'Back in the day' I spent many lazy hot afternoons on 10 meter AM, using the 50-watt homebrew transmitter and arm-rotated 3-element 'plumbers' delight' beam at LU5DGQ's station.  The first ARRL 10-meter contest was still years in the future but through these afternoons I acquired a special appreciation for 10 meters. Some years later I made sure to operate in the first ever ARRL 10 meter contest, and I continue to participate whenever possible.

So it was with some interest that this year I found that a visit to Argentina overlapped the 10 meter contest weekend.  Although I had just arrived and had limited time, Eduardo LW3DG met me on Saturday afternoon so that I could try out the band. 

First station heard was N8II, located near my home station in WV.  Jeff was busy running W's undoubtedly many dB's louder than me so after a couple of tries I hurried lower to the tech subband and established a CQ frequency.  Although propagation favored the U.S., a couple of Europeans managed to find my 90 watt signal with the 3-el tribander pointed dead center on Kansas. These guys are good: GM5X, EE5T, EE2W, & ED5Z.  Other notables were on the other side of the world: WH7DX, JA1NVF & RN0CT.

A big thank you to LW3DG.  And thank you for the Q's, see you next year.

73,  Dave K3ZJ