[TVARC] ARRLDX CW K2PS SOSB10 HP

Mon Feb 20 12:57:55 EST 2023

Great score, fair writeup.
As for score reporting, the online scoreboard showed FCG because I couldn’t figure out how to change it.
Rest assured that my submission to ARRL definitely shows TVARC.
BTW, I also heard NK7U on.
George 

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> On Feb 20, 2023, at 10:44 AM, K2PS Pete Stafford <psk2ps at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I just loooove sunspots!  
> 
> Decided to put up the 4-element 10M yagi for this one, something I hadn't
> done for years.  (I do use it for the ARRL 10M Contests every December.)
> Without the prospect of good conditions to Europe and Asia, it hadn't been
> worthwhile to focus on ten.  But this year seemed to finally offer the
> chance for a good single-band 10M effort with my 500W, newly repaired amp.
> And boy did that turn out great!
> 
> I had been monitoring conditions on FT8 the past few days before the
> weekend, and it seemed that the Europeans were loud and the band stayed open
> for quite a while every morning.  Likewise, in the late afternoon I was
> seeing some nice JA openings.  There were some rumblings of solar storms,
> which could wreak havoc with propagation, but the SFI was in the high 160s,
> so it sure seemed that chances were good.  Besides, 10M is terrific for not
> disrupting my sleep, nor dinner and TV time with the XYL, since the band
> only opens at dawn and closes shortly after dusk.
> 
> Friday night opened well, with some good S&P QSOs, including a new TVARC
> country, V8 Brunei (#276).  Also worked DU, YB, and quite a few JAs.
> Saturday opened at about 7A local, and I found a good frequency and started
> running Europeans.  Looks as if I averaged about 100 Qs/hr for the first
> four hours - sweet!  I took a break at about 230P until what I hoped was
> another good JA opening at about 4P.  At that time I worked a bunch of JAs,
> FK, and UA0, and signals were pretty good.  So I decided to see what would
> happen if I tried a few CQs.  Well, I wasn't ready for what happened then!
> They started to come back, one after the other, and it felt like a typical
> European run, but it was all Asia.  Remember, we're on the East Coast, so
> jumping over the Atlantic is pretty routine.  But leaping over the Pacific
> after traversing the USA is quite another.  My runs averaged about 55/hr for
> two solid hours.  Mostly Japan, but also a few BY, DU, HL, VK, ZL stations,
> actually answering my CQs!  Even had some 5W stations call me from there.  I
> never experienced this from NJ, with a big beam and tower.  I did see that
> SFI was 343(!), and stayed there for quite a while, so maybe that had
> something to do with it.  Sunday was really just more of the same, although
> just a bit slower.  Ended the first day with 714 contacts, and added 518
> Sunday - and of course, since this was a single band, they were all unique
> stations, so participation was pretty high.  But the pattern was similar on
> Sunday - the runs were slower, both EU and AS (and yes, I was able to run
> Asia again on Sunday night), but good, strong openings.
> 
> Congrats to George, who actually spent 40 hours in the chair, and put up a
> terrific score, probably #1 in the US/Canada.  QRP can be a real drag, I've
> done it (once on SSB too, but never again)!  Much easier to sit on one spot
> and let 'em come to you (and maybe even do a crossword puzzle while you're
> waiting :) ).
> 
> Rusty too - with his driveway flagpole, made a million points!  Super.
> 
> Glad to see that Doug, K1CTR is back, and K3ZGA, WB2ART, ND4G, N0SMX also
> chipped in.  I don't know who else was in there; just going by stations that
> use contestonlinescore.com or have reported their scores.  I encourage other
> TVARCers to join up.  Fun to monitor others.  K2DM was on that site, but
> attached his score to the Florida Contest Group - that's our President, mind
> you.
> 
> The yagi comes down tomorrow (want to try the late afternoon Asians one last
> time), and won't go up again until December (no ARRL DX SSB).
> 
> 73, Pete, K2PS
> 
>                    ARRL DX Contest, CW - 2023
> 
> Call: K2PS
> Operator(s): K2PS
> Station: K2PS
> 
> Class: SOSB10 HP
> QTH: NFL
> Operating Time (hrs): 24
> 
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs  Mults
> -------------------
>  160:           
>   80:           
>   40:           
>   20:           
>   15:           
>   10: 1232    89
> -------------------
> Total: 1232    89  Total Score = 328,410
> 
> Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club
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