[TVARC] ARRL 10M Starts Today

[Doug Stenzel]

Roger that George - stations popping in and out - good fun
*MAY YOUR HOUSE BE SAFE FROM TIGERS*
*DOUG STENZEL( K1CTR) SENDS  AR EE*


On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 9:29 PM George Briggs <k2dm at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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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