[TVARC] K3WT 10m Contest SOHP Unassisted

[Tom Menas]

TVARCers:



Great fun.  Had some nice runs but that was not consistent throughout my
operating time so I had to switch to S&Ping.  For some reason which I’ll
have to investigate I was not able to see any spots so I resorted to
spinning the big knob.  It was interesting to see Pete charge into the lead
and maintain it with Rusty providing a significant pursuit.  I tried to
operate phone but was completely unsuccessful with only 7 phone Qs with my
voice modulated with a bad case of laryngitis (Pete had trouble digging me
out, hi hi). Wait til next year.



Looking back over this past contest season, I’m impressed with how well a
simple antenna like a flagpole works (thanks to John, NP2B).  Prior to
moving here, I thought I’d have to resort to Remote Ham Radio to get my
radio fix.  Looking forward to future contests. I hope that more TVARCers
would dip their toes into contesting even if only for a couple of hours.



ARRL 10-Meter Contest - 2024

Station: K3WT

Class: SO Mixed HP (400-500 watts)

Class Overlay: Limited-Ant

Flagpole on transmit

and dipole @ 20 ft with flagpole for diversity reception.

QTH: FL

Operating Time (hrs): 14.5



Summary:

 Band  QSOs  Mults

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   CW:  497   107

  SSB:    7     6

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Total:  504   113  Total Score = 226,226



Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club

Tom Menas, K3WT
Cell:  952-303-2086
tommenas.k3wt at gmail.com
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