ARRL 10-Meter Contest: Starts Tonight

[BJ radionut]

ARRL 10-Meter Contest: 0000Z, Dec 11= Friday Evening 7:00 PM EST (US)
to 2400Z, Dec 12 = Sunday 7:00 PM EST (US)


Multipliers:
Each US State + DC once per mode
Each VE Province/Territory once per mode
Each XE State once per mode
Each DXCC Country once per mode
Each ITU Region (MM only) once per mode

Objective: For Amateurs worldwide to exchange QSO information with as many stations as possible on the 10-meter band.

Scoring: Each phone contact counts for two (2) QSO points.
Each CW contact counts for four (4) QSO points

10M-Rules.pdf (arrl.org)

Join in the fun with this simple Vertical antenna.
Low Profile 10 Meter Antenna (arrl.org)

The Wonderbar Antenna - 10 Meter Antenna Project (hamuniverse.com)

10m Homebase-10 Halo - G3XBM QRP WEBSITE (google.com)

Figure 5 - Lazy H (amwindow.org)

Enjoy and HAVE some RADIOFUN this weekend
All the Best
Gary/W9FNB

PS: I will be operating at W8PR Contest Station off/on this weekend.
My OP Schedule: Saturday EST 7:00 PM till band dies!!!!
Sunday EST 7:00 AM (or before) till 10:00 AM +/-
May work or log other times during weekends but these are scheduled shifts.
Hope to work you
73/Gary

 

[BJ radionut]

Issued: 2021 Dec 10, 1230, UTC
# Prepared by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center

.24 hr Summary...
Solar activity was at very low levels under a spotless solar disk. No
Earth-directed CMEs were observed in available coronagraph imagery.

Forecast...
Solar activity is expected to be very low through 12 Dec.

So, to catch fish you must wet the line!!!!

 

[BJ radionut]

Calling it a night(11:30 PM EST) : Team has 400+ Q's 13 DXCC countries...
34 States...very marginal condx...but still sigs on band...just worked all the SSB
Back on before Sunrise EST!!!

73 Gary

 

[BJ radionut]

The "Team" had good success, considering band conditions were only "fair".
I was the weak link, only managing slightly less than 100 Q's.
I was also operating when the band was CRAP. My schedule started at around 8:00 PM till Mid-Night Saturday evening, then back on Sunday morning about 7:00 AM till around 10:00 AM.
I worked hard to make 15 Qs over the course of that time slot Sunday morning, even the locals were not hearing me!!!!
I did manage Barbados, Curacao and logged St. Helena Island (Africa) on CW but even that was a struggle!
Then shortly after 10:30 AM the band began to open
The next team got the ball rolling with help from a short Eskip opening to NW. They snagged quite a few multipliers in the MN/WIS/SD/ND etc. Then West coast opened.
I was listening on my mobile on the way home from Ohio to Central Ind. (about 80 miles) and heard the Contest station almost all the way home!!!!!
WHY was it not like that when I was operating?
So goes the band!!!!

The final tallies are on the right. 702 Qs ... 131,000+ points
We had only 19 DXCC Countries worked, the East Coaster's will most likely shatter us, score wise as they had an opening to Europe. We never heard a single one.
We did manage pretty much every country in S. America.
We had 123 contacts from Central Ohio to Brazil (96 Qs) and Argentina. (27 Qs)
Hope all enjoyed the RadioFun 73
All the Best
Gary

 

[The20poundhammer]

I listened a few times here in Ky but it was quiet as a church mouse when I ran thru 10.

 

[S&W357]

I had limited radio time this last weekend. Did manage to log in with several 10 meter “contest” stations in Louisiana & Florida then California up to Oregon.

All stateside.