[TVARC] ARRL 10 K2PS SO Mixed LP

Tue Dec 16 17:54:36 EST 2025

George,

I have always believed my machine are fully capable of throwing a fit!

Maybe it's more mad that it wants to do more POTA and not stay at home?

Kym Lenkus - KQ4ZOA
 Email: kintbus at protonmail.com cell : 208-261-1070

-------- Original Message --------
On Tuesday, 12/16/25 at 17:42 George via TVARC <tvarc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
Congratulations on a fine effort, Pete!  Here’s an indication of just how good an operator Pete is:  for reasons I will document later, I only made 3 contacts in the contest. One of them was with Pete, who answered one of CQs. Go figure!

And congratulations to everyone who jumped into the contest and made contacts. I trust you all had fun.  I, on the other hand, did not. I spent over an hour reassembling my station since I had been using my desk to repair various radios for months. When I finally got N1MM talking to my radio, I found a clear CW frequency and called CQ.  Hooray, I got an answer, and my first contact was in the log. Then Pete answered my CQ. Yippee, I was off and running. I had beaten the odds by throwing my station together at the last minute and having it work. Just as I began to pat myself on the back, my transmitter locked up. Taking this as a sign, I went back to the living room to watch TV. Hey, maybe my rig is pissed at me for doing so much POTA.🤪
73,
George K2DM

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> On Dec 16, 2025, at 3:35 PM, K2PS Pete Stafford via TVARC <tvarc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
> I love that I was able to work so many TVARCers: K2DM, AA6DQ, W4GD, AB3SX,
> W3US, AD4K, ND8L, AD4MO, K6UMO, NK7U, and WB2ART.  Looks as if, from reports
> I've seen so far, I only missed K2TE and KM4PIH.  Thanks for the points,
> everyone!
>
> Conditions started out fantastically Friday night with a huge stateside
> opening.  Usually the contest has propagation to the Pacific and maybe Japan
> at this time, and there were a few of those that I worked, but then I heard
> George, K2DM, calling CQ, and worked him; then I figured I'd try calling CQ
> myself.  Glad I did!  By the time the band closed up at about 1030p (the
> contest started at 7), I had 328 QSOs in the log.  Wow.  I had high hopes
> for the rest of the contest.
>
> Saturday into Europe did not disappoint, although it opened somewhat later
> than it had two weeks earlier in the CQ WW CW Contest.  Nonetheless, after
> trying hard to get the European big guns to hear me, I finally found an open
> frequency at 730a (local) and ran for about an hour on CW, then switched to
> SSB to be sure to grab all those multipliers.  Europe was done by about
> 1030a, but was able to continue running to somewhere until about 130p - ran
> on one mode until it started to peter out, then switched modes and did it
> again.  Always tried to emphasize CW, since the point value of a CW contact
> is twice that of SSB.  Kept watching the rate meter, and if the CW rate
> dipped below about 60/hour, I'd try SSB.  And if SSB rate dropped below 100,
> then back to CW.  The band pretty much closed up by 7P - no repeat of Friday
> night, to be sure.
>
> Finished at the midway point with 1018 QSOs, split 676 CW, 342 SSB.
>
> Sunday continued the decline in conditions, with Europe not opening for
> running until 830a (an hour later), and with poorer results.  Best hour
> resulted in only 44 QSOs, while Saturday topped out at 87.  The afternoon
> did yield some better runs stateside, but ultimately the band weakened and
> caused me to finally quit and hour and a half before the end of the contest
> (my other excuse is that I wanted to watch the Eagles beat the Raiders,
> which they did, 31-0)!
>
> All in all, it was a successful contest - a hundred or so QSOs fewer than
> the prior year, but with about 10 more mults.  Sadly took down the yagi
> today, and stored it in the garage until ARRL DX CW in February.
>
> I do think next year I'll turn on the amp.  Will probably need it with our
> solar cycle on the decline.
>
> Again, great turnout for TVARC, and I'll post the scores at our January
> meeting!
>
> 73, Pete, K2PS
>
>
>                    ARRL 10-Meter Contest - 2025
>
> Call: K2PS
> Operator(s): K2PS
> Station: K2PS
>
> Class: SO Mixed LP
> QTH: NFL
> Operating Time (hrs): 26
>
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs  Mults
> -------------------
>   CW:  903   132
>  SSB:  540   104
> -------------------
> Total: 1443   236  Total Score = 1,107,312
>
> Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club
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