[HCRA] More activity

[Rick Lindquist, N1RL]

Amen, George. The 160-Meter Contest has been my primary December operating
event for years, but I took a few hours to try my hand at the 10-Meter
Contest this weekend, and it was really a lot of fun! 

Even though I'm not especially well-equipped for 10 (no beams, just a couple
of multiband dipoles) and didn't run the amp (too much RFI!), I put somewhat
more than 12,000 points in the log Sunday afternoon. The real thrillers were
contacts like these:

QSO: 28000 CW 2006-12-10 1947 N1RL          599 MA     ZL1BYZ        599 486

QSO: 28000 CW 2006-12-10 2000 N1RL          599 MA     KF6T          599 CA

QSO: 28000 CW 2006-12-10 2003 N1RL          599 MA     H7A           599 195

QSO: 28000 CW 2006-12-10 2006 N1RL          599 MA     LT7W          599
1042   
QSO: 28000 CW 2006-12-10 2014 N1RL          599 MA     W7RN          599 NV

QSO: 28000 CW 2006-12-10 2014 N1RL          599 MA     VP5D          599 449


The ZL1 was loud and came back on the first call! Heard a ZL4 too, but I
didn't try to work him. Also did a bit of SSB operating and even picked up a
few good ones by calling CQ. Of course, as George says, lots of CT stations
(and MA too), but I also worked RI, which was a mini coup in itself. 

In all, a total of 80 Qs on both modes. 

Will definitely make a bigger effort next year, time permitting.

73, Rick, N1RL 

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Another 10-meter contest is over.  Aside from coming down with a bug that 
wiped me out Friday night and all of Saturday it was a great contest.  Ed, 
KB1NWH, stopped by this afternoon and between the two of us, we made 100 
mixed Qs for a total score of 13,800 some point.  Ed handled most of the SSB

contacts, with me as control op, and I got some (needed) practice on cw. 
Missed some of the club members that I'm sure were on, but worked more CT 
stations than in the past.  In fact, early on, the log looked like it could 
have been a 2-meter simplex contest!  But then the band opened up and we had

QSOs coast to coast along with a hand full of DX.  And, best of all, it was 
a lot of fun.

73,

George, KC1V

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> Gang,
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> Band is squirrel but there brief openings. I just worked into MS, FL, AL 
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> MD. Short opportunities but good sigs when they were there.
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> Keep at it, there is some good DX out there - even now.
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