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Contest Soapbox
2017 ARRL 10 Meter Contest
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01/16/2018 | KT0K
Well, I was going to comment about the terrible conditions, but after reading other's comments, I guess being in Nebraska paid off. There is an old saying..."I felt bad because I had no shoes until I met a man with no feet." Propagation apparently re... Read More
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12/17/2017 | K2JX
Contest what contest ? There was zero propagation in FN-30 NLI. I heard two stations in two days. Absolutely the worst conditons I have ever experienced in 40 years in Ham radio, not even a Local ! Is next year going to be the same ?
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12/15/2017 | OA4SS
Conditions to the northern hemisphere were terrible from Peru but relatively good to most of South America. I later learned, via email, that I was heard in Australia. I entered the mixed, high power, single operator category. I was only able to ma... Read More
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12/14/2017 | K2AF
Worst conditions for a 10m contest that I can remember - and it is usually my favorite contest. Last year with limited time, I won a first place certificate for my section. This year, I am hoping that I got both station's calls right so that I don't e... Read More
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12/11/2017 | KE2SX
Worst conditions ever - heard essentially nobody. Slight improvement during early morning grayline but all were just barely there at or below noise level. I worked a single multiplier - my own state - and only 6 very local stations over the weekend. Read More
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12/11/2017 | K1WHS
Art, K1BX was the guest op for the ten meter weekend. For my part, I got the station ready beforehand. There had been some minor antenna damage and broken rotators courtesy of the last semi hurricane that passed through. He was single op so I went off... Read More
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12/11/2017 | n0jk
A tough contest running QRP and a simple antena. Was pleased to work a few South American stations Sunday afternoon. Read More
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12/11/2017 | WB4GVZ
What a tough year for scoring. The signals were at or in the noise level for me. Using three different antennas, a vertical, and extended doulbe zepp and an 80 meter loop. The loop proved to be the best receiving antenna with the lowest noise level ho... Read More