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  • 12/15/2009 | NP3CW

    This year during the 10 Meter Contest the propagation was horrible from my area here in Puerto Rico.Made my first contact with local stations after 12 hours of the beginning of the event. A lot of QRN
    for most of the time.

    Made the first DX QSO after 1... Read More

  • 12/15/2009 | AE3A

    This was my first 10-meter contest. Judging from my (limited) experience on 10m and from the soapbox comments, I guess I was lucky to make 6 contacts within about 2 hours' operating time! I operated from my father-in-law's QTH (K2JV, in NNJ) using hi... Read More

  • 12/15/2009 | KE6DCE

    This was my first time on HF and my first contest. I set my goal at 10 contacts and was very surprised and pleased to have been able to make 32 contacts despite very poor band conditions. On Saturday, I only made 8 contacts, but on Sunday afternoon the... Read More

  • 12/15/2009 | WA8KSS

    At the start of the contest conditions were very poor, signals were fading in and out. It was very difficult to be sure if it was good contact or not. Just as you got your report and sent your report the signal disappeared, so you couldnt log the conta... Read More

  • 12/15/2009 | K4WY

    Back for another round!... A true glutton for punishment... CW on 10... surely you gest! On Friday night and throughout Saturday, I thought the band was dead but as I listened I heard all kinds of tropo, local scatter, long dwell QSB and maybe even a ... Read More

  • 12/15/2009 | KA0P

    Saturday I worked 1 local station. The band was dead. Sunday it came to life, but all I heard was either 59TX or 599TX. No other states.

    73, Dave Read More

  • 12/15/2009 | KC2RBE

    Many thanks to my friend Tom N2YTF for helping me participate in my first contest. His K3 and battery setup worked like a champ. The prospect of starting at nearly the bottom of the sun cycle and working my way up can only mean things will get better f... Read More

  • The IC-7600 during an off period..  The noise was from a defective 11kv recloser being agitated during the storm.

    12/15/2009 | VK8AA

    The December weekend away in Darwin for the 2009 ARRL 10m event was threatened from many quarters this year. Changing jobs three times this year, one involuntary, one short term contract and one long term contract and tough work project committents mad... Read More

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