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Again thanks to Larry for letting me operate his monster station in the ARRL Ten Meter contest. Unfortunately there were wind casualties Friday night and Saturday morning. The tower with the ten meter stack was at full time in the high winds. I believe there were gusts in excess of 75 mph, perhaps as high as 90 mph. It was almost impossible to sleep Friday night. I thought I was with Admiral Byrd at the South Pole. Friday night was slow and we QRT after three hours and 168 QSO's. But Saturday and Sunday were wild. I had one hour at 137 QSO's and only the last two hours Saturday were under 50 QSOs/hour even when I broke for food. Saturday I broke for food only once and my rate was 1076 on Sunday as opposed to 962 Saturday. Next time I'll have it catered or use an IV. ARRL 10 METER CONTEST -- 1999 Call: N2FF Country: United States State: Vermont Category: Single Unlimited MODE QSO QSO PTS STATES COUNTRIES CW 0 0 0 0 SSB 2038 4072 55 86 ----------------------------------------- Totals 2038 4072 55 86 = 574,152 All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted. Equipment Description: Operating W2AX's station in Reedsboro, VT. Kenwood 950, ARD 230 amp (pr 3CX800A7s) antenna a stack of three Force 12 monoband antennas on 24 booms at 89, 38 and 18 feet at over 2,000 feet above sea level. The top two antennas are rotatable. Comment: It was a great experience but I sure wish I could have been single op assisted as the score and multipliers would have been even higher. Only when the band first opened to EU did I have all three antennas pointed in the same direction. Even during JA runs, and those were disappointingly short and sparse, normally only one antenna was pointed in the prime direction. This allowed me to work many more local stations on back scatter. At one point I worked and EI, then a W7 in WA, followed by a VK4. During morning EU openings there were frequently so many stations calling that I was forced to pick up the guys who were giving me only two letters. I didn't want to do, but I had to. I have over 50 dupes and finally gave up even mentioning it was a dupe and simply logged it. It's faster. There were a lot of guys using paper logs or no logs at all. A special thanks to my friend Larry, W2AX, who trusted me with his station and his house. High winds Friday night and Saturday bent the cromalloy mast about ten degrees and broke the linkage on a nearby tower so that a 2 element 80 meter beam and a 15 meter mono bander where spinning in the wind. I'm sure the coax is broken by now. Club Affiliation: Order of Boiled Owls This is to certify that in this contest I have operated my transmitter within the limitations of my license and have observed fully the rules and regulations of the contest. MAILING ADDRESS: Frank Fallon N2FF 30 East Williston Ave. East Williston , NY 11595
ARRL 10 METER CONTEST -- 1999 Call: K2KV Country: United States
Section: NLI
Category: Multi Single - High Power
MODE QSO QSO PTS STATES COUNTRIES CW 730 2920 42 55
SSB 687 1374 49 49
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Totals 1417 4294 91 104 = 837,330 All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted. Operator List: K2KV, N2GA, WM2V
Equipment Description: FT-1000MP, Alpha 87A, KLM KT-34XA @92', KLM KT-34A @55' Club Affiliation: Order of Boiled Owls This is to certify that in this contest I have operated my transmitter within the limitations of my license and have observed fully the rules and regulations of the contest. Signature Jeff Singer K2KV MAILING ADDRESS: Jeff Singer K2KV
14 Hastings Drive
Fort Salonga, NY 11768
ARRL 10 METER CONTEST -- 1999 Call: W2YK Country: United States
Category: Single Operator
MODE QSO QSO PTS STATES COUNTRIES CW 39 156 11 17
SSB 73 146 5 28
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Totals 112 302 16 45 = 18,422 All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted. Equipment Description: Yeasu FT1000MP, 2 el Quad Club Affiliation: Order of Boiled Owls This is to certify that in this contest I have operated my transmitter within the limitations of my license and have observed fully the rules and regulations of the contest. Frank Scolaro W2YK
2 Holly Dr
New Rochelle, NY 10801
Best 10-Meter Contest ever for KS2G! Single-Op / Phone Only (Unassisted - No Packet) Hours of Operation: 13:34 band QSOs points mults
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CW 0 0 0
PH 840 1680 113
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TOTAL 840 1680 113 SCORE: 189,840
(Previous best was 1990 with 837-Q's and 112 Mults for 187,488 but that was for **23** hours of op time!) I worked the K2KV team, N2FF/1 and N2UN. Who else was on for the OBO? Best Wishes For the New Millennium To All! 73, Mel/KS2G
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