[TVARC] ARRL 10M contest - K2DM results

[k2dm at comcast.net]

Man, there were a LOT of TVARC members on in this contest.  I worked at
least 10 of you, and I was only a part-time player, CW only, high power.

It has been well-documented that I missed the Friday night opening during
which Pete made over 400 Qs and Rusty made over

250.  In my defense I can only say that my plan for Friday was to work one
or two hours and head home for bed.  The big opening

started about the time I passed the Turnpike on my way up 301.  I had fought
to make 39 Qs in the hour that I operated.

 

My plan for Saturday was to operate from around 8:30 to 11:30 in case there
was an opening to Europe.  I should note that a

component of my plan was to ONLY call CQ - I did no searching and pouncing
at all.  Although I had no opening to Europe on

Saturday, my brother Jeff, VY2ZM, later told me that he saw me spotted by a
couple of European stations.  Hmmm.  However,

I was able to make over 300 Qs on Saturday morning.  Perhaps if I had been
S&Ping I might have heard Europe.

 

I went back this morning for a couple of hours with a goal of reaching 400
Qs.  What a hoot - my 400th contact was HG8W!

Europe at last!  But I had reached my goal, so I pulled the switch and went
home for good.

I had a fun stretch this morning when I worked a bunch of 'O' stations - at
least 6 Ohio and Ontario stations in a row.  That's 10M

for you.

Another fun part of the weekend was watching Pete's contact total climb on
contestonlinescore.com.  Pretty impressive for low

power.

 

73,

George K2DM

 

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