[TVARC] K2PS 10M Contest

[George Briggs]

We would have expected nothing less from our Pete. A great operator, in his favorite contest, with a gain antenna.
Way to go, Pete!
73,
George K2DM 

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> On Dec 13, 2021, at 10:14 AM, K2PS Pete Stafford <psk2ps at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Did my annual antenna-raising, putting up my trusty old 4-element yagi, which, sadly, will be gone before the trolls can spring into action. But it proved to be worthwhile this year.
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> There was very good and very bad in the ARRL 10M Contest.  The first night was a real slog.  Mostly working FL stations (thanks to TVARCers who called in), although there were a couple of Caribbean stations I could work.  The highlight was working an Australian station who popped up.  Nothing heard on SSB.  Total of 37 stations worked.
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> Saturday started pretty slow.  Heard one italian station with a big pileup.  Moved on hoping there would be more EUs.  There weren’t.  But one neat catch was Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. Did mostly search and pounce, until about 3P.  Then someone flipped a switch and it was off to the races!  Calling CQ, first on CW, and the rates were fabulous.  Saw the rate meter up over 200 and even over 300 when I finally switched to SSB.  Best 60 minutes was 135 Qs.  Fun!  Finally quit shortly before midnight (somebody forgot to tell the propagation gods that 10M is a daytime band), mostly because I was getting tired.  Had 847 QSOs by then.  And there was still stuff to work.
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> Sunday was just a drag.  Very little chance to call CQ.  So just looked for multipliers on CW, and especially on SSB.  Always want to emphasize CW, since one CW contact is worth two on SSB in this contest, but multipliers count on each mode.  Gotta be there on SSB or you won’t find them (I operated unassisted).  One interesting idea that occurred to me: Rusty, W3US, was also very active.  And he ran High Power, Assisted, and was always very, very loud – we had to separate a good deal when we both were CQing.  I ran across his signal Sunday morning while he was working someone, which turned out to be a European station!  I waited until he was done, and was able to work the guy too.  Haven’t asked him, but presumably Rusty saw a spot for it before calling.  Occurred to me that I could just follow Rusty around as he picked off interesting spots and I would still be able to be unassisted.  Maybe some other time J.
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> Added just 107 more QSOs Sunday, but lots of mults, including a few Europeans, Africans, and South Americans.
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> Thanks to all the TVARCers who called in (in order): K3WT, K1CTR, W3US, NK7U, N4FP, W4GD, N4GL, K3ZGA, AD4K, WB9Z (from IL), N8RW, W3MY, W4OE, and K2DM.
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> 73, Pete, K2PS
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>                     ARRL 10-Meter Contest - 2021
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> Call: K2PS
> Operator(s): K2PS
> Station: K2PS
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> Class: SO Mixed LP
> QTH: FL
> Operating Time (hrs): 26
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> Summary:
> Band  QSOs  Mults
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>    CW:  666    70
>   SSB:  288    50
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> Total:  954   120  Total Score = 388,800
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> Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club
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