I'm not sure I've ever operated a contest seriously and been beaten by over 40% before now. But no complaints - almost 900 QSOs on a supposedly dead band was perversely fun. Thanks to all who made the effort to get on the air even for a few minutes and help us out! Happy Holidays to all! 73, Dan, K1TO President, Florida Contest Group ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1TTT Class: M/S HP Total Score = 85,358 ugh! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1XM Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 1,800 Had other things to do this weekend but got on for a few QSOs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1ZW Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 4,324 Somebody said "I never worked so hard for so little" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1ZZI Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 54,696 The propagation was certainly strange jumping around from state to state like a narrow beam. 30db over signals would disappear into the noise as fast as they arrived. I really enjoyed the strange conditions. Something different. Thanks for all the Q's and all the others that tried! Ralph K1ZZI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2PS Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 102,810 ...And to think that I was concerned about having to miss (or TiVo, anyway) the Philadelphia Eagles game against the hated Giants because of the expected West Coast or Midwest opening, in which I was going to spike the rate meter to heights heretofore unknown. Well, as you all know (with the exception of Texas, of course), I needn't have worried. But 10 meters is still always fun. In high sunspot years, we work around the world on windowscreen antennas, with lots of elbow room in which to work it. For current conditions, we get to see (and attempt to deal with) some of the variety of propagation types we have on VHF. Chasing after a meteor trail is very different from typical F1 contest operation, but you've got a lot more stations than in your typical VHF competition. Highlights were turning the beam toward Africa since not much else was going on, and having a loud D2NX answer. The clouds came together Saturday night to open up FL, AR, TX, OK, and MO, and I enjoyed that opening. However, I made the same promises to my XYL that WA2MNO up there in MN made: "Hey hon, it's a daytime contest. I'd be happy to spend Saturday night with you." I sure hope the band died immediately after 0100Z! 73, de Pete, K2PS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K2SX Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 5,460 Never have so many CQs been called with so few answers. Wonder who was making all those spots for all those calls I never heard. Oh, well condx will get better, won't they? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3STX Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 3,696 That STUNK!!!!! No DX at all, even last year (I think there were no sunspots then too) I worked 12 DXCC entities, never heard ANY! I was happy to work Texas. Thank goodness for all the PVRC activity, I worked 25 MD and 30 VA stations. Oh well, maybe next year. paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3TD Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 16,592 Nice conditions the first night. In 3 hours on Friday I had 204 Qs and 28 mults. In 3 more hours spread across Saturday and Sunday I only got 40 more Qs and 6 more mults. 100 watts to an Inverted L - 30' high x 90' long, fed at the base with an autotuner. 73, Tad, K3TD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3WW Class: M/S HP Total Score = 74,176 As close to a VHF test as I got this year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4BK Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 6,100 Rig: Yaesu FT 897D Ant: Hustler 5 band vertical, ground mounted Logging Software: N3FJP's ARRL Ten Meter Contest log ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4CIA Class: SO Mixed QRP Total Score = 8,525 First few minutes CX and LU in the log...boy, this is gonna be good! BUT... it became a real grind. My paint brush won out...checking the band on and off all day yielded few results. No 1,2 or 8 worked, and no more dx.. But got lots of painting done! 73 Bill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4DJ Class: M/S HP Total Score = 20,382 Mostly wasted my time except for the opening on Saturday evening. Packet was useless-couldn't hear the majority of what was on there. Highlight was working D2NX otherwise little DX - not even a single VE. Conditions can only get better - but when? Always enjoy the test though. TS-570DG. AL-811H, Low A4S, N1MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4EA Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 272,790 The only DX outside the Americas was D2NX. I found him CQing with no pilup, which was surprising as his signal was about S7. Only a few South American stations were copyable over my S6 power line noise to the south. Could not believe that the conditions were so bad with the flux in the high 80's and the K bouncing between 0 and 1. With these numbers I have always been able to work many European and at least some JA's. At least there was a lot of Es so the bordom level was low. Neal, K4EA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4EU Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 52,812 Thanks for the Q's.... Merry Christmas and 73.....//Steve K4EU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4FJ Class: M/S HP Total Score = 144,816 That was a very long weekend! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4OD Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 3,348 Everyone else said it all - no comment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4RO Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 7,314 Very busy weekend. Not much time for contesting. Hope to see you in the Stew Perry 160 contest. 73 -Kirk K4RO Log submitted. Confirmation #: 4025033.arrl-10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4SO Class: M/S HP Total Score = 156,736 Just a guess, but I'd say that about 50% of stations worked didn't move the S-meter. This was similar to VHF contesting. Very little MS, and no AU, even backscatter was minimal, or so it seemed. Murphy plagued my main computer--apparently RF caused reboots. Since I've done so little operating on 10M since I bought it, I wasn't aware of the problem. Luckily, a spare was available. The PIEXX board in the 930 works very well (a new addition) and N1MM was nearly flawless. Many thanks to all for their patience to complete QSOs, and most definitely to Lee and Phil for their "hammering away" to put Qs in the log at this low point in the solar cycle. -SO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4WI Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 98,500 I have contesting on 10 mtrs for many years but this years propagation takes the cake! Anyone have an explanation? The numbers just don't jive! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4XD Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 21,600 My pre-contest goals were a clean sweep and 100K points, but I fell a little short... no wait, that was that other contest... Actually, my goal was to do better than last year, and pick up a few more states towards 10M WAS, which I did. I got home from work an hour before the contest and started setting things up and checking out the band. Made a few pre-contest Q's with LU and CX stations with no problem. I tried HP and LP -- my report was 579 LP and 599 HP so I decided to go for the LP category. As most of you probably know, LP was plenty for the long distance contacts, but I sure could have used HP to reach two states over for most of the contest. When the starting gun went off at 0000, I worked three LU stations in quick succession. This is going to be great! Little did I know that was going to be the last DX except VE until Sunday morning at 1530. For the next couple of hours I alternated between S&P and CQ'ing, picking up NC (mostly loud) and VA (mostly not) stations. One surprise was N5UL in NM at 0144 - isn't this band supposed to be dead at night?! After 3 hours Friday night, went to bed with a whopping 24 Q's in the log. Saturday morning I got a taste of VHF contesting. Scatter, ping... all I know is "sporadic E" is very sporadic! It also seems to be smart enough to know when the call sign is coming, and that's when it takes a dive. Typical sequence: search up the band and hear a very faint, un-copiable signal. Fiddle wih filters. Makes no difference but passes the time. Listen for a minute. Suddenly there's another signal at S7 blasting in my ear. No, it's the same signal, just flakey scatter propagation that has the ability to enhance half a dit to ear splitting volume. With enough patience, the other guy's CQ will fade up and then it's time to pounce. Send my call. Wait in anticipation of hearing my call coming back... but instead hear "CQ TEST..." like cold water in the face. Repeat. One of the writeups for the contest said "10M may be quiet most days, but it will explode with signals at 0000 when the contest starts..." Hmmm, apparently the propagation gods didn't pay attention to the script. By Saturday afternoon at 3:00, I had a whopping 42 Q's in the log. This was hard work!! Then at 2224, K5NA came booming in, followed by another TX station. And they sounded like real signals, not the fluttery faint ones I'd been hearing for everything but NC stations for the past 22 hours. At 2312, I wa surprised to have an IA station come back to my CQ at 20 over S9, followed rapidly (at least by this contest's standards!) by IL, NE, OK, WI , and MN stations. We were having dinner guests and here I was with the first real opening of the contest! Oh well, duty calls so I left the dials at 2337. Sounds like I missed a couple of good hours. I snuck back to the radio at 0247 and picked up an AZ mult. By the time the guests left, the band was dead and so was I. I fired things up Sunday morning at 1200, and although the propagation was back to scatter and sporadic E, I managed to pick up NJ, ON and NS. Things moved to the south at 1300 and I got FL, MS and GA, then back north to OH and WV. The 1200 and 1300 hours were smoking (!) with 10 and 8 Q's respectively, then we crept back down to almost nothing until 1600 when the best opening of the contest yielded 53 Q's in 2 1/2 hours. The rate meter was glowing red hot at 25/hour. Then back to normal, closing things out with a colossal yawn as the band yielded 1 Q/hour for the last 3. Highlights were working HP, D2 and having ZS1EL call me while I was CQ'ing with low power on the hexbeam pointing due west. Love that equatorial ionosphere. Now if we could just move the ham population of Germany to South Africa, we'd have a humdinger of a contest. So... 135 Q's, 40 mults, and a new fondness for sunspots. It's got to get better than this next year, right?! PS: To those of you following my saga at the other end of the HF spectrum, I think I figured out my antenna problem that was causing the Tokyo Hy-Power to fault when I tried pumping more than 200 W into the 160M and 80M antennas. Seems like it only happens when the K9AY loop antenna is plugged into the Icom 756PII's receive antenna jack. And, if I turn the K9AY preamp off, it doesn't happen. Now why this would cause the output of the THP to think it was talking to high SWR and shut down, I haven't exactly figured out... but at least I have a fix and can run HP on 160M again! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5DU Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 336 All my operation was from the car while driving to and from errands and a holiday party. My goals in this contest were simple: I wanted to work members of CTDXCC to give them points. I wanted to have the courage to work CW while driving. Before this weekend I had always stopped or pulled over before working semi-mobile CW. This weekend I was finally brave enough to answer one CQ while driving 65 mph on US 183. After that it was easy to make a few more fully-mobile QSOs. The hard part was logging. I tried to memorize the call and the exchange and then write it down while stopped at the next traffic light. Next time I will follow the advice from K5NA and use a tape recorder. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5EWJ Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 55,944 Not too bad for the bottom of the cycle. Some really good E openings most of the morning and in the evening. Things seemed to die in the afternoon. The /N and /T mostly didn't show. I worked one /T who seemed to be a good CW operator. Didn't hear any others. I checked 28.101 for any slow speed operators but the only one that I heard was during one of my Mother's long phone calls and didn't get to work him. I did work a few stations on 28.101 when calling CQ at 10 wpm, but they all seemed to be high speed operators doing the same thing that I was. All in all, a good fun contest. I don't think that the band opens for contests but it brings out the better stations so it seems so. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5FP Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 33,896 Band was good first hours bud did not last. Lots of fun though. Fred ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5HP Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 70,056 The e-cloud just floated all over for the most part. Lot of fun and activity. Ice was starting to pile up near the end. Looking bad now, 1/2 of ice on antennas. Thanks to all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5NA Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 313,344 This year’s 10M Contest was the best start that I have ever experienced in a 10M Contest. I was astounded when I started with a first hour on CW making 184 QSOs (It actually peaked at 187/hr between 0004Z and 0104Z). The 10M band was open to all of the Midwest plus W4 and W6 with some W7. By the time I went to bed at 06Z, I had 531 QSOs which was my best ever Friday evening from Texas. Saturday was a different story and conditions turned poor again. The ionization cloud would spring up every now and then while moving around. It seemed that I would work a bunch of folks from one area and then another area would take over. As an example, for a while I was only working PA stations and then something would move and I would be working only VE3s. It was an interesting experience hearing propagation move from place to place. Some observations: Every ham in SC must like the 10M Contest and get on for it. Also, I didn’t realize that there were that many hams in FL. I seemed to have worked every one of them too. It was also interesting to note that when darkness fell again on Saturday, the band opened widely again to the Midwest for a few hours. It would seem that the 10M Contest has turned into a nighttime contest That was certainly unusual. But on Saturday evening, I made my big mistake. Now I am not necessarily superstitious, but some things should never be said or done as a matter of habit or procedure. This is when I made my big mistake by saying out loud that my noise level had been extremely low and that the recent power company upgrade to 14.4 KV lines from 7.2 KV lines had cleaned out all of the intermittent line noise that I used to hear. My wife, Susan, is always telling me not to say or think things like that because of the "jinx" factor. And she is absolutely right! Sunday morning I got up, turned on the radio, and was hearing a terrific line noise coming from the east and southeast. It was the kind of crackly, S9 strength, noise that the noise blanker cannot do anything with. For my entire Sunday the noise was usually there, only dropping out intermittently for about 5% of the total time of that day. It was bad enough that it even affected signals coming from the other directions if those signals were weak. And during the day most signals were weak except for an occasional loud caller that would surprise me. I know that I missed callers on Sunday that decided that I was "deaf" and moved on. I am sorry about that. Because of the noise I am not really sure what the 10M conditions were actually like on Sunday. Overall for the weekend I missed 5 states (RI, VT, CT, AK, and HI). I heard W1WEF in CT but he was calling someone and I couldn’t get his attention. He was the only multiplier that I heard and missed. I only managed to work two Canadian provinces and they were VE3 and VE5. Strangely, I worked a lot of stations in both those provinces but no other Canadians. The DX that I heard and worked was CE, CX, HC, HK, KP2, KP4, LU, PJ2, PY, PY0F, VK, VP5, VP9, XE, YV, ZL, and ZS. No Europeans, Asians, or any other DX multipliers were heard. For those of you that follow my usual book reading (while CQing) during the 10M Contest, I finished the last 10 percent of an Elizabeth George murder mystery on Saturday. Then I started another, reading only about 20 percent of the new book by the end of the contest. This was not as much reading as pervious years because it was much harder hearing signals through the line noise on Sunday. This required more attention to the radio trying to pull out signals. It is really easy to read when the band is quiet and you can always tell when someone is calling you, but really hard to do when each CQ requires your entire attention. But then, I really shouldn't be reading during a contest anyway. But it is my way of dealing with extremely slow QSO rates and a closed band. Otherwise, I would probably be nodding off while CQing. 73, Richard - K5NA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5NZ Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 147,798 Wow! Bottom of the cycle and that was the best start to a contest I have ever had! Stopped at 0400 first night with 568, then had to stop Sat morn at 1600 to leave for a race. Sure wish I could have had more time for this one! When the E was opened to 8,9,0 at the start I knew there might be a chance for some big numbers if it stayed open, and it did! Then Sat morning it opened to SE and I think I worked everyone in Fl! Nice to have 3 ZS call in during the Fl run.. Had to pull myself away at 1600 as the rate meter said last 60 106.. Hope others had some good condx like this! nz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5TR Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 177,736 Station K5TR: http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr/blanco/k5tr_station.html Kenwood TS-850SAT Kenwood TS-850SAT Ameritron AL-1500 Ameritron AL-1500 24' boom, 6-element Yagi @ 60' rotatable 24' boom, 6-element Yagi @ 30' fixed NE 4-element Yagi @ 40' fixed SE 3-element Yagi @ 20' fixed W Half wave vertical, base @ 20' Ameritron RCS-8V antenna switches Heil Proset HC-4 W9XT contest card TR Log 6.78 I always have fun in this contest. One of these years, George will want to operate the contest himself, and I'll have to find another station... The sporadic E propagation was simply spectacular this year. The last year I had a 200 hour in this contest was 2002, and this year I nearly had two in a row. Friday night was fantastic, with over 750 QSOs and 30 states in the log before propagation closed for the night. I did not work my first non-XE DX QSO until Saturday, and even then the selection was thin: a few Caribbean stations in single-hop or double-hop range, a scattering of southern South Americans, and a couple of South Africans. I never heard a VK/ZL station, unfortunately. Almost all of my QSOs in North America were single-hop Sporadic E contacts. I did make one QSO with a station in Massachusetts, a distance outside the normal single-hop range. Inside the single-hop range, the only multipliers missed were DC, MB, and SK. I made QSOs in 35 of the 36 clock hours I was on the air. I worked a LOT of 2x3 US call signs this weekend, many with the more recently issued prefixes like KI4. Too many were not using phonetics yet, but it was great to hear new call signs on the air, and I hope they decide to try other phone contests, too. Hour 10 Total Pct -------------------------- 0000 261 261 14.9 0100 197 458 11.3 0200 167 625 9.5 0300 101 726 5.8 0400 30 756 1.7 0500 4 760 0.2 0600 0 760 0.0 0700 0 760 0.0 0800 0 760 0.0 0900 0 760 0.0 1000 0 760 0.0 1100 0 760 0.0 1200 0 760 0.0 1300 5 765 0.3 1400 36 801 2.1 1500 64 865 3.7 1600 38 903 2.2 1700 16 919 0.9 1800 6 925 0.3 1900 8 933 0.5 2000 4 937 0.2 2100 2 939 0.1 2200 3 942 0.2 2300 20 962 1.1 0000 66 1028 3.8 0100 105 1133 6.0 0200 78 1211 4.5 0300 35 1246 2.0 0400 8 1254 0.5 0500 2 1256 0.1 0600 0 1256 0.0 0700 0 1256 0.0 0800 0 1256 0.0 0900 0 1256 0.0 1000 0 1256 0.0 1100 0 1256 0.0 1200 2 1258 0.1 1300 6 1264 0.3 1400 3 1267 0.2 1500 17 1284 1.0 1600 98 1382 5.6 1700 99 1481 5.7 1800 120 1601 6.9 1900 76 1677 4.3 2000 24 1701 1.4 2100 2 1703 0.1 2200 3 1706 0.2 2300 3 1709 0.2 -------------------------- Total 1709 The best 60 minute rate was 261/hour from 0000 to 0059 The best 30 minute rate was 298/hour from 0003 to 0032 The best 10 minute rate was 324/hour from 0007 to 0016 The best 1 minute rates were: 7 QSO's/minute 6 times. 6 QSO's/minute 10 times. 5 QSO's/minute 32 times. 4 QSO's/minute 57 times. 3 QSO's/minute 130 times. 2 QSO's/minute 223 times. 1 QSO's/minute 383 times. Number of letters in callsigns Letters # worked ----------------- 4 511 5 694 6 501 8 1 9 1 10 1 Multiplier Distribution ----------------------- 1. Oh 171 2. Il 137 3. Tx 101 4. Mi 98 5. In 88 6. Tn 85 7. Fl 73 8. Wi 73 9. Mo 71 10. Ga 61 11. Ky 58 12. Ca 52 13. Va 51 14. Co 48 15. Az 46 16. Pa 46 17. Mn 42 18. Al 42 19. Ks 41 20. Nc 39 21. Ia 36 22. Ar 26 23. Sc 26 24. Ne 25 25. Wv 25 26. On 25 27. Nm 18 28. Md 17 29. Ok 14 30. Ms 11 31. Sd 8 32. La 7 33. Nv 7 34. Ut 5 35. Ny 4 36. Nj 4 37. PY 4 38. Id 4 39. Wy 2 40. XE 2 41. KP4 2 42. ZS 2 43. LU 2 44. CX 2 45. De 1 46. CE 1 47. XF4 1 48. Nd 1 49. Mt 1 50. P4 1 51. PJ2 1 52. Ma 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6AM Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 47,616 It could have been worwe, but not much. What can you say about a 10 meter contest where most of the contacts were made after sundown. We started out with a nice opening to the 4's and 5's on Friday night, with 175 Q's in the log by 9 PM. I thought I was in the Texas QSO party. It went downhill from there Only a few sporadic openings all day Saturday with a muted replay of the Friday evening opening after sunset. Sunday was a total bust with only a few more Q's. This year the 5's are the winners. We sat here listening to them run the entire country, but we only heard their end. Think I'll schedule a root canal next year. It'll be less painful. John, K6AM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6CSL Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 210 The worst conditions I've ever seen for this contest for a 100 Watt station with restricted wire antennas. I can't imagine these condition with the Solar Flux up to 89. The only beacon I heard the entire period was the K6FRC/B about 20 miles away in Manteca, CA. I sure hope condx are better for next year. 73's to all, Bert, K6CSL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6CTA Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 4 Given the conditions, I wanted to maximize my score/effort ratio. 1 minute of operating time seemed to be about the right choice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6GEP Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 1,908 With apologies to Dr. Seuss's "Grinch Who Stole Christmas"... You're a mean one, 10 Meters. You really are a heel. You're as cuddly as a cactus, You're as charming as an eel. 10 Meters. You're a bad banana With a greasy black peel. You're a monster, 10 Meters. Your freqs an empty hole. Your band is full of static, You've got garlic in your soul. 10 Meters. I wouldn't touch you, with a sixteen and a half foot dipole. You're a foul one, 10 Meters. You're a nasty, wasty skunk. Your heart is full of unwashed socks Your soul is full of gunk. 10 Meters. The three words that best describe you, are, and I quote: "Stink. Stank. Stunk." -------------------------- Comparison to last year: 2006 2007 QSO's 126 64 Mults 44 9 Score 17336 1908 I had cleared my calendar of obligations during the day, and I had planned on operating at least 20 hours in the contest. And the propagation went nowhere! This defies logic. The solar flux was 89 today with a K index of 1? And the band stunk? I don't understand it. And on the other hand, the openings on 80M to Europe at night have been tremendous! This contest brings back fond memories of finishing my final exams at Cal Poly Pomona and heading home for a weekend of contesting. The band was good then (1980-84), though. Rig: FT-990 Ants: 10M Ringo Ranger Vertical up 20 feet 10M dipole up 20 feet Software: N3FJP 10 Meter Logger CU in Stew Perry (if I get inv vee up) and RAC Winter Contest. Happy Holidays, Tim K6GEP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6LRN Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 4,444 CA,NV,AZ,AL,BC,MT,NM (twice),CO + LU, PY & CX. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6MM Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 1,712 Painful. Not much to say. Filled out some QSL Cards and had a sandwich while waiting for The Opening. Never happened. Watching paint dry was more exciting. Next Year....next year. 73, John K6MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6QK Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 2,464 The SFI, A and K indices look good going into the contest but looks were very deceiving. These conditions are probably the worst I have ever experienced and made for a very tiring effort. A few surprises were the lateness of some of my Q's in the evening hours. See y'all in the next one. 73, Harv K6QK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6RIM Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 728 What a bust! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6TD Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 1,288 Yuk... THX for all the QSOs. 73, K6TD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6XT Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 4,408 A limited time engagement. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7ABV Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 108 wow, was their a contest??My receiver sure didnt notice it, oh well maybe next year..thanks to texas and NM and K7BG for the 3 total mults..:-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7BG Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 19,272 Just copied a 3w beacon in Alabama here 5 hours after the contest. That figures. Also copying a beacon in Kansas. Could have used this opening a day or two ago. The first high school basketball weekend started this weekend so I was 70 miles away for the first 5 hours of the contest. Guess I didn't miss much. When I got home late Friday I worked 4 or 5 stations on scatter and called it good for the night. Got up Saturday and worked a few more scatter stations and an hour or two later found 6Y1V so that was a pleasant surprise. A few minutes later I thought the band was opening to New England as I heard something 1SE....hey, wait a minute he is giving a serial number, not a state. Hey, that's 6W1SE... I was his 45th contact. Well, that was about the highlights for Saturday. No good openings to speak of. Then at 2PM local, it's back to the town 70 miles away for the next game of the opening basketball tournament. My daughter who is a sophomore is a starter with four seniors so I just HAVE to go watch her play, you know. When I get back Saturday night I find the band wide open with rock crushing signals to Texas. I work a few OK, NM and one MS station as I wait for the E cloud to move somewhere else as I have about worked all I can find in Armadillo country. No luck, the E cloud is anchored fast and doesn't budge. My last contact is K5TA who had the loudest signal I heard all weekend. I check a few more times over the next hour and nothing but the diehard scatter sigs are coming through. On Sunday I sit amazed at how weak the SA signals are. I hear some signals that are copiable, but I can't ever remember when I could hear signals that were virtually nano volts in signal strength. Somehow I am able to get some in the log through what almost seemed like one way skip at times. DX worked: 6Y, 6W, CX, LU, CE, and PY. Always fun seeing what will happen in this contest. Too bad in this one that not much did! Matt--K7BG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7SS Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 10,000 WHAT FUN! Dropped in the shack from time to time thru the weekend, and got lucky to catch the opening to W4... started w/ N4AF and continued thru FL SC AL GA and sparse sigs in TN and IN. That was it !!! missed a good W1 to VE3 opening about an hour or more later...but caught a few loud VE3s just at the end...and ONE station in NY ...W2JB. The scatter Qs were mostly into CA and UT, with only ONE CO, ONE ID, ONE MT. Ive got to tell ya, working K7BG in Montana was as much a thrill as working the other side of the earth on any other band.... something about those scatter Qs ....makes em very thrilling... hearing one character at s9 while the rest of the call is in the noise is great fun... Total Qs CW .. 106. Mults 23. DX = KP2, LU, PY, CX, ZL. pretty much one each but for 3 LUs. W6s worked were W0YK, KF6T, K6RB and K6NA. Great way to spend a part time weekend....! Most probably wont agree with me, but I found this extreme marginal band just as much fun as a wide open 10 Meter band. 73 de Danny, K7SS _ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7WP Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 11,136 FT1000MP/ Force 12 6BA Tough condx/ little time/ not a good combination, but thanks to all for your Q's. Best 73... John K7WP .. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8AJS Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 46,552 Rig: FT1000MP + ALS-600 500 watts Ant: 4 element quad Software: WriteLog 10.58e ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8BL Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 1,872 Couldn't hear or be heard much with a tri-bander at 55 feet, so I didn't put much time in this year. A fair number of stations were heard non-stop throughout the time period that were working many stations. Obviously, high power and high stacked beams were the answer in 2007. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8CC Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 66,646 Rig: FT-1000D, PT-2500A, 5L yagis @ 90'/60'/30' Doug, N8NX called and asked if he could do the contest in his usual category, single-op phone-only, and I said "sure". He came and stayed the weekend, showing his usual persistence at grinding out QSOs even when the band is poor. And he got a lot of practice at it this weekend. In the 20 years at this QTH, this was the lowest 10M contest score ever. Only four hours of what could be described as "reasonable" rate: 23Z Sat 73 00Z Sun 75 17Z Sun 67 18Z Sun 47 Very few DX mults: VP9, CX, LU, P4, ZW and ZS Only Canadians: VW2, VE3 and VE7 No Californians! That has to be a first in an HF contest from this QTH! Most worked: TX (137 QSOs) and MI (129 QSOs) All we want for Christmas are a few sunspots! 73, Dave/K8CC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9CT Class: M/S HP Total Score = 111,384 Some good E openings but lots of time when the band was very quiet. The ZS was best distance. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Craig ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9GY Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 1,240 I've added sunspots to my holiday shopping list...Just can't seem to find them anywhere...especially on 10m, hah! Although did catch FL, IL, TX, GA, AZ, CO, AL, MS, LA, and Mexico...so there is some hope... You all have a wonderful holiday season. I am looking forward to a "radioactive" year in 2008. CQ CONTEST! Eric ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K9MU Class: M/S LP Total Score = 4,120 Kinda of like 6m... Just how I like it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KB0FHP Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 1,344 Oh that was truly ugly. Low power to a 80M full wave loop up 45 feet. I was hoping to fill out with some states but very very few contacts - maybe with better antennas next year and better sunspots. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KC5R Class: SO CW QRP Total Score = 34,584 What I did with my weekend...I saw "Fred Claus"; went to a Cub Scout Meeting, attended my XYLs XMAS party, went to church to pray for sunspots, ate at Taco Bell, and...oh, operated a bit of 10 meters. I figured I try QRP rather than low power, which pretty much knocked out my chances of bagging any mults via scatter. However, with good N-S paths, I managed to work a pile of 8's, 9's, and 0's, with some PA, KY, AZ, TX, and CA mixed in. Good e-skip with S9 + sigs. Worked HD2N and 6Y1V plus 30 states and VE3. Missed working NJ by a hair - we couldn't complete the exchange. No WA or OR, and only MA/CT in W1 land. All the hams you speak of in Florida were just too close when I was on, as I heard all of W4 but only managed to bag KY, NC, and VA. Had fun - maybe next year I'll try to be a bit more serious. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD0S Class: M/S HP Total Score = 132,342 Tough going! Mostly scatter, very short isolated openings, and random contacts, with the exception of about a 3 hour Es opening on Saturday evening local (Sunday UTC) from about 0100Z-0300Z which produced 230 out of the 608 total contacts, so that was very fun. It was fun doing multi op, and worth it even though it was tough conditions. Thanks for the contacts and look foward to the next contest. 73 God Bless! Todd WD0T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD2MX Class: SO CW QRP Total Score = 648 A truly forgettable weekend. Lots of nothing. Not surprising but disappointing nonetheless. Friday evening got off to a decent start, some Es to FL and many locals. There was a brief opening Saturday morning, heard an XE1 but too many calling to have a hope of working. That was about it. Some more Es Sunday morning. My op time was somewhat more than 1.5 hours. I'd sit at the rig and tune around whenever I was passing by. Running qrp with a wire antenna made calling CQ pretty much an exercise in futility except to pick up a few lurking locals. There wasn't much to S&P on. I'm sure locals with a beam and some power made out a bit better but I think it was a pretty dull weekend on 10M for most of us in the Northeast. Oh well...conditions must improve by this time next year? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD4HXT Class: SO CW QRP Total Score = 32 At least I tried. Better years will be here soon! We should have a WCL Class - "Worked all Christmas Lights". The blinkers in my part of town transmit random code groups! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD5J Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 10,164 In the 2006 ARRL 10 meter contest, I scored 8640 points with 144 QSOs and 30 multis to win a certificate for first place, low power in the AR section. I was happy to surpass last years score. This was my first year to use my new call (ex KB5EKX) and to log on computer instead of paper. The station is a Kenwood TS-2000 with a 3 el beam. When the contest began on Friday evening, propagation was exclusively to Texas. Everything was fine as long as we did not discuss sex, politics, or football. I looked up the grid squares of stations I worked at this time. My contacts were from Dallas to Houston to Austin to the Panhandle and on to Big Bend. During this time I worked my only DX station, XE2WWW, on the Texas-Mexico border. As the band died out, propagation shifted and I was able to pick up OK, NM, AZ, and suprisingly CA. My last contact was with K5AM in NM at about 0400Z as the band died out. Saturday morning I ad to work and I dont think I missed much. I was able to make some weak signal contacts in the early afternoon. The band opened up with propagation to the northeast at 2230Z. During this time I worked the elusive DC multi when I snagged 4U1WB. As the evening wore on propagation shifted west and I was able to work stations to the north and west. The band died out around 0300Z. Sunday morning came alive at 1630 with propagation to the northeast. During this time I worked my only VE from ON. Before the band died out I was working SC and IL simultaneously. My last contact was at around 1930Z with K4BAI in GA. Multis worked: AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE GA IL IN KS KY MA MD MI MN MO NC NE NJ NM OH OK ON PA SC SD TX VA WI WV WY DX: XE I was disappointed not to hear ME, VT, NH, NY and FL as I usually do. 73 and see you next year, Cord KD5J ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KE0WO Class: M/S HP Total Score = 20,822 Woke up Saturday morning to find that the computer crashed and would no longer complete loading Windows. Fortunately, I had forced an unscheduled backup after going QRT the night before. I was able to setup another computer and resume operating without losing a single QSO. States worked breakdown: Sect Total CW USB DX 3 3 AL 16 12 4 AZ 6 6 CO 5 5 FL 21 17 4 GA 20 13 7 IA 14 10 4 LA 5 2 3 MS 3 2 1 NC 5 3 2 NE 1 1 NM 10 10 NV 1 1 OK 4 4 SC 4 3 1 TN 11 9 2 TX 75 48 27 UT 2 2 Total 206 151 55 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KE1F Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 7,912 Very poor conditions from Florida. Numbers looked good. Next year will be better?????? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KG4IGC Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 780 Hi Guys Did not have too much time to spend on the contest, but every little bit helps!Band was terrible as expected, cudo's to Mel, Ed , and Steve for the great scores! Tried my fist at CW in the contest, wish I were faster but that will come in time I guess. Used the Mark V 1K field and the 5/8 vertical plus 100 watts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KG5U Class: SO CW QRP Total Score = 64,344 Friday night was fun. East and West coming in. Even had PJ2T call me. Made about a third of my total QSO's for the contest Friday night. Saturday was okay. Apparently, no one was home in New England. Worked no one above New York. In addition to missing New England, I missed DE and ND, too. But,I think I worked all the Florida hams that have 10m capability. The State column in the TR4W log was nothing but FL for a good while. Saturday afternoon was deader than a doornail with only locals K5EWJ and KZ5J, and K5NA and NX5M being the 'beacons'--if they weren't working anyone, I certainly wasn't going to be able to. Saturday evening picked up again and stayed active until about 05z. Sunday morning was even better than Saturday morning. There was a short opening to the Caribbean. I heard PJ2T from about 10kHz away. He was BIG--+20 over. I went looking for other Carib stations. Found two, Then, after scouring the band for more and finding none, I started CQ'ing and picked up two more. Very cool. Then it closed out for them. The band closed around 20Z and I just checked on it about every ten minutes, but it never came back. But, I did manage to clear some of the backlog on TIVO while waiting for an opening. :-) Fun contest. I hope by next year's ARRL 10 I'll have my rotator fixed -- My C3 at 70' was pointing ENE throughout the contest. Thank goodness I also have an A3 hard mounted to the tower at 40' pointing NW for the west coast...although they never did show in any great numbers. Top Ten Things To Do While The Contest Logging Software is On Auto-CQ Or While The Operator Is Slowly Scanning The Band For A Potential QSO: 10. Answer old e-mails 9. Make up new patch cables 8. Catch up on log submissions to LOTW 7. Answer QSL Cards 6. Re-label the Antenna/BPF switch box 5. Troubleshoot the rotator for the third time (still not working) 4. Play with MixW waterfall -- tune in a cw signal and, without looking or while covering the waterfall, try to tune the signal as close as possible to your radio's CW offset (typically, 750 Hz). I was getting pretty good at it...<100 Hz 90% of the time. 3. Experiment with other contest logging programs 2. Reorganize and label my antenna, radio, and equipment notebooks And the number one thing to do during this year's ARRL 10 Meter Contest is 1. Paint my toenails with liquid electrical tape ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KH7Y Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 5,904 Well I hope this is the bottom!!! Only worked on W5 on the US mainland. SA was real loud on Sunday afternoon here. Also no JA's which we did have last year.... Aloha, Fred KH7Y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KI9A Class: M/S HP Total Score = 15,744 Normally do this with my friend, WE9A, but, too many commitments this year ( no big deal with dead bands!) Seemed when I got on, there were decent openings, helped keeping an eye on the cluster to give me a clue the band was opening. Enough of the talk about "re-habbing" the contest. It isn't broken. Scoring on grid squares would be a total mess in a couple years when the band opens. Too much deal with. KEEP IT THE SAME! Rig: ICOM 756 PRO 3 Amp: Heath SB-1000 @ 500w Ant: Cushcraft A3 tribander @ 25' 73- & Happy Holidays! Chuck KI9A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KN3A Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 640 Very limited time and very challenging when I was listening. Sure hope 10 meters improves next year. Kenwood TS 450SAT G5RV @ 35 Ft. N1MM Logger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KN4Y Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 39,690 Strong signals when heard, short skip. Worked no VE's and 2 DX stations. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KN5H Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 46,096 Nothing like last year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KN5O Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 7,410 Only operated for a short time Friday evening when the band was open to my area. Too bad the conditions were not better. Hear ya'll next time (I hope!) Ted ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KO7X Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 75,264 Didn't know there were so many hams in Texas active on 10 meters. 138 Texas stations are in my log, mostly on SSB. Best DX was ZS1EL Saturday morning. He was the only African station heard. A few South Americans and 6Y1V rounded out the DX for me. Great opening Saturday evening mostly to the midwest/southeast with a few western stations thrown in. Murphy stopped by in the form of an ice storm Friday night which damaged the 10 meter beam but the driven element and reflector survived and I was able to finish the contest with two elements. Only nine stations went into the log on Sunday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KO9A Class: SO Mixed QRP Total Score = 3,136 Rig: FT-817 Antenna: Indoor 10m Dipole @ 2nd floor Fun to think that a QRP rig + indoor antenna effort could possibly crack the SO Mixer QRP top ten, although I definitely will not be disappointed if more scores roll in that trump this one. Ended up building the dipole during the first hour of the contest. Listened around at the start using my random wire and the locals were weak and watery...the dipole ended up being 6-8 S-units better. Can't wait for the weather to break so I can get some real antennas up here. Have a garage full of hardware that I hope is skyward before the Jan. VHF 'test. 73 & Merry Christmas, Jim KO9A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KQ6ES Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 4,170 FT-1000MP 100 watts 3-element tribander at 20ft 47 Q's the first evening to get my hopes up, then 23 Saturday and 7 Sunday. A very odd and disappointing contest. I don't have the history to say if there's ever been a worse one. I was concerned it would be a dud but this is less than four percent of last year's points. By noon Saturday it didn't look hopeful, but I worked at it anyway, hoping for a reprise of my first ARRL 10m in 1996 when it was very bad until Sunday morning, but today was almost worthless. However, after seeing some other scores, my numbers don't look so bad! I think all the CA stations I worked were in the LAX, ORG, and SDG sections, and no other states were worked when the sun was up. All states in a straight line between here and Florida were worked after dark. 25 of the 77 were TX and 34 were CA. The one oddball was a phone Q with WB9Z in IL. I couldn't get the attention of W0SD, CV5K, and CX5BW. Very strange not to hear even one LU. In an attempt to say something positive, I had 50 contacts on 10m in all the 2007 contests before this one, so I guess getting more than that in one weekend is welcome. John kq6es ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KR2Q Class: SO CW QRP Total Score = 5,100 YUCK! Only DX was an LU. Best "run" was 7 FL stations in 20 minutes...all S+P. Most fun was calling K3WW as 4S7 and then quitting. He sent 4S7 (pause), then laughed. I don't contest to win...I want to have fun. This wasn't any so I did other stuff, such as: 1. Broke my little toe at 4am by walking into my wife's treadmill (not used in years and years - the treadmill, not my toe). 2. Replaced a burned out bulb in my car's tail light after a trip to the local speed shop. 3. Did an "emergency repair" on our only TV...even got to go to RS and buy some parts to kludge it back together (it worked!) 4. Read the NY times on line. 5. Sent out a bunch of emails. 6. Got lots of sleep! LOL 7. Reviewed the CQWW SSB QRP scores submitted to date (I am not the USA winner, but then again, I only operated 18 hours - duh). 8. Looked at lots of sunspot cycle predictions. 9. Wondered when my Elecraft K3s will arrive Yup...a great contest - not. Please don't tell me it will be worse next year. Bring on the SP TBDXC! de Doug KR2Q ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KR4F Class: M/S HP Total Score = 81,312 Wow! Prop was really, really grim. Almost no DX! MANY thanks to those kind souls who stuck with me! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KS0M Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 9,828 Poor band conditions. Calls would be 599 and then gone in 4 or 5 seconds. Most calls were just barely readable. We had an ice storm and all my antennas were covered with 1/2 inch of ice. Could not turn the beam. It was pointed East. But, I still worked CO, UT, WY and a lot of TX. Unable to hear anything on the Vertical or Dipole I could work. Most frequent calls, 20, were from Texas. They seemed to be everywhere. Under my conditions I put in less than 5 hours as it was not worth the effort to sit and work a call every 5 or 10 minutes and the calls I had already worked became more frequent. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KS0T Class: M/S HP Total Score = 6,304 Also operated at KR0B M/S ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KS2G Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 882 Worst conditions in 30 years of contesting! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KT4PD Class: M/S LP Total Score = 5,244 Force12 Flagpole (vertical) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KU4A Class: SO Mixed QRP Total Score = 2,890 Kinda brutal doing this one QRP at this point in the sunspot cycle. But still lots of fun. You guys that didn't hear me WILL hear me next year (I hope, I hope). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KU8E Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 18,228 TS850S /100 watts/ 80 Meter zepp/ Dipole @ 30 ft Most of my QSO's with W9 and W0 with some W8 and W5's thrown in. Never heard much from the east coast during the time I was on. Jeff KU8E ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KY5R Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 6,902 Just couldn't get my head in this test. Had new 1260mtr antenna to play with so guess what won over........ Anticipating CQWW 160 test comming up soon. Tried to give a Q to thos that I heard when I was on the band. gret participation from fellow ACG members. Hope no one missed AL. Be ready fer next yr hopefully with some propagation. Tim, KY5R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KY7M Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 17,352 Not much fun without propagation. Nice opening to the Midwest and Southeast Coast on Saturday night. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: LR2F Class: M/S HP Total Score = 319,424 Thanks to all for the contact and the spot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: MD0CCE Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 704 Conditions didn't seem to warrant more than an hour...high noise level, weak signals from continental Europe, nothing heard from outside Europe...maybe next year! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0JK Class: SO SSB QRP Total Score = 170 I agree with Ken, WM5R that "the sporadic E propagation was simply spectacular this year" in this contest. I recently moved to Lawrence, KS and have no antennas up. So I loaded up a M2 6 Meter HO loop in the attic QRP on 10 Friday evening. Not expecting much with it, I was surprised to hear Texas stations booming in when I turned the radio. Even with just a few watts W5PR and K5TR came right back on SSB. E-skip is amazing. In betweeen helping the XYL with chores, I worked another 15 stations. Had to work Saturday day, that evening found the sporadic E back, and made a couple more contacts. Reviewing the posted scores, the E-skip favored Texas, New Mexico and other southern states. They had Es to high population areas like the 3, 4, 8, 9 call areas. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0KM Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 5,856 Openings Friday and Saturday evening. Missed openings Sunday due to other projects. Missed working CO, but managed NM instead. Thanks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0RU Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 13,764 Lost rotor on 10M tower, most of the time either pointed East or whichever way the wind turned it. Tough choice between 10 and 6 when both were open, but did the best with the limited effort. Thanks and 73 Robb NØRU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0VD Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 101,682 I had no plans to get in this one, but after tuning across the band after work on Friday and hearing another local, KT0DX, running guys on SSB I couldn't pass it up. Only once catch! It seemed that I had taken ALL of my interconnecting cables for the radio, accessories and computer to PJ4 for the rental QTH I'm building there (www.villadesertpalm.com - shameless plug!). Ok, to make cables or just listen? The competitor got the best of me - break out the soldering iron, wires, plugs, etc. and let's get in on the fun. The bad thing is that by the time I got everything wired up, most of the opening was gone. Oh well, I'm in now - gotta do the whole contest. Saturday morning proved productive but Saturday evening just after sunset the band cracked wide open for about 90 minutes. Logged the best hour in the contest with 187 during that time. Called it a day with 499 Qs. I was hoping for a repeat on Sunday but it was not to be. Sunday morning produced very little activity with a total of only 54 Qs the entire day - and only 3 in the last two hours. Thanks to W0AIH as my last Q and pulling what seemed like a meteor scatter Q out of the ether for a needed mult and to put me over the 100k mark. Only two Caribbean (6Y1V and VP5E - where I op'ed this contest the last 2 years), and about a half dozen SA stations. I knew things were bad when I was ahead of some of the big gun SA stations! Seems like a broken record, but it can only get better from here... Kelly - N0VD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1BAA Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 50,784 Like pulling TEETH!!! COME ON SUNSPOTS!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1WR Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 28,072 Sporadic operation (six hours) commensurate with sporadic propagation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2BZP Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 9,408 Conditions were like having a root canal without the Novocaine. Ground wave and worked all locals. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2CU Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 25,604 All I can say is "God Bless Texas"! FT1000MP, Drake L7, TH6DXX 50', N1MM. 73, Tom N2CU <>< ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2ESP Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 3,050 100W & dipole @ 25' UGH! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2FF Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 1,728 Wow! I was only able to get on Sunday. I guess by that time all the sane people had given up. I ran into a few people who came back to see if things had improved. They hadn't. Thanks to all who worked me. As Brooklyn Dodger fans always said, "Wait until next year!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2TTA Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 126,160 I guess it could be worst! To have stations making 1500 QSOs and you struggle for 500 is very discouraging. Only 2 Europeans and 2 African QSOs. WA. state was rare DX! Thanks for the QSOs and sorry for those that couldn't be heard well enough to log. - Yuri , N2TTA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2WK Class: M/S HP Total Score = 27,500 Not sure why I spent any time. Thanks to football for helping past the time. Wayne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2WN Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 19,220 It was fun Saturday night for a while. There were definitely a lot of patient ops and timing was everything! Cheers, Julius n2wn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3BB Class: M/S HP Total Score = 48,416 Some terrific E-Skip conditions, some dead band drudgery. Lots of narrow spot light propagation. Nothing further NE than NY/NJ while I was on, and very limited to the NW. Lots of really short skip. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3BM Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 2,976 The only DX I heard was an XE1 on Saturday afternoon. I managed to work him before he went away. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3TG Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 160 Gave locals a qso late in the contest. Band stunk around here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3YIM Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 1,008 Short participation, could not hear stations others could, short effort from a little pistol, had fun, hope my score helps, looking forward to next contest, 73, Go PVRC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4AF Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 53,040 Not bad condx for the bottom of the cycle. Exciting Sunday to hear the West coast coming thru. Tks for the contacts. 73, Howie N4AF http://wordpress.blountscreek.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4DL Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 63,630 I've been inactive for several years and had the "good" luck to return at the bottom of the cycle. The good news is, "It can only get better". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4EK Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 4,796 Well, bye far the lowest score i ever submitted for the 10 meter test. on the plus side, it can only get better next year. runs were slow and boring to say the least. hope to see everybody at orlando. 73, ed N4EK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4GG Class: M/S HP Total Score = 29,172 It can't get worse, can it? M/S= N4GG + Packet Distracted category - packet was worthless. You could only work what you could hear - which had nothing at all to do with what was spotted. FT1000MP, Acom2000A, dipole at 50 ft., Writelog ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4JF Class: SO CW QRP Total Score = 50,940 WOW! THE BAND WAS REALLY STRANGE..ONE MINUTE SIGNALS 5NN+ THEN GONE COMPLETELY. WAS SURPRISED TO WK D2NX AND ZS1EL TOGETHER. ALSO WKD PJ,HD,KP4,KP2. SOUNDED LIKE THE TX QSO PARTY WITH ALL THE TX ACTIVITY....MISSED A FEW MULTS DUE TO QRP AND CONDX. TX FOR THE PATIENCE GETTING MY 5NN AL. 73s JERRY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4LZ Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 14,018 Seen better conditions for this contest. But I worked some old friends. The converted Wilson CB antenna did rather well on 10 meters. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4OGW Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 51,948 Very part-time effort, got on a few different times during the weekend for a few minutes or an hour at a time. 1500W to 6el yagi at 67 ft. No dx, only W/VE. Top ten states worked: 1. Tx 25 2. Ca 24 3. Oh 23 4. On 21 5. Ny 20 6. Pa 19 7. Va 16 8. Co 15 9. Mi 15 10. Nm 13 73, Tor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4OX Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 123,080 Part time effort due to work. Band must have put in a part time effort as well. Remember when we complained, " I had to move all the way up to 28:850 to find a clear frequency ". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4PN Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 289,328 Not much need to comment on condx....but there were two bright spots. Great opening right after dark on Saturday evening for a couple of hours. Sunday morning band opened early and was better around midday. Missed VT on both modes as well as ND. Bunch of SD stations. Heard DC who was S/P but couldn't find him. Only VE's worked - VE1, VE2, VE3. Still lots of fun when the opening was there. It WILL get better! 73, Paul, N4PN FT1000MP/Titan Amp - 1KW Hygain TH-5 @ 70' Logging with CT (Thank goodness for the RPT function) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4RV Class: M/S HP Total Score = 143,264 Not the best of conditions but then again we are at, or near, the rock bottom of the sunspot cycle.. Things can only go up from here ! Lots of line noise made copy difficult.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5AU Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 152,760 Rig: FT1000MP/5 Amp: AL-1500 Ant: 4/4 M2 fixed NE at 100/70 (Es antenna) 7L M2 at 70 rotary 5L Telrex fixed SE at 50 We had a great Es opening on Sunday. Signals were louder than most days on 20 meters. This made finding the few DX stations much harder, but I was able to have several good runs, which is tough at this QTH now due to loud 24/7 local noise. 6Y1V had a good signal Sat morning early. I'm sure his 7/7 has something to do with this, but normally the closer Caribbean doesn't come through until later in the day, but not this time. D2NX, ZS4JAN, and ZS1EL were the only African stations I worked. PJ2T was loud for a brief time Sunday morning, along with HD2A, CV5K, WP4I, and NP2L, plus quite a few PY, LU and CE stations. The deep SA stations never got as loud as normal. Very strange conditions. I called HK1KYR for a while Sat morning on the 7L and KW, but nothing doing. XE1ZW was also having hearing problems. I never heard any EU or Pacific. I heard LR2F work KH6MB late on Sun, but not a sound from the KH6 side. If you have been watching the solar flux numbers recently, you have noticed we are starting up. This latest rise could be just another spike up and then drop back, but it also might be the start of something good. It's near the time for things to start moving upward. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5AW Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 41,920 I enjoy this contest because of the high rates that are sometimes possible. Friday night was great - 103 QSOs in my first 35 minutes. That is probably the best I've ever done on CW from the US. Some nice rates in my two short stints Saturday too. Did not get on Sunday until late afternoon and things were SLOW. The few South Americans heard were all weak and only a handful of USA stations - mostly locals. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5DO Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 116,340 Amazingly good conditions here in west Texas on Friday evening. Unfortunately, I had an dinner appointment so I could only operate for 30 minutes before I had to leave. I did 15 minutes on CW and 15 minutes on SSB, ending up with 43 CW contacts and 44 SSB contacts in the first 30 minutes. I hated to leave! When I got back two and one-half hours later I had a 135 hour and a 77 hour. In addition to working a bunch of California stations, skip was very short and I worked 59 Texas stations (only one local) and 47 Missouri stations. It was great fun while the good conditions lasted. Only worked one New England station, no 2's and no one in the Pacific Northwest. As always thanks for the fun and the QSOs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5OE Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 100,260 This was my first effort at ARRL10m. This was also the first time to run N1MM software during a contest as well. All in all everything worked really well with a pretty good learning curve during the first few hours of the contest, especially during some pretty good rates exceeding 200 per hour! Conditions were really neat Friday night just past local sunset. Signals got much stronger and the band stayed in well past midnight local time, 7 hours into darkness! Daytime activity from here was fair/poor on Saturday afternoon but again late that evening things picked up and keep me active to about midnight local time. Thanks to all who made the log and took the time to suffer through my "fat finger" learning curve with the new sofware, and hopefully I did not miss too many that I simply could not hear. There were several times during the contest while on a run frequency, the conditions would change and I would hear other stations coming up in strength that were also calling cq:) Thanks again N5OE 73 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5UL Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 22,040 NO comment. But, TNX for the QSO's. MX & HNY. CU in SP-TBDC. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5UWY Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 4,060 Wow - how fun was that? I expected nothing and ended up working 28 states plus DC! No DX at all, but still! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5XZ Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 37,666 Wish I had more time to operate but great to hear some activity on 10 meters. I only worked SSB to give contacts to the "deserving". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6DA Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 440 IC-7000 100 W. DIPOLE AT 30 FEET N1MM Logging ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6HC Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 13,878 Conditions were very marginal in spite of "good" propagation numbers. So much for the prognosticators. Almost every contact was below 35 degrees latitude and east of my location. Lots of single hop into Texas, short skip into Santa Barbara or San Diego, and ground wave. I met a lot of my neighbors on the air! Thanks for all the Qs. Best regards, Arnie N6HC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6PC Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 32 WOW! Could hardly get out of my backyard with a signal. Heard some of the local folks making Q's but rarely heard the other end of the QSO. Those I worked. Canyon locations do not make for good 10M contesting without some good propagation. 73, Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6TW Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 9,126 nice, but short opening to EastCoast around ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6WG Class: SO Mixed QRP Total Score = 960 What a way to waste a weekend. This was just plain brutal. Except for three CO and one AZ QSO, I never got out of CA. What's worse, didn't hear anything else outside of CA either. Real bummer. Let's see, 65 QSOs divided by 17 hours gives a rate a bit less than 4 QSOs per hour. Thank goodness I didn't have to give up any sleeping hours for this contest. I put up three 10m bisquares at roughly 60 degrees from each other to give all around coverage, but never really got a chance to try them out. They might as well have been three different dummy loads for all the good they did me. They look really good on paper, and I was real eager to use them on the air. While CQing for hours this weekend, I managed to work my way through three volumes of Pat Hawker's RSGB TechTopics notebooks. Found some interesting ideas to play with later. With SFI in the 80s, I sure expected better. Guess there is still too much I don't know about propagation :-) Anyway, I hope you all did better than I did. Hope to work you in another contest soon. 73, Bob N6WG The Little Station with Attitude ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8IE Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 800 About 5 minutes of "free" time. 73 Dan, N8IE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8II Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 185,564 Almost 1000 less QSO's than last year, at times it was real work to put the next QSO in the log. I realized early on, it really wasn't going to be enjoyable to scrape up every possible QSO, so when the rate dropped below 25-30 an hour I took a break. I also managed to start decorating for Christmas during the slow times Saturday. Bottom line was it was still fun, even though it was a challenge at times. 10 especially at this point in the cycle is so unpredictable with short spotlight openings. The challenge makes it so much more fun than 160 which has its own different challenges, at least for me. A summary of how it went follows. Friday, band was dead except for 5 weak LU's, one of which managed to hear me. There was almost no enhancement of any sort and local activity was down a bit due to the lack of anything interesting to work. My best groundwave Q was probably up to Niagara Falls working VA3DX over many mountains; also caught K1KI. I did get about 3 weak Texans on scatter. Early Saturday was also dead early except for a few FL, WJ9B was consistently the loudest from there. The ionospheric scatter which was enhanced by meteor bursts was best to the west, but I did manage to get a few Q's to the NE to pick up MA, CT, VE9DX + VE1OP. I'd be interested in what the explanation is for this scatter which normally peaks in the direction of the station worked, but the MUF is definitely below 10M. I found it pretty unproductive to call CQ. Most everyone who answered on scatter was weak but not much problem to copy, but they were few and far between. I worked out about as far as the sporadic E one hop zone logging GA, AL, TN, TX, OK, MO, NE, IL, IN, WI, MN, OH. K9BGL was a beacon. Very few scatter/meteor burst Q's were possible on phone, so I developed a big deficit of mults compared to CW. Finally, I heard XE1CJW with a decent signal at 1559Z, he gave me number 1. Found TG9ANF and on CW XE1ZW who was S9+40db; they lasted maybe 20 minutes. I was off as much as on during the afternoon, probably missed 50-60 Q's the whole contest due to breaks. N6NF in CA popped in at 2107Z; a few quick CQ's and S&P added zilch. Then at 22:12, KI4LRP answered a CW CQ and a string of Florida stations were worked. The opening expanded to TX with W5WP at 22:42, the first of what seemed like a Texan invasion. All of the states between here and Tx were added eventually including KY on both modes which is pretty short skip from here. MS was the sparest in activity and propagation, but managed about 3-4 on phone, and 2 on CW including a booming N4OGW. The opening extended as far north as MO and NE, but north of there was out in the cold the whole contest figuratively as well as literally in some cases with their ice storm. By 02Z the fun was over, but there were the usual loud suspects still piling in the Q's for 5-land. Late in the opening I worked WA7XX in AZ on CW and heard N2IC in NM weakly, but he just wasn't able to hear me. The highlight of the running the multitude of 5's on phone was having XF4YW call in with a good signal! My only rates over 60 were 64 in the 23Z hour Saturday and 67 in the 16Z hr Sunday, a far cry from past years. There were much faster spurts, but then the callers would quit. Things can only go up from here, I'd guess. We always seem to have significant Es during this contest, hope that continues! Many thanks for the Q's and to the few who were loud enough to switch modes. I wasn't asked by many to switch, but always did so. Sunday, I didn't start very early, condx were much the same, but a very weak ZS1EL on CW called at 1312Z. At 1456Z, D2NX and Z6WN answered the same CW CQ, further CQ's and S&P yielded nothing and I noticed VE1OP was loud so I switched to phone to look for all the Maritimes + New England. CQ's yielded nothing, I found K1WHS is ME. The band opened to Central America at 1512Z working TE2M and HP1APS on phone, and HP1AC plus HP1WW on CW. At 1539Z, another mucho grande opening to TX began which lasted until about 19Z. The real running on phone started at 16Z. I kept BIC until the rate got pretty slow working many new hams about 75% in TX. At 1703Z I found CX5BW loud on CW and found CW2C on phone, but no LU's. The phone rate was much better than CW and I missed an opening to LU during the run, but managed to finally put LW1E in the log on CW. At 1907Z NG7Z in WA called followed by N7UVH in ID who I couldn't resist moving to phone. In the next minute WA1PMA in WA and W7MEM in ID called, but that was all she wrote. W7LEA in WA was found for last west coast. By 1930Z or so the band died until I quit at 22Z to go out with the family, but reports show I didn't miss an opening. Clearly, the mid-Atlantic was not the place to be for this years' contest. I guessed correctly that the big scores would come from TX; they got off to a huge start while the band was dead here. My only rates above 60 were in the 23Z hour Saturday with 64 and 16Z Sunday with 68, a far cry from last year. There were a reasonable number of fellow PVRC'ers on for mostly short stints, glad there aren't really any Texas sized clubs down there. There is almost always significant Es during the 10M contest. We hope that trend continues and the West Coast and Eu revisit our logs soon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N9FC Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 2,024 VERY TOUGH AN I MEAN IT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N9SF Class: SO CW QRP Total Score = 6,552 Strange propagation, mostly bad, but some exceptional for short periods. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N9VN Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 24 Had a nice Es opening to Texas on Friday night and worked 5 Texas stations, 4 on phone and 1 on CW... And that's where it ended up. Didn't hear anything the rest of the weekend, but was not on a whole lot, again due to cramming for finals. Used the same "indoor random wire loop" as in the 160 contest last week. Hey at least I got to talk to "somebody". Still pretty new to contesting and all, but having a blast so far. 73's to all, Vince - N9VN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA3D Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 39,780 Nothing, nothing, nothing...boom, 6 pm Saturday, and suddenly the band was open. It seems only single skip from here into LA, TX, OK, AR, MO, KS, with a couple of stations from W7, VE7, FL, MN. Rest of the time ground wave. Many thanks to John for the use of his amazing station in Poolesville, MD. Not sure what I would have done at times without that 7 el. at 190 ft.; a number of the stations I worked were unreadable otherwise. Thanks also to the many stations with whom contact was made only through sheer persistence. 73, Mark ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA4BW Class: SO Mixed QRP Total Score = 3,872 Goofy sums up this exercise in futility: 1.Ga and Tx were > 50% of the calls. 2.Cat jumped on the operating table and knocked over a glass of water into the laptop. Laptop didn't explode but the operator did. 3.Laptop died. Pulled the battery out, let it dry for 24 hours and it came back to life. So far so good. We will see. (last known whereabouts of the cat is unknown...) 4.It's 74 in Atlanta today on 12-9-07. 73 Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA4K Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 18,648 The recent rains washed away my line noise, good thing because most of the signals were ESP. Steve NA4K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA5TR Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 84,096 WOW! Friday almost sounded as though the band were open! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NB7V Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 1,008 very poor conditions, opening to Texas sat evening accounted for most of my QSO's. In and out of shack all weekend however I found cutting firewood to be more productive than 10m static. I'm going to light a candle to the sunspot Gods and leave an offering of a Mark-5 Thanks for the Q's Dave NB7V ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NE1RD Class: SO CW QRP Total Score = 560 It was very nearly a "worked all MA" effort, but CT, ME, and NH sneaked in there. I used my Elecraft K2 at 5 watts for the effort. This was my first serious CW effort and it was a blast! Thanks to everybody who was patient with my 12 thumbs on the paddles and requests for repeats. Sometimes I think my head is filled with clay! Finally, did anybody else notice how the band "went dead" as soon as the Patriots game started? :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NG1I Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 2,640 Well, out here in WMA, 10M during solar minimum is like fishing. I cast my call out and usually get kippers....then all of a suddden you surprisingly get a great catch or two, for me it was NC, SC, LA, FL, and NF. Seems like it worked all MA and NH with a dash of CT thrown in. Had fun. Thanks all! Frank NG1I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NG7Z Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 882 Limited to Saturday only. Band never seemed to open here. A few CA AZ and UT. Worked on MT and one BC and the rest were WA. Hope it's better for you guys tomorrow. Have Christmas stuff to do. 73 Paul NG7Z ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NN4F Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 2,698 Was planning a full-time op, but baby sitting the grand daughter came first, so only managed 2 hours, conditions were horrible, one nice opening to the NE on friday night gave me most of the contacts, and i missed the only other opening we had here in SC... always next year...congrats to AI4WB for his score and NU4SC all for the Low Country Contest Club.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NN7ZZ Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 25,620 This one was just a VHF contest …. Sporadic E, aurora, short burst meteor scatter, but no F layer skip. The band was so quiet at times I had to check to make sure I hadn't switched to the dummy load. After a slow grind Saturday, the band was dead at 5 pm, so I shut down to get ready for a “must attend” holiday party. While waiting for my xyl to finish getting ready I turned the rig back on to an open band with many strong sporadic E signals coming in from W5 and W4… I made 15 quick contacts in about 10 minutes before I absolutely had to leave … after slugging out one contact at a time all day I had to leave when the band was hot .. what a bummer …. And when I returned 3 hours later the band was still open to the same area and I managed another 40 or so qsos with my best rates of the entire contest. The band was still open with no stations left to work when I finally shut down at 0515 gmt. Makes one wonder which is worse: A dead band with many stations on … or an open band with no stations on. Sunday was another slow grind … no real openings and I managed less than 25 more qsos … I’ll always wonder how many good Qsos I lost during those three hours at the party! I have no W1, W2, W3 or W8s in the log, and VE7 is the only province. The most pleasant surprise was ZS1EL calling me at 17:51 Saturday during a very slow E-skip run with MO, KS, OK and AR …. probably multihop E? Things can only get better! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NP2KW Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 2,808 Absolutely the worst propagation ever. Worked: 1 W..no VE's 1 WP4 1 KP2 1 OA4 1 ZS1 1 OM6 2 VP8 2 CX ..........And everyone else was either PY or LU. I did however fixed 2 Rigs, gave an old rig a face lift by changing it's LED's to another color, connected that 2M rig I had sitting silent for months, Cloned a VHF Mobile and sold it, dusted and wiped all the equipment in the shack, and filled out a good number of QSL cards for mailing,... all while the voice keyer was yelling without any answer. Conclusion - This is my LAST 10M TEST 'till the Sun gods paint some spots on the Sun...lots of them! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NS3T Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 8,520 As usual, I squeezed in what little time I had to work this contest. I didn't want to have an equal number of CW and SSB QSO's, but that's the way the numbers ended up. Since I assumed that every big "opening" would take place while I was away from the radio, I started on Saturday night to ask everyone who answered my CQ's if they would go to the other mode for a second Q. Most of the SSB guys said they didn't have CW capabilities. The CW ops said yes at a much higher rate and completed the second Q at a higher rate as well. It was sort of like a VHF contest, moving everyone who calls you on 6 meters... As usual, if you had contact with me, it was pretty much all on tape, even the moves to the other mode. My biggest DX was Texas.... 73 Jamie NS3T http://www.radio-sport.net Your home for ham radio contest news ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NT6X Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 41,820 There was a better chance of someone calling me in the 160m contest during the day than on 10m on Sunday. Mike, NT6X ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NU4SC Class: M/S HP Total Score = 72,708 The worst 10m contest conditions that either of us has experienced. Long stretches without a QSO. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NX5M Class: M/S HP Total Score = 687,700 The first 4 hours were a blast. 277 qsos in the first hour. Ended the first night with 818 qsos in the log. Probably could have run over 1000 the first night had we stayed on ssb but that would have been a mistake. CW rates were good the 2nd hour but the rate dropped some....typical I guess since some callers send slower than others. Saturday was tough...enough said. But the band did start coming back to life toward the evening. Sunday was totally the opposite of Saturday. Rates grew to the upper 100's for three straight hours before the band went way south again about 2100z. I guess the band was coming back to life again in the last couple of minutes when K3WW called in with 20 seconds left with a S9 signal. Hope next year that barrier between Texas and the upper west coast is gone as well as the barrier that blocked states in New England such as VT, RI, ME. The only VE provinces worked were VO1, VE3 and VE5. Never a whisper from anywhere else. Expected to hear more signals from the Caribbean. Was pretty disappointed in that outcome. No VK, no ZL and HI was pretty quiet this year. Maybe we just did not listen toward VK/ZL enough. We ate well, nothing broke and had some good times along with the bad times. See you next year! The crew at NX5M....."chaos". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NX9T Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 6,164 Yowwwwwwwzaaaaaaa..... :) Merry Christmas! 73, jeff nx9t www.qsl.net/nx9t ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NY3A Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 92,364 Highlights: Lots of meteor pings on Fri and Sat. Nice E-layer opening Saturday night. Working all the locals plus D2, ZL, ZS, ZD7, LU and 6Y. The dx is amazing for a "dead" band. Lowpoints: Contest finished with really flat conditions Sunday afternoon and evening. 73; Steve ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OE3GCU Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 2,552 The condition in this part of the globe was almost not existing during the contest. This resulted in only 39 QSOs including 2 dupes. The only DX was an opening to south america for some minutes on sunday late afternoon... But the sun activity will increase in the coming years and the contest will hopefully be more challanging in the future. 73, Gun de OE3GCU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OH6QU Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 5,980 Originally I had no intention to join this contest as it is the bottom of the sun activity cycle which normally means absolutely no conditions at all on 10M at high latitudes. However I noticed some signals on 10M on Sunday morning and decided to give out some points. Well, that took next three hours:-) Frankly speaking I was surpriced how many QSOs you were able to make on 10M with marginal band conditions. However the only DX worked in the contest was V5/DL5XL. I knew from the experience that certain type of geomagnetic disturbance seems to open the polar path from Northern Europe to USA & Canada on 15M and 10M. So I hoped that this would happen tonite and turned my antennas towards USA on Sunday evening local time. At 1815 UTC Sodankylä magnetogram jumped suddenly and soon after that KZ5D was just above the noise level here! I kept calling him about 10 minutes but he was too busy with local USA pile-up to get thru it. I started to browse band to see if I can hear any others from USA. Unfortunately no other stations heard and I returned to call KZ5D but then conditions went away at 1830 UTC. At 1930 UTC I found next US station on the band. It was very weak and it took me sometime to figure out his callsign. It was NX5M. He was most of time not readable and therefore I wasn't calling him until his signal got better around 1945 UTC. I think he was hearing me because I got many times question marks back but then conditions went away again and I wasn't able to read him anymore. I had to give up. What a shame... He disappeared to noise at 1950 UTC. No USA worked in this contest but I gained a little bit more understanding of polar path propagation. Perhaps that pays off in the future when trying to figure out possible openings over the North Pole. Anyway a positive experience in these conditions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OK1DRQ Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 368 No comment ..... 73 Pavel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PA0JED Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 96 Well, had lot's of time to fill out a back log of QSL cards and make some initial moves with a SDR transceiver. And made a design for a T-shirt," I survided the zero flares". From now on things can only get better, the next 10 years. ;) cu on the other side of the s- spots 73 and season greetings jan pa0jed rig: ic-756 and al-811h to a rotary dipole @ 8 mtrs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PJ2T Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 32,088 Really missed doing this contest with WB9Z, who has partnered with me and others here the past four years. This was the year for Jerry to miss coming to PJ2T, though, as conditions were putrid. I'm looking forward next year both to the return of Jerry and the return of some ionization. 73, - Geoff, W0CG, PJ2DX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PU2LSM Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 21,012 Poor condutions but it was good to learn, I am novice! A Big and special thanks to Mamiro PY2DM, opened again his station to me! Also thanks to PY2MTV,PY2EX,PY2BK for all infos and patience hihihi. 73 to all Untill the next contest. Alan PU2LSM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PY1ZV Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 334,400 BAd propagation in south america only o2 qso´s to EU, 02 to USA and 02 to AF realy test in 10m you shure??? i think this tess is a similar to the 144 mhz 73 to all ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PY2CX Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 17,280 NO USA AND EUROPE PROPAGATION TX: KENWOOD TS450SAT ANTENA: YAGI MONOBAND 6 ELEMENTS MIC : HEIL PRO SET PLUS IC HC4 SOFTWARE: N1MM V. 7.11.4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PY2EYE Class: M/S HP Total Score = 50,240 tnx QSO´s! 73/DX Rafael PY2NDX Tom PY2YU Nilson PY2EYE 10M CW 10M PHO Total % SA 37 60 97 48.3 NA 50 18 68 33.8 OC 1 2 3 1.5 AF 12 6 18 9.0 EU 13 2 15 7.5 10M CW 10M PHO Total 6W 1 1 6Y 1 1 8P 1 1 9Q 1 1 CE 4 7 11 CN 1 1 CT3 1 1 2 CX 3 3 6 D2 1 1 EA 6 6 EA8 4 4 8 F 3 1 4 FM 1 1 FY 1 1 G 1 1 HC 1 1 HI 2 2 HK 3 2 5 HP 2 2 4 HR 1 1 I 1 1 K 40 3 43 KH6 1 2 3 KP2 1 1 2 KP4 2 4 6 LU 15 25 40 OE 1 1 P4 2 2 PJ2 1 1 PY 6 13 19 PY0F 1 1 2 TG 1 1 TI 2 2 TR 1 1 2 UA2 1 1 V4 1 1 VE 1 1 2 VP8 1 1 XF4 1 1 YU 1 1 YV 2 5 7 ZD7 1 1 ZP 1 1 ZS 1 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PY2MTV Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 4,416 Rig; FT1000MP Mark V Field about 100 Watts,mic Heil Pro-set plus, Antenna Yagi 3 elements abt 21 feet up, Log N1MM Logger VS. 7.11.4 Thank you for all QSOs, sad the propagation not to have collaborated. Merry Christmas and Happy new year to all. Andy Guarujá SP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PY2NY Class: SO Mixed QRP Total Score = 8,400 I am the lucky guy! Made my option to QRP due of a lot of social commitments... Part of Saturday eating and drinking with job friends in barbecue. At night, a wedding nearby! And Sunday morning need to travel to Araraquara, loosing 2 hours (of nothing, maybe...)! Anyway, QRP enforce me to do S&P all the time. Zero Europe!! Zero Africa Asia and Oceania... Thank you all and see you next contest! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PY2WC Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 49,840 2 time in my new home, little opening to europe but have big storm, and blackout, lost this opening, surprised copy 9h1xt, ua2cz, 6w1se, d2nx, vp8no hear mni others station but very very weak i lost mni qsos, this year is the great VHF contest 10 meters in the MAGIC BAND I LOVE THIS. YAESU FT 1000MP MARK V FIELD LOGPERIÓDIC 8 ELEM (WRTC STILE) KENWOOD TL922A 73 TO ALL PY2WC - WAL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PY2ZK Class: SO SSB QRP Total Score = 7,260 Bad Propa , no copy many station , USA close propa ,europa bad propa . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: PY2ZY Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 13,760 Transeiver Icon 746, yagi 4 elements 80W, microphone ampl. software n1mm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S53M Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 1,860 Hard to belive ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S57DX Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 30,564 FOR SURE THIS IS BOTTOM OF THE CYCLE. HORROR! WHAT A WASTE OF TIME AND ENERGY. ONLY ONE TACTICAL MISTAGE I DO WHEN I GIVE UP SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BUT I WAS STOP BECAUSE OF MY DAUGHTER BIRTHDAY PARTY... THERE WAS SOME DX WORKED: VK8AA, 9M6XRO, V51AS, ZM2B, ZD7X, ZD7HI, ZS5NK AND ZS6DXB. BUT NOTHING ELSE. I HEARD SOME LOCALS WORKING CX BUT NOTHING ON MY SIDE. CONGRATS YT5T FOR NICE SCORE! UFB JOB... I HOPE NEXT YEAR WILL BE BETTER... 73 de SLAVKO S57DX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: S57S Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 10,960 NO comments. This is MINIMUN! It just can't be worse. I heard VK8AA in Sunday but no bite from him on my 800W + 4 el. Yagi shouts. Yes, it has to be MINIMUM! 73, Aleksander, S57S ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: SZ1A Class: M/S HP Total Score = 9,184 Bad bad propagation... Last year we made over 600 qsos. We hoped better this year but... unless cqing. The good thing was the barbeque and the wine... See you next year with better propagation. Location was in my second qth at 900m high in mountain. Ant was a 4el quad without rotator (man rotator hi hi). Rig was an icom 756 pro-ii (i didn't like it as my mark-v, especially on cw), and the icom pw1(the best amplifier i have ever seen). Seasons greetings from all Kostas SV1DPI, Dimitris SV1CIB, George SV1ELF, Kostas SV8BUS, Mike SV3GKE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3DF Class: SO Mixed QRP Total Score = 2,670 Small opening to the Southern States on Saturday evening and another to FL on Sunday -sure wish I had worked the ZS station I heard - but no luck. Best DX was LU. Tough going but things will get better. As usual,it's a jungle out there when you run qrp! 73, Doug VA3DF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3DX Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 22,110 QRM'd Christmas Carols on neighbours 40 yr old stereo on Sunday morning... went QRT , Humbug !!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3EC Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 6,468 Only a few hours. With the new tubes in the SB200 I managed 500 Watts out. Was surprised to work 2 - South Africans, Uruguay, Panama and Argentina. I guess the MDS on the 756Pro is pretty decent. I managed to dig Bermuda out of the mud with 11 minutes to go. This must be the bottom of the bottom of the cycle. Cheers, Harry VA3EC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3KA Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 1,840 The last time I operated this contest I made 1,400 QSO's! Very tough going. I was glad to work ZS1EL and a couple of PY's for some excitement! Gave up Sunday morning and went shopping. See you all in the RAC Winter Contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA7RN Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 2,220 What can I say. Hours would go by with nothing but mush, and suddenly I work five guys and away it goes again to mush. A couple of VE3's came in blowing my head off, and then nothing. Really weird. Mostly GA, TN, and FL with a few single states here and there. When will it end (the cycle I mean)!!! I checked back in my logs. In 2002 I had 759 Q's. 2003, 300 Q's. 2007, 37 Q's. Les, VA7RN, ex VA7LC, ex VE7CGN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA7ST Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 920 With solar numbers SFI=87, A=0, K=0>1 I expected much better propagation. Just didn't happen. Still, let's hope the rising flux is the onset of a great trend, not an anomaly -- Big Elmer playing tricks on us just for ARRL 10M weekend. Band was dead for all but a few minutes on Sunday morning when I worked 21 of my 23 Qs -- TN and GA mostly, plus FL and AL. Heard lots of pinging meteor scatter signals on Friday night, and a couple on Saturday, but way too short to get full callsigns. Worked Argentina and Uruguay for the only DX Qs, one each. Heard a few guys calling as I CQd but they were too close to ESP to answer with any hope of getting anything out of 'em -- gotta turn those yagis northwest to work BC. Can't get any worse than this, he says for the fifth time in the past year. 73 and thanks for the Qs. Needed every single one :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE1OP Class: M/S HP Total Score = 6,132 Basically a test of patience...Wait for a brief opening to somewhere, hope you recognize it, and grab a couple QSO's before it disappeared...I think the rate meter hit 20 once.....Of the 5 hours N1MM Logger says I spent "operating" I may have been flippin the paddles 1/2 hour...Then 4-1/2 hours of wearing out the freq dial...Bring on some sunspots... Submitted as a M/S score due to the ARRL's continued use of the archaic rule that using spotting assistance places one in the Multi category...I can understand the one's that call it "assisted", but multi ?...Me and who ???...I guess the dog was here to keep my feet warm and make sure no cookie crumbs got left on the floor...Would have died of boredom all-together without the telnet screen to look at...Anyway...Was fun when an opening did pop up... 73, Scott VE1OP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE1SKY Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 378 With these conditions, it takes a special mindset to "get into it!". Propagation to SA was the best thing about this weekend in NS. Worked Argentina and Brazil - and heard Ecuador. No VE's heard at all! 73 Roger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE2FU Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 48 24 hour format would be enough ! Was funny to see the band map full... and nothing out of the speaker. 73' Phil VE2FU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE2TZT Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 33,696 DX conditions were great.... on low bands. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3AD Class: M/S LP Total Score = 16,200 Changed antennas Changed software Changed computers Couldn,t change propagation Such hard work, so little reward. Wait till next year ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3CRU Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 7,452 This was truly a contest of endurance, under poor condx. Tempting to give up but the contester in me said stick with it. Actual time, ??? Ran the ProII with Preamp 2 on at all times, into the TA33jr beam up 33' and many signals were no more than detectable in the noise. Rapid qsb added to the challenge. In reviewing other scores already submitted it is interesting to note who got what, especially in terms of DX. Here, I worked LU1HF, LU7HN, PJ2T and CU2C. Heard and chased LU1EEF, LU9ESD, LV5V and AY8A Argentina and XR6V but incomplete qso's. Very few heard from the north-east, none worked. Likewise from the south-west. States/provinces worked are ON, NY, OH, TN, FL, AL, GA, TX, LA, MS, VA, SD, IL, WA, BC AND MN. Thanks to the ARRL for running the contest, and to all who participated who gave me points and who were there and missed by me. Better days ahead!!! 73, Bill VE3CRU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3KF Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 12,864 Condx was very poor. 73! Alex, VE3KF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3KZ Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 22,308 Signals are easier to copy on 6m! It was impossible to "stay with it" for any extended period. The constant sifting through the noise was too much! The only DX worked here was PY0FF, ZS1EL, PT7CB, XE2S and a portable VP9. Thanks for all the CCO QSO's. They were really important this year! 73 Bob VE3KZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3MGY Class: SO CW QRP Total Score = 280 I was on for 30 min Saturday and 30 min Sunday. Heard 12 stations from 28.000 to 29.9 and worked 10.... I remember when you could work literally hundreds of stations just going S&P up the band back in the late 90's early 00's. If I was as addicted to 10 as I am to 160 I would have been committed by now. At least on 160 you can work DX at anytime during the cycle..... 73 Brian VE3MGY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3NE Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 24,948 Lower solar flux and sunspots produced better condx before...go figure. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3RCN Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 1,456 A few more points for CCO. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3UTT Class: M/S HP Total Score = 25,600 M/S due to packet a dumb rule by ARRL equating packet with 2 to X operators. To say conditions were poor is a gross understatement. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3XD Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 12,300 Okay, so Writelog says I operated for 6 hours. It did not count the hours spent searching fruitlessly for that elusive one signal on the band. There was far too much time when there were no signals. Only the propagation to blame for that as there did seem to be a reasonable amount of activity when the band opened. A couple good short runs late Saturday to FL, AL, LA, TX and another short opening on Sunday morning to FL really helped the totals. Very few DX and some I could hear could not hear me. I expect better next year. 73, Don VE3XD Yaesu Mark V and Cushcraft X7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE4EAR Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 2 What Contest???? Someone said there was supposed to have been a 10m contest this past weekend. Listened and called for at least 12 hours both days and evenings, and not a sniff. Heard one LU from SA on CW at a 329 signal but didn't even try to work him. My only contact was another VE4 about 15 miles away. Great conditions on the lower bands and even had a sporadic E opening on 6m, but nothing on 10. Next year it will be better....it can't be worse! See you in the RAC Winter contest! Ed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE6CNU Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 8 There's a reason you guys didn't work much in Canada. It's called MUF. The MUF here was below 21 MHz the entire weekend, which means that this contest never happened (like the tree that falls in the forest and nobody is around to hear it). The 2 QSOs were from locals. And at least I had twice as many QSOs as VE4EAR! 73 and keep those sun spots coming! Jerry VE6CNU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE7XF Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 16,988 Tough sledding, but fun. Hopefully, not as good as next year! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VK8AA Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 14,094 Hi all, Very disappointing report, making it hardly worthwhile logging on. With poor propagation forecasts, and not having participated in any contests this year in any meaningful way, this was my last opportunity to get on air in '07 and hand out a few qso's to you. Built up a 9 element wide spaced yagi, boom 22.3m long, and in the air about 20m. Gain without ground effects was 14.2dbi.. which made a credible difference to signal strengths, but not reflected in the logbook. The lifting equipment to get the yagi higher off the ground was just not available (read affordable) this year - a major construction boom going on in Darwin ! Had around 110 qso's on day 1, and around 150 qso's on day 2. Each day there was like a 2 minute opening to EU day 1 was 0904UTC, day 2 was 0910 utc.. spooky. Longest distance qso's for Asia was 4X4, EU was OH6, OC was KH6 and sadly nothing at all from NA... but for lack of trying. Most interesting was XW1A and VK9ZLH - a real surprise. Below is a quick summary of Countries (mults) and qso's.. COUNTRY QSO's Australia 102 Japan 87 New Zealand 23 China 8 Malaysia 6 Korea 4 Hong Kong 3 Indonesia 3 Singapore 3 Germany 2 Hawaii 2 India 2 Italy 2 Thailand 2 Asiatic Russia 1 Cook 1 Finland 1 Guam 1 Israel 1 Laos 1 Lord Howe 1 Mariana 1 Poland 1 Slovenia 1 Tajikistan 1 Yugoslavia 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VO1HE Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 252 God, that was painful. 73 -- Paul VO1HE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VO1KVT Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 1,650 The band only opened twice for short periods during the evening on both Saturday and Sunday. Rough conditions but got a chance to try my new Mosley TA-53 which worked fine. Hopefully the band will improve for next years contest. 73 Ken VO1KVT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VO1MP Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 5,848 H'mmmmmmmm From 2245 - 2255 on Sunday worked ....30 stns in 10 minutes almost got excited .... almost .... (=: Surely this must be the bottom ..... not one European or African or Caribean Station... and just 3 south american mults. C'Y'all Next one GLWCDR Gus VO1MP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0AIH Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 314,580 Well, I wont repeat what everyone's been saying about the miserable conditions. But out at W0AIH, its just as bad....only better. hi Except for the Friday night E opening to Texas, the Saturday evening opening to Florida, and the Sunday morning opening to the entire gulf coast, there wasn't much of anything! The usual backscatter didn't even seem very good. No Europe, No Pacific, 1 Africa, a handful of Caribbean and South America. 2 California's, no WA or Or. Very sparce to the east coast. Regardless of the poor conditions, when I went to bed Saturday night, I was only 40 Q's behind last year which I was pleased with (mults were way down though). I was neck and neck with last year until about 20Z Sunday. This year the band went DEAD while last year we had a tremendous E opening. Thus I ended about 250 Q's behind last year and over 200K points lower. From 2000Z until right before the end of contest I made about 20 qso's ( and I think most of those were with Minnesota!). I kept telling Paul we hadn't had a decent opening to the East coast all weekend. And then wouldn't you know it, about 5 minutes before the contest ended, the East coast blasted in with s9+ signals and I made a quick 20 qso's and a couple new Mults. Anyway, fun time as usual! A side benefit of operating at the Farm is Paul was working 160 meters Friday night and I was able to log about a dozen Europeans between 10 meter contacts. :-))) (something I sure couldn't do on 10 meters!) Thanks to Paul for allowing me to use his fine station! Here is a link to all his hardware. The money antenna seemed to be the 4X5. http://www.qth.com/w0aih/10m.htm Scott NE9U ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0BH Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 156,300 A few openings with lots of nothing in between. Friday night started off as a Texas QSO Party, but at least there are lots of friendly hams in TX! I had to QRT after an hour for a Hesston College Christmas party, so missed a good part of that opening. Other openings were localized, too: 8s and 9s on Saturday morning, 4s on Saturday and Sunday afternoon, mostly southwest 7s on Saturday evening. I kept hoping the band would go long, but could never extend the map past Idaho and New York, and NY was a stretch. Missed WA OR ND SD OK NJ DC and all of 1-land. Only worked VE3 and VE4 north of the border and PY, XE, LU, 6Y and ZS as DX. Thanks to everyone for the Qs .. many both modes. There's always next year, and the few bursts of fun run reminded me of what 10m will be like again one of these years. Happy holidays to all! 73, Bob, w0bh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0ETT Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 39,832 Fun to work the 2007 10m contest with its meteor scatter, Es, and long distance contacts - all providing contacts at times to different parts of US. No VEs, W1, W3s heard here. - Sorry to have missed the huge opening on Saturday evening. Glad to work GMCCers: KO7X, N0KE, K0FX, N0HF, K0RF, W0MU, K6XT, KV0Q, WT9Q, W0ZA, AND N0RU. 73 Ken W0ETT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0MU Class: M/S HP Total Score = 5,966 Nice to see some decent activity. Could only operate the first night. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0PR Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 3,724 Dismal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0RIC Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 3,162 Considering I used a ground-mounted vertical, this worked out pretty good considering conditions. Nice to catch the Saturday night opening into the SE. I wonder if this is the bottom of the cycle? Sure was a challenge but fun! Always is fun here playing RADIO no matter what! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0SD Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 105,788 First my apologies to those I could not hear and thanks for trying and to those I was able to work thank you! I had the lowest noise ever for this contest. The power line company did some work this summer and the high 5 element just below 200 feet looks beyond the power line and is very quiet listening. It was the second year for the high antenna and I will have to say it was always best except for a short period on Sporadic E on Saturday morning to the SE it was down just slightly but it was quieter so I usually ended up listening on it anyway. Of course many times I had them in difffent directions and found myself wishing the second one was also just below 200 feet instead of just over 100 feet. Up here in the frozen northland I have found after listening for over 45 years you don't get to high. Contrary to popular opinion here higher is virtually always best and it is most noticeable on 10 meters than any band again contrary to conventional wisdom but it is definitely what happens here. I think with all the land mass to cross and being this far north is why it is that way. I was prepared for a tough go and thought maybe as bad as 600 q's total but it was not near that bad. I though until Saturday afternoon this is going to not be bad. Yes tough work but always something going on and then if you look at my rate chart you see about 2 hours late Saturday afternoon it just closed down. WOW! Just no ionization anyplace. I experienced this only a couple of times before in the past. To me it is just amazing how quickly sporadic e can disappear and develop. I just don't see how that can happen so fast. Suddenly I started to hear a little band noise on Saturday late afternoon and worked a few stations and in 10 minutes it is "rocking". I thought I had seen the worst but "NO" On Sunday at 1941z it died, "DEAD"! I think I worked 12 stations the rest of the contest and I pressed as hard as I could for those 4 hours and 15 minutes. Now that is a drought with the kind of scatter signal I can put out but propation rules, no iononization, no contacts!!! The best DX on Saturday was South Africa, arm chair and we had a short chat as not much was happening. On Sunday it was the Faulkland Is. VP8 and better to SA. The big dissapointment was no VK/ZL, the first year I have not worked several. I thought I could maintain the string through the bottom but it did not happen. So far the Africa string is holding, two last year and down to one this year. This is not a small thing to do this far north. Just live here all your life with good antennas and you will realize we are at a disadvantage to those east and south. I will say those west and northwest on 10 meters have it worse IMHO during this low part of the cycle on 10 meters. I thought I did awesome on state/Canada multipliers but in looking at the results nothing real special which amazes me. Only 12 DX which really from this location in comparision to the better DX propagation from east and south I compared very well much to my surprise. I worked everything but OR, ND(I don't thing they were on), DE, DC and only MA in W1 land. I thought that was VERY GOOD but I guess where I fell down was no Canada except VE3. No KH6 for the first time ever and of course no AK. Probably those with similiar or better multiplier totals have more DX than they indicated and complained about the lack of DX as they are not used to so low totals. I wish the break down showed DX multiplers separately. We are used to the low DX total here as it is always a struggle for DX and we do better under poor dx conditions as we are competitive on stateside/Canada. Our only constant thorn is ND being close and low activity as well as VE4 same story. I noticed after a meteor burst I would sometimes have some enhancement on the weak sporadic e propagation for maybe 10 to 15 seconds after the burn. I am used to this on VHF but I will have to say I noticed it the most ever on 10 meters this year. Probably as so many of my contacts were with people who were horribly weak. Just a side note I realize many of your are severly handicaped by what you can have for antennas and some chose to run QRP but it amazes me that I can not remember stuggling to copy a mobile anytime during the low part of the cycle. I am not sure why but I sure find that interesting. For those of you without VHF Meteor scatter experience you need to use phonetics and BE QUICK!!! It is great to see a lot of casual contest operating in there with people working at it. Most of you are using phonetics, my congratulations. If you are not you need to start doing that. You just can not expect people to be able to copy wbXvet, etc. or even short calls with out phonetics. The two things different this year from last year when I won the HP, Single op Phone is obviously less sporadic E but also the sporadic E was more sporadic when it happend and I was not able to get the high per hour rates very long. I don't every remember more than 3 calling at once and that only happened a couple of times. Lsst year at times I was fortunate to pull out one letter from the pileup. It may not be that the sporadic e was different but it might be less people on although some of the TX stations reported fantastic rates which means big pileups and I never had that this year and I did last year. I guess there was a third thing different than last year which I just eluded to and that is activity was way down as a lot of people did not operate much and probably just got on when they heard a lot of activity and did not operate the other times. KQ6ES mentions not being able to get my attention with 100 watts and a tri-bander at 20 feet. I am sure there were a lot of people who called who I never heard and quite a number I could hear a whisper but maybe one or no letters/words and then just for a few moments because of meteor enhancement, etc. I use 7/8 inch heliax and 5 elements and it was quiet for noise on receive but often there is slatter. I have to think with KQ6ES it was splatter that was covering him. There were an above average number of "terrible Audio" and "Splatter" signals this year. It is tough with the band moving around as suddenly you can find someone calling CQ on the frequency you had been on all day or calling CQ 1 khz away. Anyway the bottom line is I am going to out transmit those with lower power. I can make up a lot by good receiving conditions but not all of it, just to many db from 100 watts or less to the legal limit. I realize it is frustrating to not be heard!!! Don't give up right away as often the splatter goes away and then I can copy you. One always asks if one could of done better? Usually I say yes but this year I say no. I have 4 beams and the receive noise was very low, everything worked flawlessly, was on before the band opened until after it closed. I felt I did as good as I could when the bands were open, worked hard on the multipliers but just no more to get so maybe I could of gotten 10 more QSO's and one or two mulitpliers somehow but I don't know how so I am at peace with a great effort and as K5TR said last year sometimes it comes down to who gets the sporadic E in these low years and even high years of the cycle so my hat is off to TX a great radio location for contests like this one, and some great hardware and operators. Texas is a great place to be if you are from the USA or Canada during this part of the cycle when European multipliers are not a factor. Most years I feel like I could of done better. Maybe a second antenna at 200 foot would of helped but this year it really would not of. I am looking forward that in a couple of more years there should be some F2 scatter. I worked all the 48 states and most of Canada on scatter two years ago. That is great fun and the QRM is not bad at all. Below are all the breakdowns which I find of great interest and I wish some of you with big scores would paste them in for us to look at. ____________________________________________ ARRL 10-Meter Contest CALL USED___W0SD____________ ARRL SECTION or COUNTRY____________________ CALL OF OPERATOR IF DIFFERENT FROM CALL USED____________________________________ CHECK ONE: Single Operator License Class 1996 QSO points* ____ Phone & CW ____ Novice __x__ Phone only ____ Technician x 53 Multipliers ____ CW only ____ Other = 105788 Claimed score _____ Multioperator *Count 2 points per phone QSO, 4 points per CW QSO and 8 points per US Novice/Technician CW QSO. If multioperator, show calls of all operators, loggers___________________________________________ 105788 Claimed Score 998 QSOs 53 Multipliers Hrs of Op MULTIPLIER LIST Worked NAM PHONE: MA NY NJ MD PA AL FL GA KY NC SC TN VA AR LA MS NM OK TX CA AZ ID MT NV UT WA WY MI OH WV IL IN WI CO IA KS MN MO NE SD ON DX PHONE: CE CX HH HI KP2 KP4 LU PY TI VP8 XE ZS QSO/Sec+Dx by hour and band Hour 10M CW 10M PHO Total Cumm OffTime D1-0000Z --+-- 65/12 65/12 65/12 D1-0100Z - 53/8 53/8 118/20 D1-0200Z - 48/2 48/2 166/22 D1-0300Z - 39/0 39/0 205/22 D1-0400Z - 25/1 25/1 230/23 D1-0500Z - 2/0 2/0 232/23 39 D1-0600Z - - 0/0 232/23 60 D1-0700Z - - 0/0 232/23 60 D1-0800Z --+-- --+-- 0/0 232/23 60 D1-0900Z - - 0/0 232/23 60 D1-1000Z - - 0/0 232/23 60 D1-1100Z - - 0/0 232/23 60 D1-1200Z - - 0/0 232/23 60 D1-1300Z - 2/1 2/1 234/24 51 D1-1400Z - 11/4 11/4 245/28 D1-1500Z - 26/2 26/2 271/30 D1-1600Z --+-- 34/10 34/10 305/40 D1-1700Z - 16/1 16/1 321/41 D1-1800Z - 35/5 35/5 356/46 D1-1900Z - 8/0 8/0 364/46 D1-2000Z - 4/1 4/1 368/47 D1-2100Z - 9/0 9/0 377/47 D1-2200Z - 5/1 5/1 382/48 D1-2300Z - 72/0 72/0 454/48 D2-0000Z --+-- 71/0 71/0 525/48 D2-0100Z - 96/0 96/0 621/48 D2-0200Z - 43/0 43/0 664/48 D2-0300Z - 48/0 48/0 712/48 D2-0400Z - 20/0 20/0 732/48 D2-0500Z - 2/0 2/0 734/48 45 D2-0600Z - - 0/0 734/48 60 D2-0700Z - - 0/0 734/48 60 D2-0800Z --+-- --+-- 0/0 734/48 60 D2-0900Z - - 0/0 734/48 60 D2-1000Z - - 0/0 734/48 60 D2-1100Z - - 0/0 734/48 60 D2-1200Z - - 0/0 734/48 60 D2-1300Z - 1/0 1/0 735/48 46 D2-1400Z - 10/1 10/1 745/49 D2-1500Z - 35/2 35/2 780/51 D2-1600Z --+-- 63/0 63/0 843/51 D2-1700Z - 72/0 72/0 915/51 D2-1800Z - 48/1 48/1 963/52 D2-1900Z - 23/0 23/0 986/52 D2-2000Z - 3/1 3/1 989/53 D2-2100Z - 3/0 3/0 992/53 D2-2200Z - 4/0 4/0 996/53 D2-2300Z - 2/0 2/0 998/53 Total: 0/0 998/53 10M CW 10M PHO Total CE 2 2 CX 4 4 HH 1 1 HI 1 1 K 942 942 KP2 1 1 KP4 1 1 LU 20 20 PY 13 13 TI 1 1 VE 7 7 VP8 1 1 XE 3 3 ZS 1 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0YK Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 14,532 17 states, 1 province and 3 DX (CX, LU & PY). Sorta like a slow VHF "contest". The weekend averaged less than 8 QSOs per hour. Not like six years ago with 2500 QSOs and a million points. 40% of this year's log are local NCCC members. Another 30% are others in Northern California. There were 30-second openings to most areas of the US once during the weekend from this QTH. I missed many of them. You'd think it couldn't get worse than this, but then there's next year. I was able to get a few other things done while auto-CQing in the background. But, the payoff came with diligently tuning the dead band for those infrequent and brief openings where there was time for 1-2 QSOs at most with a new multiplier never to be heard again. Really needed the KRX3 (second receiver) in the K3 to be able to CQ and tune simultaneously. Thanks for those with patience to complete the QSO. My apologies to many who only got part of their call sign through a brief opening. 73, Ed - W0YK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1AR Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 132 The 1st test tone (100-W CW carrier) from the NCDXF-W6WX Beacon on 28.200 MHz was a solid S-9+ signal on Friday afternoon at my QTH. "Promising", I thought. "I'll have a fair shot with my 10-M Vertical." But on Saturday morning, the Beacon signal strength had already dropped to S-7, and by Sunday it was barely S-5. The same stations I worked on Friday night were barely audible on Saturday and Sunday. What can you really say? Mother Nature is always full of surprises, and this was challenging. Listened to a few other stations calling CQ for a while, just to compare rates. No one seemed to be getting particularly outrageous results. Anyway, Thanks to all! Lorraine, W1AR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1EBI Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 1,278 Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright; The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light, And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; But we'll have no joy on ten meters 'till the sunspots break out. With sincere apologies to the estate of Ernest Lawrence Thayer. George W1EBI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1END Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 144 Who stole 10 meters? Spent a bit of time on Saturday playing SWL. Turned on the transmitter Sunday when a burst of inspiration brought me to the shack. Eldon - W1END ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1KLM Class: SO SSB QRP Total Score = 5,750 Limited time. No operations on Friday. First Qso was 20:00z Saturday. Signals Sat were fair. Spent an hour and a half on Sunday hearing mostly dupes. All in all, had fun. Not asked for many repeats. Thanks for all that contributed to my good time. 73 de Kermit W1KLM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1TJL Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 14,760 Cdx were not good - short burst of propagation to SA and only 1 contact in Europe. Mostly local/groundwave and backscatter contacts. C'mon sunspots! But as usual, a good time was had byt all (me). 73, Tom W1TJL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1UE Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 43,360 Nothing came easy. Only DX worked: 6Y, CX, HP, LU, PY, PY0F, CE, XE, VP9, AND HC. Furthest west station worked: VE6BF. US Stations west of Mississippi River: K5NA, W5MR, W0JPL. QSB was so fast, a station would give their call, I'd answer, and they'd be in the noise. Wait a few minutes, they might come up, or they might not. I actually pushed the "Last 10" Rate over 40 a couple of times. I was also one of those that went QRT once the Patriot's game came on, only getting back on the air at halftime. Thanks for the Qs. Dennis W1UE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2LHL Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 7,392 Shooda stood in bed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2UP Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 30,660 Boy, that was boring. SFI looked promising, but the band didn't cooperate. A few SAs (South Americans and South Africans), nothing from Caribbean (unless HP counts), otherwise all ground wave, scatter, and an occasional E opening to 4 and 5 land. Tried out my new station (rebuilt after lightning strike). Had problems with RF getting into the computer, so ran LP. Biggest problem was power line noise to my west. Sorry if you called and I couldn't pull you through. The C31XR (7 el on 10m) at 75 ft seemed to work well. Only problem is it was too sharp. I kept turning it to try to catch some short-lived openings (like KR0B S9 in MN, but the only signal on at 2330Z.) Biggest surprise was ZD7X answering my CQ. When I couldn't take the silence any more, I played Morserunner and pretended it was 10m :.) Actually scored a new personal best (10 minute run in HST mode.) I didn't notice until after the run that I set the speed 5 WPM faster than I usually do - guess that made the difference. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W3CP Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 264 My my, conditions were different from 2006. I thought the 'black hole' was in North Central US! 73, Jim w3cp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4AU Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 33,712 It was tough going most of the time; worked mostly stations withing ~200 miles except for the openings to south central US. We need some sun spots! 73 - John, W4AU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4BQF Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 32,200 Listening to almost instant band changes was interesting. Seemed like propagation was like a narrow flashlight beam hitting Texas, then CA, then New England, and then bouncing randomly. However, there was at least 'some' activity all of the time during the day. Omni 6 Plus/Titan III amp/ 80m dipole for ant. Tom - W4BQF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4EE Class: M/S LP Total Score = 9,588 TS-440S, R7000 Tnx especially to FCGers and PVRCers for the Qs, 73, Jim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4HJ Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 6,480 Grand Children and a broken water line in the basement(also the shack) just don't mix well with contesting. Had fun and thanks to those who gave the q's. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4HZ Class: M/S HP Total Score = 91,224 Lot's of fun, even though the band didn't want to co-operate most of the time. Great opening to the Mid West & Southwest Saturday evening. WK4Y/Roy & WU4G/Ronnie performed a Herculean task picking out the calls on CW in tough condx. 73, Jonathan-W4HZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4KAZ Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 54 I logged six more QSO's than I projected, so I beat my goal of zero Q's! Popped the radio on and worked the locals I heard on plus W5LLC in TX. After noticing that W3LPL had logged 136 10 meter QSO's out of their claimed 6,450 in CQWW CW, I decided to save up my radio brownie points and spent the time with family and chores. Looks like a good choice now. Submitting the log 'just because'. 73 w4kaz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4KW Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 2,976 It sounded like Texas QSO party at first. Tnx to all the TCG folks and all others for the QSO'S. Hopefully next year will be much better. 73's Bert ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4MYA Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 123,872 Ditto on all the comments on conditions. F5IN, if you are reading the posted commenys, I did hear you and responded several times, sorry we could not complete. You would have been the only RU. Grand-child's dance recital occupied Sunday from noon on. Thanks for the contacts. Take care and Seasons Greetings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4NF Class: M/S HP Total Score = 5,980 I only had a short time to play in this contest with many other obligations for the weekend. I can't wait until 10 is hot again. FT 2000, Alpha 99, 3 stack of Force 12 C3E tribanders. 73, Jack W4NF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4PM Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 20,864 Rig: Omni VII, ALS-600, 400 watts to 176' CF at 60' Propagation was worse than last year and my score reflects that. No DX except for two PY stations. When it became more of an ordeal than a contest I QRT and split my time into half hour to one and a half hour stints during the contest. Also Christmas decorating and leaf removal limited my time on the air this weekend. The guys with big yagi's were doing much better. With propagation like this my wire just wasn't doing the job. There were many unanswered CQ's and a number of answered CQ's by stations I could not copy. Likewise, I called many stations who could not copy me. This was rather frustrating to say the least. Thanks for the Q's I did manage to complete. Let's hope for better conditions next year. 73, Puck ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4RK Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 7,980 Nice challenge! ESP to 30 over S9 to ESP in 30 seconds. Timing is everything. Great participation, just need some help from Mr. Sun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4SVO Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 31,360 I put up a rectangular loop at 50 feet. It seem to work pretty well. Condx were not very good. Only had one small opening Friday night to the west coast. Only worked3 Ca stns, 1 Az stn and 1 Wa stn. Texas was like a pipe line from here.,39 Texans. Anyway maybe next year will be better. Happy Holidays to all. Mark-W4SVO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4TMN Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 1,376 I knew that I was not going to be able to operate the full contest, but I never dreamed I would have so many interruptions. Friday night, I had my daughter's debut in a Christmas program at church. Saturday, I spent about 7 or 8 hours in the presence of a couple of FBI agents who came knocking at my door. After dinner with the agents, I went back to work in the contest where I was able to make a couple more contacts before the band closed down on me. I must admit that one of the agents happened to be my favorite cousin, who I had not seen in a year, so it was well worth the lost QSO's. Maybe next year there will be no conspiracy to wreck my contest score!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4VIC Class: M/S HP Total Score = 6,656 We must be masochists -- 19+ hours of noise. Thanks to those who gave us Q's and apologies to those we simply could not hear. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5FO Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 59,204 Rotor was stuck to the NE. Interesting contest. CU next year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5PR Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 215,992 This was a bipolar contest. From rapid to stop. It was so bad at the end I left an hour before the end of the contest. I missed OR and WA and all of the Canadians except VE3 and one VE2. Highlight was having a G call at 1711 on Saturday. Had problems with the new Alpha 99 and had to use the standby amp on Sunday with about 800 watts. Fault light kept coming on. W5KU says it is a simple fix so I hope to have it working soon. Lucky for me this was a high antenna contest because I don't have any working low antennas. States/Provences worked: CT MA NH NY NJ DE MD PA AL FL GA KY NC SC TN VA AR LA MS NM OK TX CA AZ ID MT NV UT WY MI OH WV IL IN WI CO IA KS MN MO NE ND SD QC ON 10M PHO % NA 1832 98.4 AF 3 0.2 SA 26 1.4 EU 1 0.1 10M PHO Total 8P 1 1 CE 1 1 CX 2 2 G 1 1 K 1789 1789 KP2 2 2 KP4 1 1 LU 11 11 P4 2 2 PY 9 9 VE 37 37 XE 1 1 XF4 1 1 YV 1 1 ZS 3 3 QSO/Sec+Dx by hour and band Hour 10M CW 10M PHO Total Cumm OffTime D1-0000Z --+-- 176/33 176/33 176/33 D1-0100Z - 150/3 150/3 326/36 D1-0200Z - 147/1 147/1 473/37 D1-0300Z - 77/1 77/1 550/38 D1-0400Z - 47/0 47/0 597/38 D1-0500Z - 4/0 4/0 601/38 25 D1-0600Z - - 0/0 601/38 60 D1-0700Z - - 0/0 601/38 60 D1-0800Z --+-- --+-- 0/0 601/38 60 D1-0900Z - - 0/0 601/38 60 D1-1000Z - - 0/0 601/38 60 D1-1100Z - - 0/0 601/38 60 D1-1200Z - - 0/0 601/38 60 D1-1300Z - 8/0 8/0 609/38 24 D1-1400Z - 48/0 48/0 657/38 D1-1500Z - 86/1 86/1 743/39 D1-1600Z --+-- 58/2 58/2 801/41 D1-1700Z - 18/1 18/1 819/42 D1-1800Z - 12/2 12/2 831/44 D1-1900Z - 8/0 8/0 839/44 D1-2000Z - 2/0 2/0 841/44 32 D1-2100Z - 4/0 4/0 845/44 D1-2200Z - 4/0 4/0 849/44 D1-2300Z - 31/4 31/4 880/48 D2-0000Z --+-- 147/1 147/1 1027/49 D2-0100Z - 146/1 146/1 1173/50 D2-0200Z - 104/1 104/1 1277/51 D2-0300Z - 65/0 65/0 1342/51 D2-0400Z - 5/0 5/0 1347/51 10 D2-0500Z - - 0/0 1347/51 60 D2-0600Z - - 0/0 1347/51 60 D2-0700Z - - 0/0 1347/51 60 D2-0800Z --+-- --+-- 0/0 1347/51 60 D2-0900Z - - 0/0 1347/51 60 D2-1000Z - - 0/0 1347/51 60 D2-1100Z - - 0/0 1347/51 60 D2-1200Z - - 0/0 1347/51 60 D2-1300Z - 2/0 2/0 1349/51 29 D2-1400Z - 5/0 5/0 1354/51 50 D2-1500Z - 35/5 35/5 1389/56 D2-1600Z --+-- 116/0 116/0 1505/56 D2-1700Z - 125/0 125/0 1630/56 D2-1800Z - 113/0 113/0 1743/56 D2-1900Z - 81/0 81/0 1824/56 D2-2000Z - 29/1 29/1 1853/57 D2-2100Z - 5/1 5/1 1858/58 D2-2200Z - 4/0 4/0 1862/58 Total: 0/0 1862/58 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5VX Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 58,500 In the beginning this contest looked promising. My rate meter was over 200(short-term) several times. Unfortunately, I had some things to do this weekend and when I got back the band was dead. Very disappointing. I have never worked so many IA, MO, and AL stations in one ontest in my life! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6YX Class: M/S HP Total Score = 36,348 C'mon sunspots, this seemed like a VHF/UHF contest Some meteor burst and Es prop, very little east-west compared to last year. We had fun, none the less. 73 de N6CCH at W6YX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6ZL Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 8,496 Despite the encouraging slight increase in SFI, mostly short skip. Worked CO, KS, SD, AL, FL, GA, TN, LA, MS, NM, TX (lots), CA, AZ, UT on Friday night and Saturday night -- nothing but ground wave heard today. Did manage to work a couple of SA stations on Saturday. Only half the contacts as last year. 10 meters is a VHF band right now, I'm afraid. Thanks to all who worked us. 73 Dave / W6ZL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7QN Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 4,256 Band was dead here this QTH all day Saturday. Not much better Sunday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7RN Class: M/S HP Total Score = 25,756 Only DX was 3 ZL's. Been working this contest since it's inception and this was definitely the poorest conditions I've experienced. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7WHY Class: M/S LP Total Score = 4 Well, what can I say?? This is a PW--Personal Worst--in contesting. I worked 1 of the 3 stations I heard this weekend. Heard, but didn't get, NN7ZZ and K7OX. Made 1 contact and think he busted my call :-) It can't get any worse. Can it? 73 Tom W7WHY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W8AV Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 66,624 Wasn't around for the Saturday night run into Texas due to a family dinner committement but made up for it on Sunday morning/early afternoon. Had a pretty good run into W7 and VE7 on Sunday afternoon during the brief opening. Never heard some of the easy close mults like MD, RI, VT I sure wish Cycle 24 would hrry up and get started!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W8RU Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 5,760 Thank goodness for good local activity (28 MI QSOs) and a propagation pipeline to Texas (32 QSOs)! 73, Ron (W8RU). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W9JA Class: SO SSB HP Total Score = 3,278 Very poor band conditions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W9RE Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 39,032 From Indy I had a pipeline to TX for 75% of the opening time. This band can sure be mysterious, I worked several CA, AZ, UT and NV but zero WA and OR. Look for all in the Stew Perry at the end of the month. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W9WI Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 73,696 Well, I guess that's about as bad as conditions get... still, can't complain about 300+ QSOs with no sunspots. There are some really good ears out there... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA0MHJ Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 57,036 Based on other reported score, I am very pleased by what I was able to hear and work. For those of you in Texas, come and spend a few days in Northern Minnesota, Manitoba, etc., and truly experience the black hole at it's very darkest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA1FCN Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 97,800 Gosh I'm glad that history ! Next year has to be better. Glad to have found short opening to nortwest Sunday noon time. Never worked so many fellow Alabamians in a contest other Al qso party. 73 BoB WA1FCN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA2JQK Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 12,122 CLUB IS HVCDX FORM WOULDNT LET ME ENTER IT ! 73 BOB DE WA2JQK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA2MNO Class: M/S HP Total Score = 12,050 Didn't get a chance to operate during the Friday opening but I was able to on Saturday evening. The opening on Saturday started around 2300UTC and lasted past 0200UTC. Around 0150UTC my my wonderful wife said "I thought you said this was a day-time contest". I left what was left of the opening and spent time with her. The fun part of this contest is not knowing when the band will open like on Saturday evening when I was calling CQ and got a reply from a TN QTH. On Sunday the conditions were a rapid succesion of QSB openings making it almost impossible to work someone when you heard them peak to an S5 and then fade away to nothing. 73 - Bob WA2MNO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA2VUN Class: M/S HP Total Score = 27,690 I was a bit antenna challenged for this one, thanks one and all for your patience! This is the start of something new, The new IC7800 was sure a pleasure to operate. Catch you all in the next one. 73 Mike WA2VUN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA6L Class: SO CW QRP Total Score = 144 Taking a line from Lloyd Bridge's character in the move Airplane, "I picked a bad week to give up using power." My strategy was that if 10M is open, you only need 5 watts to work the world. However, the opposite is also true. When 10M is NOT open, 5 watts can barely work San Diego. My K2 was all ears and no mouth. I could contact perhaps one out of every four stations that I heard, and I didn't' hear all that many. But at least it wasn't raining. Wait -- it was raining, and that did something to my antenna or my coax. SWR was all over the place. I finally went up to the roof of the house and strung a dipole, so I had better signal, but no better results on Sunday. Tim (K6GEP) -- thanks for the laugh and the poem! It was the best part of the contest so far. And it really summed up my effort -- "Stink. Stank. Stunk." The new beam will be up over the Christmas break (this I swear in blood!) and I will be back for the RTTY contest in January. 73, John, WA6L ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA7U Class: M/S HP Total Score = 3,648 Ouch! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA7XX Class: M/S HP Total Score = 126,768 Ridiculously poor conditions, but Sandy and I stuck it out. It certainly did not seem indicative of SFI=87 and SSN =36! Some eye opening stats: Daytime QSO's = 130 Nightime QSO's = 424 Sunday daytime qso's = 24 (ouch....really poor cndx Sunday!) Texas qso's = 134 (No wonder those big scores are coming from TX!) USA: 1 "1", 3 "2's", 1 "3" and just a handful of 8's and 9's. (529 USA total) DX: 3-CE, 2-CX, 8-LU, 1-PJ2, 1 VE (ONE VE?), 3-XE, 1 XF4, 6-ZL's Screwy contest, one VE and six ZL's. All the Zl's answered my cw CQing. Last yr, with a single mode (cw) and running Low Power, I had more q's the first 5 hrs of the contest than we did the first 24 using kw and both modes! I sure hope next yr is better cndx. We will be back. Sandy and I played contest tag team, switching her ssb position and my cw position to the only antenna we have here for 10m, a 3 el SteppIR up about 78 ft, when cndx dictated a mode move. CW Position (K8IA op): Orion II, Alpha 91B SSB Position (N7RQ op): TS-870S, Alpha 76PA (tnx K7WP. Acom 1000 on the way!) Software; N1MM v7.11.4, networked 73, Bob K8IA Signal Butte Contesters - WA7XX Arizona USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB8JUI Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 10,400 Well... what can I say that hasn't already been said? I didn't think conditions could be any poorer than Saturday's, but then Sunday arrived and proved my theory wrong! This started out as a QRP entry. After a somewhat frustrating first day, I finally decided to bump the power up a bit if I had any hopes of being heard. Signals were just too weak to continue with QRP. Thanks to all for the QSOs. 73 - Rick WB8JUI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB9Z Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 274,990 I have always liked the ARRL 10m contest.... I can remember working 2,500+ stations and 100 countries from Illinois during the last sunspot peak. This is the first 10m contest I have done from IL since 2002. The past 4 ARRL 10m contest have been done at PJ2T, either single operator or with other CCC operators. I really missed operating this contest with one of my best friends in the world W0CG/PJ2DX, at PJ2T. It looks like I might have made a good choice to stay home and help look after my 85 year old mother and take care of other personal headakes. The openings were rare and 10m reminded me of 6 meters in a VHF contest. It sure was fun to run FL and other NE/E/SE/S/SW/W USA stations on Saturday evening on both modes. TX stations were in here most of the time. The TX stations should really cleaned up in this one. The ice storm during Saturday night and Sunday morning, de-tuned my Skyhawk and C31XR/h and forced me to run low power on the bottom of the band, and even lower power up the band.... on SSB. I'm looking forward to getting some mono-banders back up on 10m , which are much more forgiving with ice. Nice to be called by D2NX, VP8NO, XF4YW, PJ2T, HP1AC & a couple ZS stations. No Pacific stations were worked... not even KH6. As per one of my favorite "sayings"... "Never give up, never surrender". In the last 10 minutes of the contest I picked up new multipliers, VE1SKY in NS and VO1KVT in NF. Looks like I will be in IL for the Stew Perry TBC... hope to work most of you serious radio ops then. WB9Z ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WD4AHZ Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 41,164 This is my favorite contest - WHY? That was rough! Seemed like the openings were focused in one area. Couldn't get any decent runs going. After a brief flurry of QSO's, ran out of folks to work and had to wait for the band to shift. As if it wasn't hard enough working all I could hear, having ones you DO hear CQ in my face, was very demoralizing. Maybe I was one of those many less than "PW" signals I heard this weekend. Worked 45 Florida stations. 33 hours = many hours spend tuning/calling CQ on a dead band - waiting for that elusive "super" opening that never came. Ron, WD4AHZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WD4OHD Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 3,080 A dismal contest, with the band closed most of the time. Lots of QRN and many weak signals. A couple of sporadic E-like openings into the mid-West from my QTH, virtually nothing from outside the continental US and nothing heard west of the Mississippi. Worst experience on this contest since I started doing it in 1980. At least I could be away from the radio doing other needful things without guilt or regret, since the band was for the most part closed anyway. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WD5K Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 351,648 FT1000mp 100w TH7DX @ 50' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WE3C Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 241,686 Lot's of stations who disappeared after I give the exchange are NIL. Many Q's lost to a total fade out. The SW opening at 2300Z was a blast. African stations calling in were a nice surprise. No EU. One ZL. Sorry for the slow response at times answering callers. Used the low rates to get some station work done. Tnx for the Q's. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WE9V Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 16,038 Just about 1.5 hours each well after dark on Friday and Saturday nights. Friday night was nothing but Texas QSO Party. Saturday night was nothing but W4 and an XE on both CW & SSB. States worked: CW: W4: AL FL GA NC SC TN W5: LA MS TX W7: AZ W9: IL WI CW: W4: AL FL GA NC SC TN W5: AR LA MS TX W9: IL WI W0: SD Wasn't too bad of a contest for only 3.5 hours, but bring back the spots! Chad WE9V http://www.we9v.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WF1L Class: SO SSB LP Total Score = 378 Was having fun Sunday afternoon until the band decided to fold up so went upstairs and watched the Football. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WF4W Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 42,280 Really rough conditions Stations would call and then fade completely away. Got a few runs going but not many. Only 35 multipliers, no DX, no VA, no WV, no KY, no FL and no New England at all. Very odd conditions. Squirrelly at best and dead at worst. Definitely a ear-challenging 20+ hours. But I had fun any way. Thanks to all who called me and waited patiently while I struggled to get your call. 73 de WF4W ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WG4M Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 276 Very limited time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WH2D Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 7,440 That was tough! I think we all learned a lesson in patience/humility from this year's 10M Contest. Thanks to VU2UR for keeping it interesting and congratulations to VK8AA for running stations I could only dream of working. The band started to open ever so slightly at 2355Z on Sunday. But for all intents and purposes, the contest was over by then. Thanks to the JA stations who persevered and worked both modes. Holiday greetings from Guam, where America's day begins. Mike K3UOC @ WH2D ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WJ9B Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 104,880 I expected better conditions, just Es openings here. ...not so much fun, was it? 73, Will, wj9b, dit dit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WM3O Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 768 everyone should have a 9 week old in their shack. i think he likes CW. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WN6K Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 5,292 Second Day is not the time to 'try and catch up' with the locals....rains left but pretty much s9 line noise from the power poles in front of the house... Numbers (SF) and actual conditions didn't seem in sync... WN6K, Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WO1N Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 3,224 Equipment: FT1000D, C3-SS@38', N1MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WO4O Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 124,700 TNX FER QSO 73 RiC wo4o ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WP4I Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 18,282 Hi 10M are terrible! Happy XMAS 73' Att Alfredo Velez WP3C - WP4I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WQ5L Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 74,470 150W + vertical Total Qs with states bordering the Atlantic or Pacific: 5 (!) By call area: W1=0 W2=1 W3=3 W4=5 W5=84 W6=2 W7=10 W8=76 W9=131 W0=125 VE=6 DX=4 The 5s, 6s, 7s, and some 0s were mostly Friday night. Most of the rest came in a three hour frenzy midday Sunday. Missed Saturday afternoon & early evening. 160 was much more fun... 73, -- Ray WQ5L ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WX3B Class: M/S HP Total Score = 30,750 Great fun for a "dead" band. Skiing took priority over radio on Saturday; Sunday was a dark, dreary, wet, rainy day, in other words, PERFECT for radio contesting! Highlights were hearing K7RL's 599 signal after no west coast opening; working D2 and ZS easily. Band had lots of E-skip and scatter throughout the weekend. I had a lot more fun than I thought I would on this "dead" band. Just wait until we have those loud European openings in a few years... 73, Jim WX3B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WX4TM Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 27,824 Toughest 8 hrs of contesting I've ever participated in.. Thanks to all who patiently worked me. Merry Christmas! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YT5T Class: SO Mixed HP Total Score = 34,928 Missed SA first day because I went to theater with my lovely wife to see musical Chicago. Highlander (part I) with Christopher Lambert would be better choice for sure. TS940S (marriages present from ZM3A / ZL3WW), PA by YU1EW / WX0X, 4 el. cubical quad, Win-test. See You next week in 9A CW contest on 20m. 73s de Vaso. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: YW7A Class: SO Mixed LP Total Score = 5,460 The arrl 10m this year 2007 we made difficult because of the blessed propagation. On this occasion contacts with NA, while with EU was negative. They were very few in the short opening of propagation. However achieved with a signal of 599 contact two countries difficult to find in the band is Angola D2NX and 6W1V Senegal. Many stations SA but also very active with the problems by not listening to anyone. PY and LU if they had a bridge almost directly with NA. On this occasion my 100w and my antennas Yagi A3, A7 and Yagi 5 element 10 m, were not useful to hear or send contacts. No doubt the propagation on 10 not help us in our intentions. It will be for next year… ARRL Thanks for the contest. Vic: yw7a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ZC4LI Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 504 Not much to say about that then !!!! 73 Steve. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ZL1BYZ Class: SO CW LP Total Score = 8,464 Well the ARRL 10m contest is always exciting, this year was no different but not for the reason we all hope for, lots of DX & QSO's. Both were in short supply this year. The exciting part this year is how stray signals would pop up from various parts of the world and you would work them relatively easly but then nothing much else around. Like many I had watched in the weeks before the contest the SFI creap up and the A & K index remain fairly stable and I thought, Wow 10m might just fire for us, but the propagation gods had other plans. The big shocker was seeing all the USA stations lined up on the band map but not hearing one, not a peep, I worked 4 in the whole contest. The Station was an FT1kmp Field (100w) and a 3 ele SteppIR yagi. Below is a multiplier break down. 10M CW 10M PHO Total 4X 1 1 5B 1 1 A7 1 1 BY 2 2 FO 1 1 HA 1 1 HC 1 1 HP 1 1 JA 40 40 K 4 4 KH6 4 4 OM 1 1 V7 1 1 VK 14 14 VU 1 1 XE 1 1 YB 1 1 YO 2 2 YU 2 2 ZC4 1 1 ZL 11 11 Thanks for the QSO's. MX & HNY, I will be back fro more QSO's in 2008. 73 John ZL1BYZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ZM1K Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 6,808 Weird conditions turned the contest into a lottery. Tks and 73, Ken ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ZM2B Class: SO CW HP Total Score = 6,440 Down to earth with a bang. From last years 648 contacts, 46 US states, 43 countries and 229k points to this years low numbers was a bit of a shock. Only 1 US station worked, and even that one is a bit dubious. 107 of the 115 contacts were made between 0400-0700utc the first day, had a nice run of 70 JA's. After that it was Goodnight Vienna. I just dont get it, the SFI was 87-89 and last year it was 95. It would seem that the increase in SFI from 67 to 87 over the past couple of weeks doesnt really mean that the whole world got an increase of 20, only Texas did. There were at least 24 VK/ZL stations active. 73, Frank ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ZW5B Class: M/S HP Total Score = 241,632 Despite the very bad conditions, we enjoyed the friend realationship between the operators and respective families. For the first time in ZW5B station, we tested the ACOM 2S1 device maintaining all the time two TXCVRS with no risk to have more than one signal on the band at any given time. Thanks for being on our log. 73 Oms PY5EG Index of Calls Call: 4U1WB Class: M/S HP Call: 6I2AUB Class: SO Mixed LP Call: 7J1AQH Class: SO Mixed LP Call: 7X0RY Class: SO CW HP Call: 9H1XT Class: SO Mixed HP Call: 9W2QC Class: SO SSB LP Call: AA2OI Class: SO Mixed HP Call: AA3B Class: SO CW HP Call: AA4LR Class: SO SSB HP Call: AA4V Class: SO CW HP Call: AA5VU Class: SO Mixed LP Call: AA8LL Class: M/S HP Call: AA9DY Class: SO Mixed LP Call: AB4GG Class: SO Mixed LP Call: AC0W Class: SO Mixed LP Call: AC5AA Class: SO Mixed QRP Call: AD4EB Class: SO Mixed HP Call: AE1P Class: SO Mixed LP Call: AE6RR Class: SO Mixed LP Call: AE8M Class: SO CW QRP Call: AI4MI Class: SO CW LP Call: AI4WB Class: SO Mixed LP Call: AK4I Class: SO Mixed LP Call: CT3EE Class: SO Mixed LP Call: CW2C Class: SO CW LP Call: D2NX Class: SO CW LP Call: DD5FZ Class: SO SSB HP Call: DF3KV Class: SO SSB HP Call: DL1IAO Class: SO CW HP Call: DL2ARD Class: SO SSB HP Call: EA3JW Class: SO CW HP Call: EA3KU Class: SO CW HP Call: EA5KV Class: M/S HP Call: F4DXW Class: SO SSB HP Call: F4FDA Class: SO SSB LP Call: F5IN Class: SO CW HP Call: F8AOF Class: SO Mixed HP Call: G0AEV Class: SO SSB HP Call: G4FKA Class: SO Mixed LP Call: GW4BLE Class: SO Mixed HP Call: HI3C Class: SO SSB LP Call: K0EJ Class: SO Mixed LP Call: K0GAS Class: M/S HP Call: K0KX Class: M/S LP Call: K0MD Class: SO Mixed HP Call: K0OU Class: SO Mixed LP Call: K0PC Class: SO Mixed LP Call: K0PK Class: SO CW QRP Call: K0RH Class: SO SSB HP Call: K0RI Class: SO CW HP Call: K0TI Class: SO Mixed LP Call: K0TT Class: SO Mixed LP Call: K0WHV Class: SO SSB LP Call: K1BV Class: SO Mixed LP Call: K1GU Class: SO Mixed HP Call: K1JB Class: SO Mixed HP Call: K1KI Class: M/S HP Call: K1TN Class: SO CW LP Call: K1TO Class: SO CW HP Call: K1TR Class: SO CW LP Call: K1TTT Class: M/S HP Call: K1VU Class: SO SSB LP Call: K1XM Class: SO CW LP Call: K1ZW Class: SO SSB HP Call: K1ZZI Class: SO CW HP Call: K2PS Class: SO Mixed LP Call: K2SX Class: SO CW HP Call: K2TTT Class: SO Mixed HP Call: K2UF Class: SO CW LP Call: K2XA Class: SO Mixed LP Call: K3JT Class: SO CW HP Call: K3MQ Class: SO Mixed HP Call: K3STX Class: SO CW LP Call: K3TD Class: SO SSB LP Call: K3WI Class: SO CW LP Call: K3WW Class: M/S HP Call: K4AB Class: SO Mixed HP Call: K4BAI Class: SO Mixed HP Call: K4BK Class: SO Mixed LP Call: K4BP Class: SO SSB LP Call: K4CIA Class: SO Mixed QRP Call: K4CZ Class: M/S HP Call: K4DJ Class: M/S HP Call: K4EA Class: SO Mixed HP Call: K4EU Class: SO Mixed HP Call: K4FJ Class: M/S HP Call: K4GMH Class: SO Mixed HP Call: K4HAL Class: SO Mixed LP Call: K4IU Class: M/S HP Call: K4JAF Class: SO Mixed LP Call: K4KO Class: SO CW HP Call: K4OD Class: SO SSB LP Call: K4RO Class: SO Mixed HP Call: K4SO Class: M/S HP Call: K4WI Class: SO SSB HP Call: K4XD Class: SO CW LP Call: K4ZGB Class: SO Mixed HP Call: K5AM Class: SO Mixed HP Call: K5DU Class: SO CW LP Call: K5EWJ Class: SO CW LP Call: K5FP Class: SO CW LP Call: K5HP Class: SO CW HP Call: K5NA Class: SO CW HP Call: K5NZ Class: SO Mixed HP Call: K5OT Class: SO CW LP Call: K5PI Class: SO CW LP Call: K5TR Class: SO SSB HP Call: K6AM Class: SO Mixed LP Call: K6CSL Class: SO Mixed LP Call: K6CTA Class: SO CW HP Call: K6DEX Class: SO Mixed LP Call: K6GEP Class: SO Mixed LP Call: K6LRN Class: SO CW HP Call: K6MM Class: SO Mixed HP Call: K6NA Class: SO CW HP Call: K6QK Class: SO SSB HP Call: K6RIM Class: SO Mixed LP Call: K6TD Class: SO Mixed HP Call: K6XT Class: SO CW LP Call: K7ABV Class: SO CW LP Call: K7BG Class: SO CW HP Call: K7SS Class: SO CW HP Call: K7WP Class: SO CW LP Call: K8AJS Class: SO Mixed HP Call: K8BL Class: SO CW LP Call: K8CC Class: SO SSB HP Call: K8FH Class: SO Mixed LP Call: K8GT Class: M/S LP Call: K8QKY Class: SO CW LP Call: K9BGL Class: SO CW HP Call: K9CT Class: M/S HP Call: K9ES Class: SO CW LP Call: K9GY Class: SO CW LP Call: K9MU Class: M/S LP Call: K9MUG Class: SO Mixed HP Call: KA1ARB Class: SO CW HP Call: KA1CQR Class: SO SSB LP Call: KA1DWX Class: SO CW HP Call: KA1VMG Class: SO Mixed LP Call: KA2D Class: M/S HP Call: KA4OTB Class: SO SSB LP Call: KA4RRU Class: SO Mixed LP Call: KB0FHP Class: SO Mixed LP Call: KC4HW Class: SO CW LP Call: KC5R Class: SO CW QRP Call: KC7V Class: SO CW HP Call: KD0S Class: M/S HP Call: KD2MX Class: SO CW QRP Call: KD4HXT Class: SO CW QRP Call: KD5J Class: SO SSB LP Call: KE0WO Class: M/S HP Call: KE1F Class: SO CW HP Call: KE2DX Class: SO SSB HP Call: KG4IGC Class: SO Mixed LP Call: KG5U Class: SO CW QRP Call: KH7Y Class: SO Mixed HP Call: KI0F Class: SO Mixed LP Call: KI9A Class: M/S HP Call: KN0V Class: SO CW LP Call: KN3A Class: SO CW LP Call: KN4Y Class: SO CW LP Call: KN5H Class: SO CW HP Call: KN5O Class: SO SSB HP Call: KO7X Class: SO Mixed HP Call: KO9A Class: SO Mixed QRP Call: KQ6ES Class: SO Mixed LP Call: KR0B Class: M/S HP Call: KR2Q Class: SO CW QRP Call: KR4F Class: M/S HP Call: KS0M Class: SO CW LP Call: KS0T Class: M/S HP Call: KS2G Class: SO SSB LP Call: KT4AC Class: SO CW LP Call: KT4PD Class: M/S LP Call: KU4A Class: SO Mixed QRP Call: KU8E Class: SO Mixed LP Call: KY5R Class: SO Mixed LP Call: KY7M Class: SO Mixed HP Call: LQ5H Class: SO SSB LP Call: LR2F Class: M/S HP Call: LR4E Class: M/S HP Call: LU4WG Class: SO SSB LP Call: LU8EOT Class: SO Mixed LP Call: LW4HBR Class: SO Mixed LP Call: MD0CCE Class: SO CW HP Call: N0HF Class: SO CW LP Call: N0JK Class: SO SSB QRP Call: N0KE Class: SO Mixed HP Call: N0KM Class: SO Mixed LP Call: N0NI Class: SO Mixed QRP Call: N0RU Class: SO Mixed LP Call: N0VD Class: SO Mixed HP Call: N1BAA Class: SO CW LP Call: N1WR Class: SO Mixed HP Call: N2BZP Class: SO CW HP Call: N2CU Class: SO CW HP Call: N2ESP Class: SO SSB LP Call: N2FF Class: SO Mixed LP Call: N2NS Class: SO CW LP Call: N2SQW Class: SO Mixed HP Call: N2TTA Class: SO Mixed HP Call: N2WK Class: M/S HP Call: N2WN Class: SO CW LP Call: N3BB Class: M/S HP Call: N3BM Class: SO SSB HP Call: N3TG Class: SO CW LP Call: N3YIM Class: SO SSB HP Call: N4AF Class: SO CW HP Call: N4CW Class: SO CW HP Call: N4DL Class: SO Mixed LP Call: N4DW Class: M/S HP Call: N4EK Class: SO Mixed LP Call: N4GG Class: M/S HP Call: N4JF Class: SO CW QRP Call: N4LZ Class: SO Mixed HP Call: N4NM Class: SO Mixed LP Call: N4OGW Class: SO CW HP Call: N4OX Class: SO Mixed HP Call: N4PN Class: SO Mixed HP Call: N4RV Class: M/S HP Call: N4UC Class: SO Mixed LP Call: N4UU Class: SO Mixed HP Call: N4VA Class: M/S LP Call: N4VV Class: SO CW HP Call: N4YDU Class: SO Mixed LP Call: N4ZZ Class: SO Mixed HP Call: N5AU Class: SO CW HP Call: N5AW Class: SO CW LP Call: N5DO Class: SO Mixed LP Call: N5NA Class: SO CW HP Call: N5OE Class: SO CW HP Call: N5UL Class: SO CW LP Call: N5UWY Class: SO SSB LP Call: N5XZ Class: SO Mixed HP Call: N5ZK Class: SO CW HP Call: N6DA Class: SO Mixed LP Call: N6HC Class: SO Mixed HP Call: N6NF Class: SO Mixed LP Call: N6PC Class: SO CW LP Call: N6TW Class: SO Mixed HP Call: N6WG Class: SO Mixed QRP Call: N7MAL Class: M/S LP Call: N7NT Class: SO CW LP Call: N8IE Class: SO Mixed LP Call: N8II Class: SO Mixed HP Call: N8RA Class: SO SSB HP Call: N9FC Class: SO CW LP Call: N9SF Class: SO CW QRP Call: N9VN Class: SO Mixed LP Call: NA3D Class: SO SSB HP Call: NA4BW Class: SO Mixed QRP Call: NA4K Class: SO Mixed LP Call: NA4M Class: SO Mixed HP Call: NA5TR Class: SO SSB HP Call: NB7V Class: SO SSB HP Call: NE1RD Class: SO CW QRP Call: NG1I Class: SO CW LP Call: NG7Z Class: SO Mixed LP Call: NN4F Class: SO Mixed LP Call: NN7ZZ Class: SO CW HP Call: NP2KW Class: SO SSB LP Call: NQ3N Class: M/S HP Call: NS3T Class: SO Mixed LP Call: NS7K Class: SO Mixed LP Call: NT0F Class: SO SSB LP Call: NT6X Class: SO Mixed HP Call: NU4SC Class: M/S HP Call: NV4B Class: SO Mixed LP Call: NX5M Class: M/S HP Call: NX9T Class: SO SSB HP Call: NY3A Class: SO CW HP Call: OE3GCU Class: SO Mixed LP Call: OE3KAB Class: SO Mixed LP Call: OH6QU Class: SO CW HP Call: OK1DRQ Class: SO Mixed LP Call: OM8AG Class: SO CW HP Call: P40K Class: SO SSB HP Call: P40TA Class: SO CW HP Call: PA0JED Class: SO CW HP Call: PJ2T Class: SO CW LP Call: PR6PRS Class: SO SSB LP Call: PR7AR Class: SO CW LP Call: PU1KYC Class: SO SSB LP Call: PU2LSM Class: SO SSB LP Call: PU5AOS Class: SO SSB LP Call: PY0FF Class: SO Mixed HP Call: PY1ZV Class: SO SSB LP Call: PY2CX Class: SO SSB LP Call: PY2EYE Class: M/S HP Call: PY2MTV Class: SO Mixed LP Call: PY2NY Class: SO Mixed QRP Call: PY2WC Class: SO CW HP Call: PY2ZK Class: SO SSB QRP Call: PY2ZY Class: SO SSB LP Call: S53M Class: SO CW HP Call: S54O Class: SO Mixed HP Call: S57DX Class: SO Mixed HP Call: S57S Class: SO Mixed HP Call: SZ1A Class: M/S HP Call: VA3DF Class: SO Mixed QRP Call: VA3DX Class: SO Mixed HP Call: VA3EC Class: SO Mixed HP Call: VA3KA Class: SO SSB HP Call: VA7RN Class: SO CW LP Call: VA7ST Class: SO CW HP Call: VE1OP Class: M/S HP Call: VE1SKY Class: SO SSB LP Call: VE2FU Class: SO CW LP Call: VE2TZT Class: SO Mixed HP Call: VE3AD Class: M/S LP Call: VE3CRU Class: SO Mixed LP Call: VE3CW Class: SO Mixed QRP Call: VE3EJ Class: M/S HP Call: VE3EY Class: SO CW LP Call: VE3KF Class: SO Mixed HP Call: VE3KZ Class: SO Mixed HP Call: VE3MGY Class: SO CW QRP Call: VE3NE Class: SO Mixed HP Call: VE3RCN Class: SO Mixed LP Call: VE3UTT Class: M/S HP Call: VE3XAT Class: SO CW LP Call: VE3XD Class: SO Mixed LP Call: VE4EAR Class: SO SSB HP Call: VE5UF Class: SO CW LP Call: VE6CNU Class: SO CW LP Call: VE7XF Class: SO CW LP Call: VK8AA Class: SO SSB HP Call: VO1HE Class: SO Mixed HP Call: VO1KVT Class: SO SSB LP Call: VO1MP Class: SO CW HP Call: VO1TA Class: SO CW LP Call: VP5E Class: SO CW QRP Call: VY2SS Class: SO CW LP Call: W0AIH Class: SO Mixed HP Call: W0BH Class: SO Mixed HP Call: W0ETT Class: SO Mixed LP Call: W0MU Class: M/S HP Call: W0PR Class: SO Mixed HP Call: W0RIC Class: SO SSB HP Call: W0SD Class: SO SSB HP Call: W0YK Class: SO CW HP Call: W1AR Class: SO Mixed LP Call: W1EBI Class: SO Mixed HP Call: W1END Class: SO CW LP Call: W1KLM Class: SO SSB QRP Call: W1TJL Class: SO SSB LP Call: W1TO Class: SO Mixed LP Call: W1UE Class: SO CW HP Call: W2JU Class: SO CW LP Call: W2LHL Class: SO CW LP Call: W2OO Class: SO Mixed HP Call: W2UP Class: SO CW LP Call: W3BP Class: SO CW HP Call: W3CP Class: SO CW LP Call: W3KB Class: SO Mixed LP Call: W3LL Class: SO SSB HP Call: W3MF Class: M/S HP Call: W4AU Class: SO Mixed HP Call: W4BQF Class: SO CW HP Call: W4EE Class: M/S LP Call: W4GKF Class: SO SSB LP Call: W4HJ Class: SO Mixed HP Call: W4HRC Class: SO SSB LP Call: W4HZ Class: M/S HP Call: W4KAZ Class: SO Mixed LP Call: W4KW Class: SO SSB HP Call: W4MYA Class: SO Mixed HP Call: W4NBS Class: SO Mixed LP Call: W4NF Class: M/S HP Call: W4NZ Class: SO Mixed HP Call: W4PM Class: SO CW HP Call: W4RK Class: SO Mixed HP Call: W4SVO Class: SO SSB HP Call: W4TMN Class: SO SSB LP Call: W4VIC Class: M/S HP Call: W5FO Class: SO CW HP Call: W5GAI Class: SO Mixed QRP Call: W5PF Class: SO Mixed LP Call: W5PR Class: SO SSB HP Call: W5VX Class: SO CW HP Call: W5YAA Class: M/S HP Call: W6ISO Class: SO Mixed LP Call: W6YX Class: M/S HP Call: W6ZL Class: SO Mixed LP Call: W7IJ Class: SO Mixed HP Call: W7QN Class: SO Mixed LP Call: W7RN Class: M/S HP Call: W7TMT Class: SO CW LP Call: W7WHY Class: M/S LP Call: W8AV Class: SO CW HP Call: W8BS Class: SO SSB QRP Call: W8RU Class: SO CW LP Call: W9ILY Class: SO CW LP Call: W9JA Class: SO SSB HP Call: W9RE Class: SO CW HP Call: W9SE Class: SO CW HP Call: W9WI Class: SO CW HP Call: WA0MHJ Class: SO Mixed HP Call: WA1FCN Class: SO CW LP Call: WA2JQK Class: SO Mixed HP Call: WA2MNO Class: M/S HP Call: WA2VUN Class: M/S HP Call: WA6L Class: SO CW QRP Call: WA7BNM Class: SO Mixed LP Call: WA7U Class: M/S HP Call: WA7XX Class: M/S HP Call: WB4TDH Class: SO CW LP Call: WB8JUI Class: SO CW LP Call: WB9Z Class: SO Mixed HP Call: WC4J Class: M/S HP Call: WC6H Class: SO Mixed HP Call: WD4AHZ Class: SO CW LP Call: WD4OHD Class: SO CW LP Call: WD5K Class: SO Mixed LP Call: WE3C Class: SO Mixed HP Call: WE9V Class: SO Mixed LP Call: WF1L Class: SO SSB LP Call: WF4W Class: SO CW LP Call: WG4M Class: SO Mixed LP Call: WH2D Class: SO Mixed LP Call: WJ9B Class: SO CW HP Call: WM3O Class: SO Mixed LP Call: WN6K Class: SO Mixed LP Call: WO1N Class: SO CW LP Call: WO4O Class: SO Mixed HP Call: WP4I Class: SO Mixed LP Call: WQ5L Class: SO Mixed LP Call: WT6K Class: SO CW LP Call: WT9Q Class: SO CW HP Call: WT9U Class: SO CW HP Call: WX3B Class: M/S HP Call: WX4MM Class: SO SSB LP Call: WX4TM Class: SO Mixed HP Call: XR3A Class: SO CW LP Call: YT2RX Class: SO Mixed LP Call: YT5T Class: SO Mixed HP Call: YW7A Class: SO Mixed LP Call: ZC4LI Class: SO CW HP Call: ZL1BYZ Class: SO CW LP Call: ZM1K Class: SO CW HP Call: ZM2B Class: SO CW HP Call: ZW5B Class: M/S HP Index of Calls organized by Class Class: M/S HP Call: 4U1WB Call: AA8LL Call: EA5KV Call: K0GAS Call: K1KI Call: K1TTT Call: K3WW Call: K4CZ Call: K4DJ Call: K4FJ Call: K4IU Call: K4SO Call: K9CT Call: KA2D Call: KD0S Call: KE0WO Call: KI9A Call: KR0B Call: KR4F Call: KS0T Call: LR2F Call: LR4E Call: N2WK Call: N3BB Call: N4DW Call: N4GG Call: N4RV Call: NQ3N Call: NU4SC Call: NX5M Call: PY2EYE Call: SZ1A Call: VE1OP Call: VE3EJ Call: VE3UTT Call: W0MU Call: W3MF Call: W4HZ Call: W4NF Call: W4VIC Call: W5YAA Call: W6YX Call: W7RN Call: WA2MNO Call: WA2VUN Call: WA7U Call: WA7XX Call: WC4J Call: WX3B Call: ZW5B Class: M/S LP Call: K0KX Call: K8GT Call: K9MU Call: KT4PD Call: N4VA Call: N7MAL Call: VE3AD Call: W4EE Call: W7WHY Class: SO CW HP Call: 7X0RY Call: AA3B Call: AA4V Call: DL1IAO Call: EA3JW Call: EA3KU Call: F5IN Call: K0RI Call: K1TO Call: K1ZZI Call: K2SX Call: K3JT Call: K4KO Call: K5HP Call: K5NA Call: K6CTA Call: K6LRN Call: K6NA Call: K7BG Call: K7SS Call: K9BGL Call: KA1ARB Call: KA1DWX Call: KC7V Call: KE1F Call: KN5H Call: MD0CCE Call: N2BZP Call: N2CU Call: N4AF Call: N4CW Call: N4OGW Call: N4VV Call: N5AU Call: N5NA Call: N5OE Call: N5ZK Call: NN7ZZ Call: NY3A Call: OH6QU Call: OM8AG Call: P40TA Call: PA0JED Call: PY2WC Call: S53M Call: VA7ST Call: VO1MP Call: W0YK Call: W1UE Call: W3BP Call: W4BQF Call: W4PM Call: W5FO Call: W5VX Call: W8AV Call: W9RE Call: W9SE Call: W9WI Call: WJ9B Call: WT9Q Call: WT9U Call: ZC4LI Call: ZM1K Call: ZM2B Class: SO CW LP Call: AI4MI Call: CW2C Call: D2NX Call: K1TN Call: K1TR Call: K1XM Call: K2UF Call: K3STX Call: K3WI Call: K4XD Call: K5DU Call: K5EWJ Call: K5FP Call: K5OT Call: K5PI Call: K6XT Call: K7ABV Call: K7WP Call: K8BL Call: K8QKY Call: K9ES Call: K9GY Call: KC4HW Call: KN0V Call: KN3A Call: KN4Y Call: KS0M Call: KT4AC Call: N0HF Call: N1BAA Call: N2NS Call: N2WN Call: N3TG Call: N5AW Call: N5UL Call: N6PC Call: N7NT Call: N9FC Call: NG1I Call: PJ2T Call: PR7AR Call: VA7RN Call: VE2FU Call: VE3EY Call: VE3XAT Call: VE5UF Call: VE6CNU Call: VE7XF Call: VO1TA Call: VY2SS Call: W1END Call: W2JU Call: W2LHL Call: W2UP Call: W3CP Call: W7TMT Call: W8RU Call: W9ILY Call: WA1FCN Call: WB4TDH Call: WB8JUI Call: WD4AHZ Call: WD4OHD Call: WF4W Call: WO1N Call: WT6K Call: XR3A Call: ZL1BYZ Class: SO CW QRP Call: AE8M Call: K0PK Call: KC5R Call: KD2MX Call: KD4HXT Call: KG5U Call: KR2Q Call: N4JF Call: N9SF Call: NE1RD Call: VE3MGY Call: VP5E Call: WA6L Class: SO Mixed HP Call: 9H1XT Call: AA2OI Call: AD4EB Call: F8AOF Call: GW4BLE Call: K0MD Call: K1GU Call: K1JB Call: K2TTT Call: K3MQ Call: K4AB Call: K4BAI Call: K4EA Call: K4EU Call: K4GMH Call: K4RO Call: K4ZGB Call: K5AM Call: K5NZ Call: K6MM Call: K6TD Call: K8AJS Call: K9MUG Call: KH7Y Call: KO7X Call: KY7M Call: N0KE Call: N0VD Call: N1WR Call: N2SQW Call: N2TTA Call: N4LZ Call: N4OX Call: N4PN Call: N4UU Call: N4ZZ Call: N5XZ Call: N6HC Call: N6TW Call: N8II Call: NA4M Call: NT6X Call: PY0FF Call: S54O Call: S57DX Call: S57S Call: VA3DX Call: VA3EC Call: VE2TZT Call: VE3KF Call: VE3KZ Call: VE3NE Call: VO1HE Call: W0AIH Call: W0BH Call: W0PR Call: W1EBI Call: W2OO Call: W4AU Call: W4HJ Call: W4MYA Call: W4NZ Call: W4RK Call: W7IJ Call: WA0MHJ Call: WA2JQK Call: WB9Z Call: WC6H Call: WE3C Call: WO4O Call: WX4TM Call: YT5T Class: SO Mixed LP Call: 6I2AUB Call: 7J1AQH Call: AA5VU Call: AA9DY Call: AB4GG Call: AC0W Call: AE1P Call: AE6RR Call: AI4WB Call: AK4I Call: CT3EE Call: G4FKA Call: K0EJ Call: K0OU Call: K0PC Call: K0TI Call: K0TT Call: K1BV Call: K2PS Call: K2XA Call: K4BK Call: K4HAL Call: K4JAF Call: K6AM Call: K6CSL Call: K6DEX Call: K6GEP Call: K6RIM Call: K8FH Call: KA1VMG Call: KA4RRU Call: KB0FHP Call: KG4IGC Call: KI0F Call: KQ6ES Call: KU8E Call: KY5R Call: LU8EOT Call: LW4HBR Call: N0KM Call: N0RU Call: N2FF Call: N4DL Call: N4EK Call: N4NM Call: N4UC Call: N4YDU Call: N5DO Call: N6DA Call: N6NF Call: N8IE Call: N9VN Call: NA4K Call: NG7Z Call: NN4F Call: NS3T Call: NS7K Call: NV4B Call: OE3GCU Call: OE3KAB Call: OK1DRQ Call: PY2MTV Call: VE3CRU Call: VE3RCN Call: VE3XD Call: W0ETT Call: W1AR Call: W1TO Call: W3KB Call: W4KAZ Call: W4NBS Call: W5PF Call: W6ISO Call: W6ZL Call: W7QN Call: WA7BNM Call: WD5K Call: WE9V Call: WG4M Call: WH2D Call: WM3O Call: WN6K Call: WP4I Call: WQ5L Call: YT2RX Call: YW7A Class: SO Mixed QRP Call: AC5AA Call: K4CIA Call: KO9A Call: KU4A Call: N0NI Call: N6WG Call: NA4BW Call: PY2NY Call: VA3DF Call: VE3CW Call: W5GAI Class: SO SSB HP Call: AA4LR Call: DD5FZ Call: DF3KV Call: DL2ARD Call: F4DXW Call: G0AEV Call: K0RH Call: K1ZW Call: K4WI Call: K5TR Call: K6QK Call: K8CC Call: KE2DX Call: KN5O Call: N3BM Call: N3YIM Call: N8RA Call: NA3D Call: NA5TR Call: NB7V Call: NX9T Call: P40K Call: VA3KA Call: VE4EAR Call: VK8AA Call: W0RIC Call: W0SD Call: W3LL Call: W4KW Call: W4SVO Call: W5PR Call: W9JA Class: SO SSB LP Call: 9W2QC Call: F4FDA Call: HI3C Call: K0WHV Call: K1VU Call: K3TD Call: K4BP Call: K4OD Call: KA1CQR Call: KA4OTB Call: KD5J Call: KS2G Call: LQ5H Call: LU4WG Call: N2ESP Call: N5UWY Call: NP2KW Call: NT0F Call: PR6PRS Call: PU1KYC Call: PU2LSM Call: PU5AOS Call: PY1ZV Call: PY2CX Call: PY2ZY Call: VE1SKY Call: VO1KVT Call: W1TJL Call: W4GKF Call: W4HRC Call: W4TMN Call: WF1L Call: WX4MM Class: SO SSB QRP Call: N0JK Call: PY2ZK Call: W1KLM Call: W8BS