[TVARC] ARRL 10M Starts Today

Sat Dec 12 09:24:40 EST 2020

Have fun this weekend. I will send you some snow
We got around 4 inches last night
We have rain now, then a wintery mix

On Dec 12, 2020 8:52 AM, "Jim" <jshaw32163 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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, 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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