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2016 ARRL 10 Meter Contest
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02/20/2017 | dk5dc
It was the first yaer, where the sun spot minimum finally hit me. No 10m and lots of hifh power stations stations on 40/80m, which made it a little more difficult to go through.
Anyway. It was fun and 40m was open till 11:00z :-).
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12/21/2016 | KB9ECJ
My favorite moment in this contest was when a path opened up from Illinois to the New England area and I was able to work new states from my indoor station. Can't complain, despite lousy conditions and zero DX. Read More
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12/16/2016 | K3ILC
Conditions here in Colo. Springs were fantastic on Saturday morning. The band first opened early to the east -- PA, NY, OH, and then the signals got louder and the Es shortened. Then, for about an hour, most of the U.S. was coming in at one time. In... Read More
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12/14/2016 | KF9US
This was one of the toughest 10 meter contests I can recall. Propagation was only just fair on Saturday from the upper Midwest to SA and the Carribean and the southeastern US, but absolutely nothing heard to the west. Sunday, there were very brief, s... Read More
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12/13/2016 | KC4WQ
These were the hardest 153 QSO's ever. One decent hour of east/west propagation. TE was OK but nothing to write home about. No EU/AS. But still a good time. I hope the sunspot cycle is on the way back up Read More
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12/12/2016 | KA1AMR
Great contest this year, to get back to the basics, ie hand written log and dup check sheets, cookie and quick bread making, gardening, all with no computer assist, etc. A lot of nothing going on. Maybe it was due to my antenna stuck pointing northwes... Read More
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12/12/2016 | G7KXZ
Not one North America or Russia QSO all weekend, didnt even hear anyone. That said propogation to South America was GREAT... Biggest surprise for me working FR4 Reunion Island 6K miles not bad for 5w QRP.... Very hard going just 39 QSO in 24hrs but wo... Read More
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12/11/2016 | F8OOI
I really like 10 meters but the propogation was just not there. It was nearly non existant. But I'll be back next year! Best 73s! Read More