Just yesterday I saw the published results of the ARRL 10 completion
that was held in December 2011. It reminded me how fortunate I was to be able take
part in that contest. Conditions were excellent and the contest statistics
reveal the same.
I was hoping that with this weekend’s CQ-WPX-CW contest
would have reasonable condition prevailing, but it does not seem to be the case.
I decided I wanted to use 10m only during this contest to boost my 10m log as
far as possible, before, dare I say the down turn of the solar cycle commences.
Propagation seems very subdued with low levels of activity
on 10m.
One big highlight was working OM Ivor VR2ZQZ/P (once again). Have a
look at QRZ.com and you will understand. This is amateur radio at its best. I
admire the spirit and tenacity of these individuals in our hobby.
73, Pierre ZS6A
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Real portable DX station....great. Excellent location is important and that is what those guys understood well... 73, Bas
ReplyDeleteBas,
ReplyDeleteI agree. A good location is most useful. A fairly high vantage point with a clear drop-off in all the desired directions with the ocean in close proximity is a recipe for success. I suspect that the ambient noise level is much lower as one would expect in a built up area. Then on top of that 5 plus element mono band Yagi to boot….
Good Luck !!