[TVARC] K2PS ARRL 10M Contest

[K2PS Pete Stafford]

Thanks, Bob.  Hope you enjoyed it too.  And be sure to send in your log and credit TVARC.  We’re going for the Local Club title.

 

Oh, and thanks also to Marty, N4GL for our QSO!  How could I forget her?

 

73, Pete, K2PS

 

From: Bob Schwer [mailto:schwerrobert at gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2019 8:49 PM
To: K2PS Pete Stafford; tvarc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [TVARC] K2PS ARRL 10M Contest

 

Nice going. Pete. You were the first station I heard and some times the only station!

 

Bob, K3ZGA

 

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From: K2PS Pete Stafford <mailto:psk2ps at gmail.com> 
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2019 7:58 PM
To: tvarc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [TVARC] K2PS ARRL 10M Contest

 

Ten meters can be sooo good…and as we saw this weekend, sooo bad.  The propagation gods were barely with us this year.  Two decent openings, one on Saturday morning at 9A and the other Sunday just before noon.  And of course it was going strong during the 1P NFL games.  I guess the good news (?) then was that the opening (primarily to Texas) wasn’t good enough to make me take complete focus off of the Eagles as they beat the Redskins.

 

So most of the time it was a real slog.  Last year I made 553 QSOs; this year just about half of that.  But I guess the good news is that it probably can’t get worse.  Hopefully we’re at the sunspot bottom right now.  And the upswing tends to occur more quickly than the way down.

 

For the first time used the amp to get the allowed 150W max for LP.  Required about 8W out from the IC-7610.  And the antenna comes down in the next couple of days, to be stored away until next year.

 

Thanks to N0SMX and N4FP (CW and SSB), WB2ART, K3ZGA (of course), K1CTR on CW, and then NP2B/4 and WU3Z/M (SSB only).  Hope I didn’t miss anyone.

 

73, Pete, K2PS

 

                    ARRL 10-Meter Contest - 2019

 

Call: K2PS

Operator(s): K2PS

Station: K2PS

 

Class: SO Mixed LP

QTH: NFL

Operating Time (hrs): 13

 

Summary:

Band  QSOs  Mults

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   CW:  217    32

  SSB:   55    15

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Total:  272    47  Total Score = 45,966

 

Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club

 

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