Disappointed that I had only one 10GHz QSO with all the weather. I was sure excited looking at the weather forecast thinking that it was going to be GREAT for 10GHz, but not the case.

  Hard work it was. I was so relieved to shut all the blowers and rigs down, THE NOISE! GREAT end to the contest by working Mel and Carol with no coordination from 2 grids in the last 35min on 432 and 222 SSB at 298 miles. I only needed one repeat from Carol. That was VERY COOL. Thanks Mel and Carol!

   Thanks to the Canadian crew again: VE4MA, VE4CY, VE4DDZ, VA3ECO and VE3KRP. It would have been a bleak contest without those fellows for sure. Notable DX – K2YAZ, W0LGQ, K2DRH, KG0VL. It had been a while for some of these guys to appear in my logbook.

   I have no idea of the conditions. “The sample size was just too small”. The Canadian crew were strong but not too many others.

The Tally::

  222 – 17 QSOs  -- 11 Grids

  432 – 23 QSOs --  14 Grids  

  902 – 6 QSOs  -- 4 Grids

1296  -- 6 QSOs – 5 Grids

10 GHz -- QSO and 1 Grid

53 total QSOs and Log computed score 33,834 pts

 

K0AWU  EN37ed

222 – 250w  15elem 65ft

432 – 250w  19elem 68ft

902 – ~ 40watts  33elem looper 63 ft

1296 -- ~ 40 watts 45elem looper 63 ft

10GHz – 6 watts 18” dish 55ft