[HCRA] 10 Meters: Where is everybody???

[Matt Wilhelm]

Hi All,

I know that for many of you the 10m contest was a bit slow and
frustrating.  However, for me it was a completely different
experience.  I took KK1W up on his gracious offer to come over to his
house and I was able to work HF for the first time.  Actually, it was
the first time I worked any of the amateur bands.  What a blast!
Being a person who never has a shortage of things to say, it was
strange to get tongue tied now and again and boy did I make plenty of
mistakes. But both Jim and Eric helped me through them.  Thanks Jim
for making your station available to us and showing me the ropes.
Also thanks to Ed KB1NWH for my first QSO and to Tom N1MUV for
stopping by to say hello as he was moving up and down the band.  I
learned a ton yesterday and learned that I have a many tons more to
learn.

-Matt/KB1TCL

On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Mike N0HI <mike at n0hi.net> wrote:
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> Howdy all,
>  Got back in time to work a little bit of the contest last night.  Not
> too much, only a couple hours, but about 50/50 CW/Phone.  Did work
> K1JAW, KB1PKJ, and a few other HCRA folk.  Heard WB1Z, but they didn't
> hear me call.  In fact, the auto CQ's were so close, if the full QSK
> wasn't on, I doubt they heard anyone!  Also worked N8RA, AA1JD, K5ZD,
> N2KW (at K1TTT).  Called CQ and K1JAW called me, then Minnesota banged
> in with a giant sig when I could barely hear the local folk..  Go figure!
>  I'll send my breakdown to the this list with the soapbox comments when
> I submit the log tomorrow or Tuesday.
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