[TVARC] ARRL 10M Starts Today

Sat Dec 12 08:51:34 EST 2020

Hell, if I could find my K3S, I'd throw the TW antenna up in the yard and run with 100 watts! Altho I might have an idea where the KX3 is, hmmmm.....

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On Dec 12, 2020, 08:18, at 08:18, Dennis McKinney <n0smx2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>Fire up the qrp rig Jim. Let's see if it works..   OH is almost DX on
>10m
>lately... 🤪🤪
>
>On Sat, Dec 12, 2020, 8:16 AM Jim <jshaw32163 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Great going, Pete! Sounds like you had a super time!
>>
>> 73
>> Jim
>> AL7BA
>>
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>> On Dec 12, 2020, at 06:39, K2PS Pete Stafford <psk2ps at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>>>
>>> Sadly (for you), no.  Check out the scores on
>contestonlinescore.com.
>>> Incredible.  But that would have been a great goof.  I’m just not
>that
>>> devious J.   It will probably be lousy the rest of the weekend, but
>who
>>> knows?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 73, Pete, K2PS
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* George Briggs [mailto:k2dm at comcast.net]
>>> *Sent:* Saturday, December 12, 2020 6:32 AM
>>> *To:* K2PS Pete Stafford; tvarc at mailman.qth.net
>>> *Subject:* RE: [TVARC] ARRL 10M Starts Today
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You are making that up!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> *From: *K2PS Pete Stafford <psk2ps at gmail.com>
>>> *Sent: *Saturday, December 12, 2020 6:00 AM
>>> *To: *'George Briggs' <k2dm at comcast.net>; tvarc at mailman.qth.net
>>> *Subject: *RE: [TVARC] ARRL 10M Starts Today
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Poor George.  I had felt guilty causing him to drive out to The Land
>with
>>> promises of the band being open until 10 or 11p, and nothing much
>was going
>>> on, at least at first.  At about 815p last night, moments after he
>pulled
>>> the plug and headed back home, the propagation gods decided to light
>things
>>> up.  After having a similar experience for the initial hour or so –
>>> starting out with only FL stations (thanks TVARC guys who called
>in), then
>>> a couple of weak MN and IA stations worked, some VE3s, and then
>followed by
>>> a small handful of CA stations, and even a very weak Australian –
>all of a
>>> sudden signals were roaring in from New England, OH, IL, and the
>rest of
>>> the Midwest.  Had the rate meter between 150-200/hour for much of
>that
>>> time.  It was a blast!  Finally decided to call it quits at about
>midnight
>>> since I had run out of gas, even though there were still some
>workable
>>> stations out there.  By then my QSO total sat at 400, mostly CW. 
>(Had to
>>> switch to SSB for a little while to be sure and pick up all those
>state
>>> multipliers, and the rate there was incredible too.)  I’ve never had
>a 10M
>>> Contest Friday night go anything like this one.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I noticed that Rusty, W3US, is sitting at 278 contacts.  Wayta go!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Not sure what today will be like, but hopeful to work some Europeans
>>> around 9A, and SA later on.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hope George can get his timing right!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 73, Pete, K2PS
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* George Briggs [mailto:k2dm at comcast.net]
>>> *Sent:* Friday, December 11, 2020 9:29 PM
>>> *To:* K2PS Pete Stafford; tvarc at mailman.qth.net
>>> *Subject:* RE: [TVARC] ARRL 10M Starts Today
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I can see why Pete likes this contest.  I decided to play around in
>it a
>>> little, starting with an hour operating from The Land this evening. 
>I
>>> started at 7PM, as the contest started.  All I did was CQ for an
>hour.
>>> During that time I worked a handful of friends from TVARC, including
>Ken,
>>> Russ, Rusty, Doug and Pete.  That in and of itself was fun.  But I
>was
>>> amazed at the vagaries of propagation during the hour.  I worked 39
>>> stations in 9 states/provinces.  I worked FL (a lot), CA , NE, KS,
>SD, MO,
>>> NY, and VE3.  I would CQ without answers for a couple of minutes,
>then a
>>> station from NE would call.  Then a minute later a station from VE3.
> Then
>>> CA, etc.  But never a run of more than two stations from the same
>area at a
>>> time.  And a couple of times I went a full 5 minutes CQing without
>an
>>> answer.  Crazy.  I may go back and try some more tomorrow morning.
>>>
>>> GL Pete!
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> George K2DM
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> *From: *K2PS Pete Stafford <psk2ps at gmail.com>
>>> *Sent: *Friday, December 11, 2020 12:39 PM
>>> *To: *tvarc at mailman.qth.net
>>> *Subject: *[TVARC] ARRL 10M Starts Today
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> My fave contest begins tonight at 7P and runs for 48 hours. 
>Generally
>>> speaking, 10 meters is open during the daylight hours, and closed at
>>> night.  However, my experience has been that Friday night is usually
>>> productive until 10 or 11P.  Remember, everyone can work everyone,
>so most
>>> of your contacts will be stateside.  The ARRL 10M Contest is
>probably not
>>> going to have the kinds of spectacular QSO totals that we’ll see in
>a
>>> couple of years as solar flux increases, but it still has a good
>variety of
>>> propagation to offer.  And we probably won’t be able to work the
>world on a
>>> window screen antenna, but a good deal of DX should be workable. 
>Likely to
>>> see a small EU opening each morning at maybe 9A or so, and South
>American
>>> stations will certainly be coming in during the afternoon hours. 
>Also, we
>>> should have a good chance to work into Australia/New Zealand later
>in the
>>> afternoon.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The contest allows us to work one another on both CW and SSB (no
>>> digital), and the exchange for us would be 59(9) FL.  So look for
>states
>>> and provinces, and also Mexican states.  And for DX, they’ll give a
>serial
>>> number.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I’ll be on mostly CW (since it’s twice the points), and moving to
>SSB
>>> when things get slow.  (If you want to enter the contest, you can be
>all
>>> CW, or all SSB, or Mixed.)  Running only 150W to stay in the LP
>category,
>>> but I’ve put up my 4 element 10M yagi, so hopeful to do well. 
>Please look
>>> for me and give me a call!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 73, Pete, K2PS
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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