ARRL 10-Meter Contest - 2023
Call: K1KI
Operator(s): K1KI
Station: K1KI
Class: SO CW Unlimited HP
QTH: ct
Operating Time (hrs): 25
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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CW: 2008 166
SSB:
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Total: 2008 166 Total Score = 1,333,312
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
Thought conditions were very good overall, but only worked a couple of JA
stations. Saw lots of spots for UA9 also, but no QSOs. The hardest decision
was when to turn my beam from Europe to the US (west)... I need a second/third
10m antenna pointed to South America also...
Had a couple of frustrating station issues. One the first day I thought the
problem was on the feedline at the top of the tower with the RX signal dropping
30 db, then the TX signal had an issue and the amplifier shut down. It would
come back after a short while so I kept going. On Saturday after I simplified
the switching inside the shack to bypassing my patch panel, that seemed to help.
Finally on Sunday I changed one piece of coax in the shack and the problem
didn't reappear. That cut into the operating time - I probably lost a couple
of hours overall.
I need to get better at looking for mults early and picking off needed QSOs from
the RBN spots, plus monitoring the available mults/QSOs window for XE stations.
Missed DC NT and NU, and worked 9 XE states.
Can't wait for next year!
73 Tom/K1KI
TS-890s, Alpha 9500, 7L10m M2 @68'
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