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  • 12/17/2003 | AC4FD

    This is my second 10 Meter Contest and numbers were not as good as last year. My total time operating is probably a little over 6 hours but operation was sporadic.

    Probably my biggest suprise was when I checked out the band on 10 meters before going to... Read More

  • 12/17/2003 | KB4QLZ

    Conditions were not as good as last year. Friday night only worked about 20 stateside stations, and a couple in the Caribbean. Saturday KB4FWN and KG4RTA came over to work some. Picked up a few in Europe, and more states. Saturday night we had an ice s... Read More

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    12/17/2003 | W3DQ

    My wife and daughter went out of town, leaving me with our 9 year-old son, who wanted to be entertained the entire weekend.

    Started out great guns on Friday night, only to have the roof-mounted yagi get snarled a tree. Stuck it out with the dipole an... Read More

  • 12/17/2003 | KB4KBS

    On Saturday I hooked up the TS-120S to a mag-mounted Hustler with a 10M resonator and a tuner, then sat in my van with an extension cord running to an exterior AC outlet at the Fire Station. It was cold and windy in the AM, cold and wet in the PM. For... Read More

  • 12/16/2003 | KD5YIL

    What a great learning session!!! This weekend really taught me the value of "patience, Grasshopper." Friday was a heartbreaker as I was expecting the band to open up but only ran 14 contacts, mostly in CA. Saturday I didn't play at all until late bu... Read More

  • Bob K8IA near the Superstition Mtns
Arizona USA

    12/16/2003 | K8IA

    Eeks, a dyed in the wool CW opr and I end up with more q's on SSB than on CW. Am
    sure I wont hear the last of that. ;-). With only one EU and TEN JA's one would
    think this would not be thought of as successful, but nope. The different
    propagation encou... Read More

  • 12/16/2003 | NX9T

    Lots of fun! Really enjoyed the contest this year. Last year we had a big ice storm that took out our power, etc...for days. Not so this year thankfully. Only was able to play for a few hours but kept the rate up reasonably well even while S/Ping. T... Read More

  • 12/16/2003 | W4GAC

    W4GAC St. Petersburg Amateur Radio Club.

    The Ten Meter Contest is one of the events we run from the club station every year.

    This year, we started off on Friday night. The band appeared closed, and we worked some local stations. Before giving up, we m... Read More

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