[TVARC] ARRL 10M This Weekend

[K2PS Pete Stafford]

Put up your wet noodle starting 7P local time tonight for the ARRL 10 Meter
Contest.  It's SSB or CW or Mixed (no FT8).  Our exchange is 59 FL (or 599
FL).  We'll receive their state or province if in US, Canada, or Mexico, a
serial number if DX.

 

Typically there's a lot of activity Friday night, but to parts unknown (we
need some ionized clouds up there).  However, reports of thunderstorms may
curtail our operations tonight L.  We may get lucky since the latest
indicate "scattered" storms now starting at 6P, where earlier reports had
them start at 1P.  My experience has been that activity the first night
lasts until about 10P or so.  Get a good night's sleep and don't bother
waking up until after 8A.  I'm usually up well before then, and I keep
checking every half hour, but in this point in the sunspot cycle we can most
likely only rely on Sporadic E propagation, so European QSOs are highly
unlikely.  We'll need to wait until the rest of the country wakes up.  South
American contacts are expected as well, mostly later in the daylight hours,
but sometimes randomly.  When it gets dark you get to go out to dinner with
the XYL and probably not miss anything.  Saturday evening is not at all like
Friday night.  The contest runs 48 hours, but single ops are allowed only 36
(never a problem).  

 

I expect to be on any time the band is open (and probably a lot of time it
isn't).  And if you have a chance to listen for me on CW (mostly) and SSB,
I'd appreciate a call.  If you're operating as a Mixed Mode entry, you can
work the same station on BOTH CW and SSB.  I'd be more than happy to slow
down to whatever code speed you call me at, so please call.  I've got my 4
element temporary yagi up about 25 feet, and if conditions favor Florida, I
can be competitive nationally.  Especially in low sunspot years every
contact is prized.  So gimme a call!

 

Here are the rules: http://www.arrl.org/10-meter and good luck!

 

73, Pete, K2PS

 

 

 

 

 



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