Just a checklog.

After the CQWW last November my plan was to fabricate and prepare my 5 element 10m Yagi for the
preparation for ARRL 10m Contest last weekend of November my Homebrew 5 element 10m was tuned and
install I put it on 72ft or22 to 23m high in height and was very happy for the performance. 
In my experience ARRL 10m contest is the most challenging contest , As we all know we relay to the
HF 10m band condition in daytime but in an actual activity with the solar atmospheric noise or high
noise level in an urban area is a ham radio operators enemy. Even Though the ARRL 10-Meter Contest
2023 Propagation is Up & Down in the Pacific (daylight area of Earth) is suffering a radio
degradation on HF frequencies on the 1st day 9 of December - Maximum X-ray Flux of M5.4 (R2-level
radio blackout). But Day 2 the 10 of December is Amazing �??? I am thankful to all participants all
over the world and got the chance to test my antenna Homebrew Yagi 5 Element OWA and its behavior.
vy 73 de 4F1EBD

Am still learning and learning to contest. Thanks ARRL with youre
never ending support to the ham world

9-10 DESEMBER 2023, we are ORARI LOKAL KEDIRI, nice QSO and nice
DX CONTEST, see you againt next time, GL, 73's de 73E3

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
I have operated in JA2 area.

I enjoyed the contest.

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I enjoyed the contest.

I could enjoy the good contest.
Tnx for a fine contest again.
IC-7600, Dipole-Ant.

FTdx-10, 100W. Antenna is GP (Ground Plane, vertical). This antenna is not for any contest - too
noisy. Last hour(s) switched to horizontal dipole, but it was too late.

My first 10m ARRL contest, using on ground vertical antenna, FT-991A, running on batteries. I
definitely need better antenna. :)

Not the best condx, but nice to work old friends on 10m.
Mostly 99% S/P looking for new QSO's.
Single element loop 10m above the ground and IC-7300 100W.
73 Patrik 9A5CW

IC-7300
DP

Always a fun contest when the solar cycle is peaking.

SOLP/DN35RW/MT ENTRY.

The band sounded like a lot of multipath signals.  Not much time
for this one.  Tried to "run" a couple times, but could not get
anything going. Thanks for the few spots and QSOs.

I built a vertically polarized vertical full wave loop for this event. I hoisted it up in the trees
in my backyard and had a blast for my first 10-meter contest! I operated both days with my Elecraft
KX2 at 5 watts.

Operated form Kingston, Jamaica

6 BTV

Really enjoyed the contest this year, I always look forward to this one.
Thanks to everyone who puts this together!

What a great year for the contest. Looking forward to next year.

Poor 10 M condx hr in NC. Oh well, Jan VHF is next month. Prop springeth eternal.

Limited Antenna category:  a single 88 ft doublet (center-fed
wire via ladder line) up near 40 ft high.

I was only able to participate on Sunday after sustaining a foot injury on Friday, hours before the
contest started.  So, I later decided to try the new Limited Antenna overlay category using just 5
watts output to my 88 ft multi-band doublet (up about 40 ft high between two trees) entering as
"Single Operator Unlimited, CW Only, QRP".

Had good fun making 175 QSOs over just 6+ hours of on-air time with 5 watts and a wire!  Almost all
contacts were made through the 'Search and Pounce' method, seeking out primarily the big signals on
the band.  Band conditions were not as good as last year nor like during the peak of the last Solar
Cycle.  Overall, I managed QSOs with 35 states/provinces and 37 DXCC including KH6, KL7; ten
Caribbean/South American entities and 25 different EU DXCC.

Sixty Europeans were worked but no Asia, Africa or even Zone 16 stations were logged, and just one
Zone 20 QSO was made (LZ-Bulgaria).  Once North America signals come way up it's certainly easier to
work the many of them for the same QSO point value as the rest of the world.

This is *always* a fun contest close to the time of Solar Cycle peak!

73,

Bill W1WBB, primary op. @ AI1TT

Had just 2.5 hours to play.  Fun though.

Lots of Central and South America in the afternoon, espacilly Chile

Cut short due to severe weather.

Checklog

I enjoyed contesting from my hotel room. I hoped to work JA's during last 2 hrs, but buildings in
the direction to JA seemed weakened my 5W radiation and I was able to work only one station.

This is my first time participating in a competition, it's very
nervous and interesting

single operator low power

ARRL 10-Meter Contest Rules 2023

contest 10 mts cb2y

IRRL CONTES 1 METROS

ARRL CONTES 10METROS

dificil propagacion 1er. da.-

SunSDR2 DX
Antennas: OB9

ARRL10 is a tradition in CW5W. After 6 years, we do it again. Some friends could not make the long
800 km trip to participate, but finally Carlos CX5CBA, Wilder CX6DRA and Pablo CX7ACH were able to
come and thus meet us again in El Mangrullo. The contest was very entertaining, good conditions with
Europe, Asia and the USA. Sunday as usual a little slower.
We shared a nice weekend riding horses, fishing, assembling a homemade antenna to show my little son
how to make communications while passing the ISS. And of course there was no shortage of food, good
"asados"on Friday and Sunday at the end of the contest. See you next year!

73!

I thank especially UC4L and DL2SBY for good operating with QRS to me. CU next year. Propagation was
not as good as several days before.

-

FLEX-6600, PA + 6 ele OWA Yagi @ 60 ft.

Bad condx with an SFI around 130 only and a few solar disturbances ...

Anyway, always fun operating on my favourite HF band in one of my favourite
contests. ;-)

73 & see you in the next one ...

Olli - DH8BQA

I enjoyed using SD in this contest

HARD WORK! 

Almost everybody did not get my strange callsign immediately although
I was transmitting with lower cw speed...

Mobile operated from germany

IC 7400   100 W   Ant. Vertical

YAESU FT-DX 5000 MP  YAESU VL-1000 750 WATT OUTPUT  3 ELE YAGI 10 - 15
- 20 METER  RIGBLASTER PRO  RCKLOG V3.5  WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM

IC7610, ant:W3EDP@15mtrs

K3, 3-ele-Beam, GP

first test with my new 5 element yagi. amazing signals.

What 3ft vertical on balcony can do.  30 Watt CW.

100w Mobile ANT

Overlay: Rookie

many thanks to all for the Qs in difficult condx in DL. Hope for better condx next year. Had some
fun time. 73 de Heiko, DK3DM (OP of DR1D)

s/p fest a lot of Qs that I never thought I would do, but also a
lot of surrounding and European countries that I have not even
heard off

Hello
I worked the contest from TWO different locations, that is: from my house and from a country house
(5km), with the intention of testing the remote that I am setting up at home with a Flex-6300.
In the field I have a Carolina Windom antenna and a Kembood TS-590S. My intention was to try SO2R,
but it couldn't be.
The remote did not work well for me, internet and radio frequency problems, so I had to give up and
work with one location indistinctly, and I say indistinctly because when moving the database, on one
occasion I forgot to copy it to the new location and I think I have repeated serial numbers, so I
want you to keep that in mind, that you will find errors in the numbers sent, although they match
the ones sent correctly.
I hope you understand and I sincerely apologize for any problems this may cause.
Sorry
Greetings from EA2AZ
Agustin

FLEXRADIO 5000
dipolo DX-B Alpha Delta o hy gain avq 14+expert
1k
jmmaot@eresmas.com

RIG  Yaesu 747GX, ANT Wire dipole.

ARRL-10

I have a mistake and send same number to a two different stations

I wish I could have done more, but had few time (a few hours each day) and inconvenient conditions
(QRM and ambient noise at QTH). I will try again next year for sure!

It was fun. Thank you everyone.

Worked very few Western EUs within the skip range as the backscatter was not strong during the
morning.
Only two italians logged and maybe 20 QSO between G/F/DL! Propagation was worse than during the CQWW
CW.
This time conditions favored N/S paths.

Kenwood TS-430S Dipole Windom 80 watt

Antennas:

Another year contesting on the 10M Arrl. This year conditions were not as good as in 2022, many
fading on the signals. Still fun to run the pileups! See you nex year! ED1K@EA1NK

Propagation was way worse than CQ WW CW 15 days ago (worked 94 DXCC vs 46 this weekend). 
Almost no openings to Asia, bad to Caribbean, and almost no Esp-E to EU. Worse even on sunday than
on saturday. Solar event?
Anyway, it was funny to have so much activity on 10m, thanks to all participants!
73, Mikel EA2CW

Average conditions, early band closures both days.
A polite Contest. Thank You All!

TNX & 73!

Power abt 200 wt. @ ant vertical delta loop

Hello! Please transfer my log number is 267gegom.arrl-10 to the CHECKLOG category. I couldn't do it.

Hi all ! Mean condition of propagation. Inverted L antenna 9m high and capacitive component 11 m
long horizontal, not very efficient but it was a pleasure to operate on Ten !

FTDX10 + vertical doublet

Easy does it

ftdx101 Ant steppir 3elts 10m up pwr 100w

Had fun to contact all US states in 2 days !

A bust for me. Never really felt the band was open for me to run. I would call stations who were
CQing, and they just kept CQing. the propopgation

Where the Mexicans were

SDR + AMP
Antennas:

Extremely hard work using a short (20m) endfed wire and 100w. Really need to get a small YAGI for
next time. Thank you too all stations who pulled me out of the ether and copied my poor station.

Busy family weekend but found some time to contest!

Nice to see the band open but could have been better. Elecraft K2, 5W, long wire

Much poorer conditions than CQ WW CW except to the USA.

Very disappointed by conditions

I would have had many more contacts but for that many USA stations were giving me letters instead of
a serial number.  My logging software did not accept letters.   Won�??t be bothering with this
contest again looking forward.

First time entry in many years, had issues with setup!
Used SD for first time in many years, had PC issues!
Just a few QSOs. Next December I'll be better prepared.

Part-time only. 73 Chris

Struggled  could hear plenty stations but my 100W not being heard

Very weird conditions, could'nt hear any western EU

My intention of a half serious attempt was scuppered when our 4 year old granddaughter announced she
wanted to come back with us for a sleepover on Friday night. She was returned to Chester on Saturday
afternoon so left me with Sunday in the shack. Other reports suggest I got lucky with the better
day.

Slow S&P with lots of Russians at the start just after 1000z with the flood gates opening for East
coast US at their sunrise, eventually spreading westwards. South America was sparse and
disappointing and I found precious little short skip. There were a couple other GWs on but I was
kept very busy in the late afternoon; DXlog tells me my best hour was 131 between 1600/1700z which
considering how I struggle copying calls in cluster pile-ups first time is good. Nice to be called
by VP8NO, I was unable to crack the US pile-up for ZD7BG. North America apparently comprised 82% of
my QSOs. My contest ended in a real cliff edge, going from running to no S&P responses in around
half and hour. Last contact was EI0W across the water for a final mult just before 1730z.

K3 + Gemini HF-1K and Hexbeam

CW Single Op High Power Unlimited
490 Qs - 98 mults - just over 192k points in just over 7.5 hours

73, Stew GW0ETF @GW4J

IC-746, 1 element wire dipole

Elecraft K3  100 Watts
Force 12 C-4s ( 2 elements on 14/21/28 MHz shortened Dipole on 7 MHz )

Limited Antennas Overlay: End-Fed Half-Wave antenna 10m above
ground.
experience :)

Excellent conditions I've been waiting for a long time. Good openings for Asia except JA and to US
East coast. Best contact - 9N7AA on the second day. Good operator and sometimes he was listening
little higher giving me a chance not to call for hours. Thank you for copying my QRP signals.

Dipole + 1kW. Only S/P.

Very difficult to copy number info, few operators are using letters to replace numbers and where I
can info abouth the value of the letters , ARRL don't have any info , you can find some mistakes
because I'm not aware of this situation . My 10 meters antenna is a 5/8 wave vertical abouth six
feet above ground, the amability of the contest people is going away, let me express my gratitude
for your efforts, 73s

Perhaps the adverse conditions that the band presented throughout the weekend discouraged many from
spending more time on the air. However, the contest was very fun and the experience left me with
many things learned, 1079 QSO's and 169 multipliers. I love contest and I love Liga Radio Bogota

visit my instagram and youtube page! @HK4XRAY

Second time for me, a little better but propagation didn't help

As I did on previous ARRL10M (2022), I spent most of the time of the contest on a study on
propagation, getting real time foF2 maps and using them in order to get a "next-hour" prediction of
path opening, based on the compare of latest maps. A contest is "laso" a great moment to do such
kind of study, in my opinion. At 19UTC on saturday foF2 had a large peak at 14MHz over central US,
with a >12MHz cloud all over the states: I bet all CA got NH and all FL got WA with great
satisfaction. To make PHONE, non computer-FT8, QSOs at 28.7 and up, it's GREAT. In a few words, I
love this contest!

ig9itoarrl10

73

TS940sat Ant: LogWire long 23m at 9.5m gnd

chek log

Propagation under expectations, with stong echoes and back scatter.
From my side it was impossible to hear and work normally easy stns
like Z3, GU, GJ, ZA.
Some LP openings to far east and nice LP signals from 3 KH6 stns
around 9am local time.
Second day prop was much better toward USA, worked serveal stns
from west coast.
Overall worked 100 DXCC and 63 S/P
Thanks everyone for the contacts, CU
73s Luca IK2PFL

Spare time.. always fun!

IK8LTB

Yaesu FT-897 90W EFHWA 73

Just few Qs in some free time.

CHECK LOG

IT9JKS

100w and balcony 5 meter stylus at 11th floor! :-)))

10 metri

grazie

Tnk for qso

rtx AMBER SDR QRP 2.5W

TX: uBitx and 50w 10m tube amp, RX SoftRock Ensemble II, Ant T2FD
(5-30Mhz)

I enjoyed contest. CNDX was not so good as CQ WW-CW.

Thanks for Cycle25 back. BUT No thanks bad lightning.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Thank you for many QSO.
See you next contest. 73!

very nice condition on this time.

10m was great condition!

Radio: YAESU FT-817ND
Antenna: 1/4 wave vertical

I enjoyed the contest.
2019-01-01

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
Bud condx was poor

I enjoyed the contest.

ICOM IC7300 100W
Inv VEE, Vertical

I enjoyed the contest.

ANT  14mH 4ELE
RIG  IC-750A    PWR < 5w

FTDX3000 + Amp
Dipole
Operator License: Extra

GOOD CONTEST ARIGATO
FTdx5000  5EL
FTdx5000  5EL

We enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Thank you nide CQ WW CW contest!

I enjoyed the contest.

RIG:IC-706 50W   ANT:Vertical

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
100Watts

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I operated in my car at seaseide open to the north. I used an ICOM IC-7300M(50W) into a 5/8
wavelength vertical dipole.
Thank you to the stations I worked with my peanut whistle and especially to the stations for trying
to pick me up again and again.

Next year, I'm gonna try and make it!

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Condx is improved. But less number of participants.

Nice to have the condx in ARRL10m contest again.
Expected better condx than last year but was not.
Started late in the morning at 0127 and QRTed at 0703z due to attending
a year-end party on the first day.
The last morning condx was better to NA.
No Caribbean,no zone14,but wkd V3 and EA8(long path)!
Hope to work W1,2,3 and further than zone15 from here maybe next year!
(the same word as last year :-)
A inv.v on the roof @12mtrs
73's Akira, JA8RWU
p.s.
Nice to enter a new overlay category "limited ant" !
Very good for a small station and hope to spread around other contests.

I enjoyed the contest.
See you nex year ! Yoshi

I enjoyed the contest with QRP

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I enjoyed the contest.

Thanks to very good condition,  I had very happy time in this contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

RIG: ICOM IC-7300 50W
ANT: Mobile Whip
Operator's License: Japanese 2nd class
Very fun contest. I want to spend much longer period next year.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
Thank you.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

The 10m band is exciting because the propagation changes every moment. I enjoyed VOTA hunting in
this contest.

Thank you all stations!

I enjoyed the contest.

FTDX5000(200W) & VD(10mh)
I enjoyed the contest.
I enjoyed the contest.

Out put 50W + single element wire loop only
Thank you for the contacts.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Hello everyone, this is JF9QYV. 
I participated in the ARRL 10m contest for the first time. There aren't many QSOs, but I'm glad I
was able to participate. I hope to be able to operate it from America someday.

TNX, 88.

I like CW. I do love QRP. https://kurobe3463.blogspot.com/

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Arigatoh!
Thanks!

I enjoyed the contest.

Thanks for joining contest
TX IC-7610 1000W
ANT:4ELE,

many thanks!

I enjoyed the contest.

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I enjoyed the contest.

Rig: TS-890S(50w Remodeling)
ANT: 19.8mH V-DP(CD-330V)
OATH: I swer PWR down QRP 5W.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
see you next year !!
TS-890S+21mh6eleYAGI etc

I participated in the contest for the first time.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed this contest using a wire delta loop with ATU.

FT-817ND DP Yagi

I enjoyed the contest.

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I enjoyed the contest.

I participated only 1st day but enjoyed the contenst. Thanks.

I enjoyed the Contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Using whip antenna

This year I made a lot more qsos than the last year and that was good!

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

TNX FB QSO !!

cu next test

RIG is TS-850S and ANT is DP
Power output is 50 watts or less

I enjoyed the contest.

I really enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed participating in the contest for the first time.

I enjoyed the contest.
PWR=50wattts
TWIN DELTA LOOP(7MHz)/4ele YAGI(21MHz/28MHz)

I enjoyed the contest more than last year.

100w & Long-Wire, 23mL, 10mH & 1.8MHz~50MHz ATU.
CONDX was not so nice on 10m, but enjoyed with FTDX101MP & Touch-Pad.

I enjoyed the contest.

79 years old

The 10m band was in good condition, so I had a lot of fun.

I enjoyed the contest.

I USED POWER LESS THAN 5W.

I enjoyed the contest.

PWR 5W QRP ANT 5el Ygai (^_^)
Many thanks to all who were patient with me pulling QRP calls.
Every QSO is appreciated.
Operating QRP & homebrew antenna was great fun,
but sometimes (often) frustrating...
Excellent CNDX.

I enjoyed the contest.

All Asian DX Contest

I enjoyed the contest.

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I enjoyed the contest.

I really enjoyed contest.

It was a lot of fun.
Not very good propagation.

I enjoyed this contest.tnx

I enjoyed the contest.

Many stations Thank you! from JN1IFX

RIG: YAESU FT-1000MP
ANT: KA1-DP
Operator's License: 1st.class

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

IC-7300M (50 Watts)
Loaded DP

Thank you for the enjoyable contest!

I enjoyed the contest.

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I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest. Thanks for the QSO. See you in the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest by QRP.

Thanks!

Put your comments here.
Use multiple lines if needed.

Thanks QSO.
IC-7600 KPA500

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest. IC-705[5W] with HM-HEX Beam ANT.
Sorry for the weak signal. Your RX performance helped me. Thank's

TNX to all who made the contest possible.

Many thanks for picking up my weak signal.
IC-705(10W)+shaped"L"vertical DP

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

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I enjoyed the contest.

IC-7300 1/2WL GP Antenna

I enjoyed the contest.

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I enjoyed the contest.

Rig: K4D + KPA1500
Antennas:
OptiBeam OB5-9 at 50'
144' doublet with ladder line.

Ran FT-818 through 40-10 EFHW in half square configuration - got good results

Very limited BIC time this year due to multiple family
commitments.  100% S&P mainly to give out some points late in the
contest and perhaps get a few DXCC band fills.  There were plenty
of loud stations but the rare DX stations, and the inevitable
pileups, were quite difficult to break with "100w and a wire".

This file generated by home brew
logging program written by K1PDY

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It was a great choice for my first time on the air in a few
years, conditions were spectacular.

Lots of fun

Great band conditions this year.

very exciting to hear 10m so alive

Used an indoor fan dipole and 80 Watts.

K3AJ operated from the shack. WT3K, ND3D, K3WA operated remotely.

K3CCR is the club station at the Collington continuing-care
retirement community at FM 18OW in MD, just east of DC. N3UM and
W5MPB did Multi-Op HP in the 2023 ARRL 10 M test. N3UM got all
our CW Qs. W5MPB got all our SSB Qs. We hoped to beat our best-
ever result; 772 Qs and a 641.5 K score claim, in 2022. We did
that; 1.18 X the Q pts and 1.03 X the total mults, for 1.2 X the
score. SFI was ~the same. At 00Z start, it was like a VHF test
with no E skip. In 1.5 hrs N3UM got 59 CW Qs in DC & 7 states,
all LOS. W5MPB had to come late, & got just 2 SSB Qs, MD & VA.
At 0201Z QRT, 61 Qs & 10 mults, vs 135 Qs & 42 mults at 0315 QRT
in 2022. Daytime much better. N3UM 1240-1410Z ran for 87 of 96
CW Qs and 28 Ctys in 90 min, near all EUs. W5MPB 1413-1522Z got
51 EU Qs & 29 Ctys in 69 min. N3UM 1530-1618Z got 44 NA Qs and
13 St/Pv out to CA. W5MPB 1651-1753Z got 55 NA Qs & 17 St/Pv out
to WA. At 1753Z we had 307 Qs, 46 St/Pv, and 85 of our final 119
Ctys. N3UM 1814-2021Z got 72 CW Qs & 21 St/Pv, DE to WY & HI.
From 2031-2230Z W5MPB got 70 Qs + AK HI RI & 3 more. N3UM 2246-
2318Z got 16 NA & SA Qs + ID, then rate died. Back on 1251-1435Z
N3UM ran for 134 Qs at 77/hr, 95% EU. W5MPB 1443-1757Z ran for
32 of 103 Qs; many EU till ~1615Z, then NA & SA. N3UM ran for 79
NA Qs 1824-1922Z. In our last 3.6 hrs 1924-2301Z we swapped
modes after 4 to 24 Qs as band maps cleared, for 52 CW and 47
SSB Qs, + 7 more Ctys incl. JA & VK, and 10 St/PVs incl. 5 XEs.

Had lots of fun on this one, even though running 100W to a 40m
EFHW up 12 feet. Had an issue with an N1MM setting that kept me
from doing much on SSB, but CW was more productive anyway. Total
of ~8 hrs between the two days.

"Welcome back 10 meters!"

Great contest, many very bad quality signals

Enjoyed the contest. Not only did I do Unassisted QRP, I did it Portable....there is a world of
difference between a portable op such as myself running 5 watts to a 102" whip on a piece of screen
wire from Lowe's as a counterpoise on beach of a lake, vs a at home station with a large antenna
array. I guess I'm suggesting there should be a Portable category, just as in the upcoming North
Carolina QSO Party in Feb 2024. Anyway, it was hard work but fun...just a radio, key, clipboard and
a CupaJoe.
-Please consider adding a Portable category to level the playing field.

10M is best meters!

This was a fun contest.  First time for me.  Did all S&P and all
CW.  Hope next year to participate a little more, as I did this
between family obligations.  So only worked for a total of 4 hrs
31 mins.

Station K5TR:
http://www.k5tr.net/
Elecraft K3 + Elecraft P3
Alpha 87A
Antennas:
- 7 element yagi 48 ft boom at 60'
- 6 element yagi 24 ft boom at 145'
- 6 element yagi 24 ft boom at 45' fixed SE
- 6 element yagi 24 ft boom at 30' fixed NE
trlinux 0.58 on a Mac Mini
- http://kkn.net/trlinux

It is hard to imagine it, but I have now operated this contest 21 times from the K5TR hilltop
station in Blanco County.
I am grateful that George continues to let me guest operate in this contest, even though I have
basically stopped operating
in any other contests.  My weekends are mostly taken up nowadays with Boy Scout campouts,
orienteering meets, school
activities, and the occasional road running race.  I show up at the radio station feeling like I
might have forgotten
everything and there will be some embarassing failure on my part, but somehow it all works out.

Friday night started out with an acceptable first hour, but we never developed any Eskip here in
central Texas, so the
remainder of the evening was quite slow.  At one point, I heard some South Americans on backscatter
when I was on an
antenna pointed more or less due west, but I couldn't get their attention.  Looking at my rate sheet
from last year
was a little discouraging, as I ended up almost 300 QSOs behind my Friday night totals from last
year.

Saturday morning was quite good, though, with a very solid opening to Europe.  A nice surprise was
working VR2 on the
long path (I would hear him again on the same path on Sunday morning) just before the first
Europeans made it into my log.
My rate peaked just over 200 QSOs per hour, which is always fun.  My hour totals stayed over 100
QSOs for nine hours in
a row.  The skip felt really long the whole weekend, though.  Many, many more New Englanders made it
into my long than
Midwesterners.  Usually, states like Ohio and Michigan are responsible for more contacts, but this
year they were outpaced
dramatically by New York, New Jersey, and the New England states.  In the other direction, I worked
proportionally far
more stations in British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon than the states closer to me.  In fact, by
the end of the
contest, I had worked almost four times as many stations in Idaho as I did in Colorado!  The really
amazing part of the
propagation, though, was that I had well over 1,000 contacts in the log before I worked my first
station in Illinois!
I picked up my last three states (Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah) in the final hour the band was
really open.  Like Friday
night, there was no widespread Eskip again, but I did manage to work my first XE station in the 0200
hour.  By the end of
the day, I was very close to my Saturday evening QSOs total from last year, and that made me feel a
little better.

I am training for my seventh marathon in early March, so I woke up really early to get out for a
long run before the
band opened on Sunday morning.  I ran up and down the country lanes around the K5TR station with a
headlamp in the dark
for 135 minutes and never saw another person or moving vehicle.  There was no moon out, so it was
really dark and still
and cold (5C cooling down to 2C by daybreak).  I finished before sunrise and got a nice view of the
crescent moon just
coming up over the horizon in that early pre-dawn glow.

Sunday was great to Europe again, and I managed to pick up most of the obvious multipliers that
failed to make it into
the log on Saturday.  I worked a few more African multipliers, which was great, and a station in
Quebec playfully gave
me a "five ten" signal report, which perked me up a bit.  I only had five hours over 100 QSOs on
Sunday.  I think the band
may have closed a little bit earlier, plus there is always the effect of running out of stations you
haven't already
worked before.  Although I did work some more Japanese and Southeast Asian stations in the final
hours, I didn't pick up
any new multipliers in that direction.  I keep thinking that someday we will surely have thousands
of Chinese stations
on the air, but it never happens. Disappointingly, I never heard a Korean station on the air this
year.  This is
the second year in a row when there was propagation to that part of the world that Korea has not
made it into my log.
The only Canadian multipliers I missed this year were Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories,
Nunavut, and Labrador,
which are all understandable, I think.  The only other missing multiplier that stands out to me is
Venezuela, and it
is the second year in a row without a station from Venezuela in the log.

I really appreciate George putting up with me operating again, despite my lack of regular operating
to keep me sharp.
It is a fantastic station, and clearly responsible for most of the result.

HR   HR TOT CUM TOTAL  SCORE
--   ------ ---------  -----
0    69/19    69/19   0.00M
1     5/1     74/20   0.00M
2     3/0     77/20   0.00M
3     1/0     78/20   0.00M
4     1/0     79/20   0.00M
5     ---     79/20   0.00M
6     ---     79/20   0.00M
7     ---     79/20   0.00M
8     ---     79/20   0.00M
9     ---     79/20   0.00M
10     ---     79/20   0.00M
11     ---     79/20   0.00M
12     6/6     85/26   0.00M
13    28/15   113/41   0.01M
14   153/34   266/75   0.04M
15   192/9    458/84   0.08M
16   183/15   641/99   0.13M
17   170/5    811/104  0.17M
18   154/2    965/106  0.20M
19   108/1   1073/107  0.23M
20   109/2   1182/109  0.26M
21   130/2   1312/111  0.29M
22   122/3   1434/114  0.33M
23    75/3   1509/117  0.35M
0    28/3   1537/120  0.37M
1     3/0   1540/120  0.37M
2     1/1   1541/121  0.37M
3     1/0   1542/121  0.37M
4     ---   1542/121  0.37M
5     ---   1542/121  0.37M
6     ---   1542/121  0.37M
7     ---   1542/121  0.37M
8     ---   1542/121  0.37M
9     ---   1542/121  0.37M
10     ---   1542/121  0.37M
11     ---   1542/121  0.37M
12     1/0   1543/121  0.37M
13    58/3   1601/124  0.40M
14   150/3   1751/127  0.44M
15   177/4   1928/131  0.51M
16   176/3   2104/134  0.56M
17   153/0   2257/134  0.60M
18    96/0   2353/134  0.63M
19   115/0   2468/134  0.66M
20    97/0   2565/134  0.69M
21    84/1   2649/135  0.72M
22    39/0   2688/135  0.73M
23    27/0   2715/135  0.73M
----------------------------
Day 1        1509/117
Day 2        1206/18

Gross QSOs=2834        Dupes=119        Net QSOs=2715

Unique callsigns worked = 2715

The best 60 minute rate was 201/hour from 1450 to 1549
The best 30 minute rate was 206/hour from 1446 to 1515
The best 10 minute rate was 246/hour from 1652 to 1701

The best 1 minute rates were:
7 QSOs/minute    1 times.
6 QSOs/minute   12 times.
5 QSOs/minute   44 times.
4 QSOs/minute  149 times.
3 QSOs/minute  267 times.
2 QSOs/minute  322 times.
1 QSOs/minute  375 times.

Number of letters in callsigns
Letters  # worked
-----------------
3         8
4       591
5      1103
6      1000
7         5
8         5
9         3

===================
Continental Summary
===================

Total    Pct
----------------------------
North America    1990   73.3
South America     112    4.1
Europe            448   16.5
Asia              105    3.9
Africa             13    0.5
Oceania            47    1.7
----------------------------
Total            2715   2715

===============
Country Summary
===============

----------------------
Country   Total    Pct
----------------------
5B            1    0.0
7Q            1    0.0
9A           10    0.4
9M6           2    0.1
BY            1    0.0
CE           17    0.6
CM            5    0.2
CN            1    0.0
CT           11    0.4
CX            5    0.2
D4            1    0.0
DL           57    2.1
DU            5    0.2
E7            1    0.0
EA           41    1.5
EA6           1    0.0
EA8           7    0.3
EI            9    0.3
F            55    2.0
FK            1    0.0
FY            1    0.0
G            59    2.2
GI            3    0.1
GM           11    0.4
GU            1    0.0
GW            7    0.3
HA            3    0.1
HB            8    0.3
HI            2    0.1
HK            3    0.1
HR            1    0.0
I            55    2.0
JA           99    3.6
K          1740   64.1
KH2           1    0.0
KH6          10    0.4
KL           20    0.7
KP2           1    0.0
KP4           5    0.2
LA            2    0.1
LU           22    0.8
LZ            6    0.2
OA            1    0.0
OE            2    0.1
OK            7    0.3
OM            5    0.2
ON           12    0.4
OZ            7    0.3
PA           39    1.4
PJ4           1    0.0
PJ7           1    0.0
PY           61    2.2
S5            7    0.3
SM            4    0.1
SP           10    0.4
SV            3    0.1
T7            1    0.0
TA            2    0.1
TF            1    0.0
TI            8    0.3
UA9           1    0.0
UR            2    0.1
V5            1    0.0
V7            1    0.0
VE          204    7.5
VK           18    0.7
VP2V          1    0.0
VR            1    0.0
XE            2    0.1
YB            6    0.2
YO            3    0.1
YU            4    0.1
ZB            1    0.0
ZD7           1    0.0
ZL            3    0.1
ZP            1    0.0
ZS            1    0.0
----------------------
Total      2715

==========================
W/VE/XE Multiplier Summary
==========================

1.           Ca  245
2.           Ny  173
3.           Wa  130
4.           Pa  130
5.           Ma   95
6.           Or   94
7.           On   81
8.           Nj   79
9.           Md   65
10.           Va   65
11.           Oh   59
12.           Mi   54
13.           Ct   53
14.           Bc   49
15.           Nh   47
16.           Nc   42
17.           Id   42
18.           Tx   37
19.           Me   37
20.           Fl   30
21.           Qc   28
22.           Mn   27
23.           Nv   22
24.           Ab   21
25.           Wi   20
26.           Vt   20
27.           Mt   20
28.           Ak   16
29.           De   15
30.           Ri   15
31.           Wv   14
32.           Sc   13
33.           Hi   11
34.           Co   11
35.           Ks   10
36.           Ga    9
37.           Il    8
38.           Nd    7
39.           Sk    7
40.           In    6
41.           Mb    6
42.           Az    6
43.           Tn    5
44.           Ar    5
45.           Ia    5
46.           Al    4
47.           Ms    4
48.           Nb    4
49.           Ky    3
50.           Nf    3
51.           Mo    3
52.           Ns    3
53.           Ne    2
54.           La    2
55.           Dc    2
56.           Sd    2
57.           Pe    2
58.           Nm    2
59.           Ut    2
60.           Wy    1
61.          Chh    1
62.          Gto    1

======================
U.S. Call Areas Worked
======================

Area    QSOs     Pct
--------------------
0      75     2.8
1     272    10.0
2     285    10.5
3     212     7.8
4     130     4.8
5      70     2.6
6     235     8.7
7     274    10.1
8     135     5.0
9      45     1.7
--------------------
Total   1733    63.8

Bands were mostly great, but the long path was a little weird sometimes.   Great fun.

Great to hear 10 meters so busy!  Lots of fun.

No after dark E skip this year. First time that has happened in a long time.

Lots of fun.  Thanks for the contacts.

10W with a portable antenna on my deck

Conditions were generally good, although the openings to Europe were
not as strong and broad as they have been on occasion. I had several
family things going on during the weekend but managed 7 hours of
operating, mostly CQing. Friday evening after the band started to go
I was only able to hear/work folks, including thise to the east
with my antenna pointed southwest.

Thanks to all for the QSOs.  73,  Dana

Rig: Elecraft K4/KPA1500 to 5 element yagi at 48 ft.

Thanks to this solar cycle I finally got to work many Europeans from California during this 10m
contest, as well as more in Asia than usual.  Nice to see the many South American, Caribbean and
Canadian stations.  And a big thanks to the usual few from Africa and the South Pacific.  Stateside
needs a better showing from CO, DE, MT, NM, UT, WY, WV!  Surprisingly with 1.5kW into a single
omni-directional 5/8-wave vertical I consistently busted through pileups.

This contest afforded me to make some very nice dx contacts.  Even the small number of contacts did
not mean less fun...this was a fun and happy contest.  Thanks to the organizers.  Michael, K6WK.

Cycle 25 10 meter contest, what could be better?!!

FT-891 49:1 @ 130' Wire @ 80W

Condx were pretty good here in the PNW. Thanks K7SS for the coaching! first time in the 10m contest
in 46 yrs QRV, was a blast.  Saw that single element overlay and had to make an effort (since that's
all I have :) ).  Thanks to everyone for all of the Q's!  Merry Christmas to all!!

I was hoping for a really good 10M contest this year but
conditions were not great.  Saturday okay but not great.  The
band always closed too early and Europe never stayed open long
enough.  One thing weird was the directions of signals was off.
Often I found pointing the beam at a station actually lowered the
signal.  I made great use of the StepIR 180 degree button.

CHECK LOG

Society of Midwest Contesters

One of my favorite CW contests, but this year I was feeling ill.  So I
truly felt badly for not being in this year's contest.  Hopefully next
year I will feel better and band conditions will be even better as
well !!  73, Vic  K9UIY

fun contest

First contest in over 17 years. Happy to be back at this.

Operated remote via local club station W2OW

This was my first 10 meter ARRL contest. Although I was not operating
more than an hour at a time, it was fun.

Only was able to work a short time but had great FUN!

I attempted to upload my log right after the contest, but the upload page wouldn't accept my
information so I gave up.  Now I get an email telling me that I submitted it after the deadline.  I
only wanted to submit it so the stations I worked would get credit.  I don't ever have trouble like
that with CQ contest submissions.  Bernie  KB�?L

Not the best of conditions, but lots of participation was good.

Band conditions were better on Saturday, and Sunday was a bit disappointing.  But, the contest was
fun anyway.  It's good to see 10 meters active again.

I really enjoy participating in this contest. It was a fun band with all of the activity. 

It was fun to use my new antenna (Cushcraft D3). It worked great given the compromised space.

1st Murphy visit; amp tops out at 400w on 10m.  Decided to go low power this year.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!!

She's got a good lean to her!

iCom 7300; 100 watts; 10-80 end fed antenna 20 feet above ground.

Had a great time. First time for 10 Meter contest!

Had fun with what little time I had in the chair. Saturday wasn't
as good as Sunday. Heard D4C but they had such a pileup, just
couldn't bust through that wall.Did get a couple VK's. Fun just
the same. Off to the next one!

After reviewing the competition rules, I decided to try to qualify for the Limited Antenna overlay
with a new array assembled specifically for this Contest.  Built a 10M version of the Hentenna Loop
mainly out of parts on-hand in my junkbox and aluminum tubing salvaged from a couple of scrapped
triband beams.  Supported on a 37 ft push-up fiberglass mast, the antenna seemed to perform as least
as well as a rotatable dipole at similar height.  Always fun to start contest preparations in your
workshop cutting and measuring aluminum and wire!

I had considered untangling the wires I have thrown up in the trees to see if I could lower to below
50ft to qualify for the limited antennas overlay.  The amplifier appears to favor the current random
weaving of wires so I left it alone.
Goal was to make a 1000Qs and/or break 500K. That should be beatable next year but now I'm thinking
this might be a good one to operate from PJ7EE, especially since it appears there was no CW activity
from there.
I still find the online score board a great incentive.  I'm sure KQ4R and AA5JF had no idea I was
chasing them for most of the weekend.  One nuance about the scoreboard I wish could be remedy is the
ability to monitor if not posting to the score board.
I consider this very poor sportsmanship. 

Best 73 all,

Gary KC9EE

I mistakenly identified as KC9WIB ( no /KH6) a few times as the start

First participation in an ARRL contest all on my own. Had a blast and used this opportunity to learn
a lot about my setup. I'm intrigued by my antenna setup's ability to make 10-meter contacts via FT8
all over the country, but for SSB I could only hear the coasts calling. Might have to look at adding
some antennas for a better score next year!

100W FTDX101MP Windom at 22ft.
Limited time at 6.5 hours.   I need a better antenna!  Very odd coverage with this antenna.  I could
work SA easily but not CA.  Had fun and continue to learn things about contesting.

90W - 73

100 watts to wire antennas. Good condx, had a good time.  73, Dan  ke0tt

I only got on for about 15 minutes due to other things going on.

I had some aluminum tubing available so built a lightweight 2 element yagi and put it up on a 30ft
telescoping mast with a TV rotator. It was fun to have a gain antenna to play with. Made several
contacts with close in stations using back scatter propagation.

test log 1

Conditions certainly change. For me, this year's ARRL 10 Meter contest was nowhere near as pleasant
as 2022. I've been way too busy between work and home life, so not as much motivation to spend the
entire weekend sitting in the chair. I didn't get started until Saturday afternoon. Put a few hours
in and then tried to make an effort Sunday. Still, spent most of the time S&P. Couldn't get any
traction for runs. From my locale in Southwestern Michigan, I had a pipeline to CA/WA/OR and western
VE territories. I struggled to work the southeast and the rest of the Midwest. Hopefully better
conditions, less stress, and more motivation as the contest season continues. Thank you everyone for
the Qs.

Season's greetings and '73 to all,
Bob, KE3K

(33 phone * 2) * 18 multipliers = 1188 total points

Operated from FM29jw
50W, indoor 10m Dipole

Total Contacts: 83
Unique Multipliers: 42
(83 Contacts x 4 Points/Contact) x 42 = 13944 Total Points

Thank you for the 2023 ARRL 10m Contest.

Mic Heil PR781
Key Straight KEY Vibroplex
Rig Yaesu FTDX1200
Power 100 Watts
Antenna Cushcraft R7 & Hexbeam
Heard several stations just couldn't make QSO ie LA, KS, SD. Part of
the fun, keep trying.

Just a fun time - THANKS!

Part Time effort on Sunday only due to SM & Division Director
Appearances at Clubs

COULD NOT JOIN THIS YEAR. CAUGHT A FEW QSO WHILE TESTING NEW QRP RADIO.

Eric had covid and still did well!

Impressed with the results from just using a 6 meter 1/4 wave ground
plane vertical for this 10 meter contest. The antenna tuner and I even
managed to get some QSOs with Argentina and one from Costa Rica. Maybe
next Summer a 10 meter GP will sprout up on my rooftop antenna farm
here in Seattle, WA. Until then, I'll be very happy with this year's
results and my first score to break out of the triple digits. 73 to
all. I've had a terrific 1st year.

Checklog only
Logging program had "not used" checked for sequence
numbers, so DX numbers not logged.  Very sad about that.

First, a heartfelt thanks to everyone that worked me this weeknd.  I used my QRP radio x6100 this
weeknd along with two antennas, a JPC-7 verticle, and a homemade Moxon antenna that I built the past
two months.  The Moxon did better than I thought but occasionally got caught in my lines hosting it
up in the trees. Begin able to rotate it towards prospective stations was huge and had the desired
result. I had a great time this weekend and I will likely do this again next December.73!

First Contest & Log Submission!

Had a storm go through Sunday.

STATIONS SHOULD LEARN TO USE XIT. TOO MANY TIMES THERE WERE 3 CALLING ON EXACTLY
THE SAME FREQUENCY. THE ONE SLIGHTLY OFF FREQUENCY GOT RIGHT THROUGH, EVEN IF WEAKER.

Lots of fun as always.  Hopefully cndx will be better
next year.  73  Bob, KQ2M

Has the US 2nd call area been assigned to Florida?  I miss the call areas staying within their
original geographical locations.

I apologize for the numerous attempts to submit my log.  Failure of one computer and use of a second
and trying to combine results using an adif file caused major problems.  My sincere thanks to Paul
N1SFE for his help in trying to extract me from my own errors.

  My score may not effect any great changes in the overall score, but it is good to have competed at
least!  I enjoyed the time spent in operating in this contest and will look forward to trying again
soon.
Rod MacLean

Conditions were good, but not great. Still, this is always a fun
contest, with plenty of DX. Go FRC!

I entered as unlimited but I only used RBN to find fellow CWOps and FOC members.
So in total, about 20 Qs used assistance out of over 1250; and only 1 was a mult.
I was not going for score.  I was going for max FUN. And I had a lot fun!
There is a lot to said for less-than-serious contesting.

While running one USA stn after another on cw, out of nowhere
comes V51YJ calling me. That's what I love about contests you
just never know where ur sig will reach next and running 100w.
it was especially satisfying. I get a kick out of surprising
people with a MT mult. too still after 52 yrs. in the state!

Excellent conditions!

Casual operating just for fun.

Contest got off to a weird start when I discovered, about a half hour in, that due to a power outage
and a dead CMOS battery in my PC, my clock was about 30 hours off.  Plus behaving weirdly.  So I had
to make some educated guesses about the QSO times for my first 15 or so QSO's. Still loads of fun,
great having all that propagation.  Thanks for the Q's!

Limited Antennas. Rookie (licensed April 2021). YL.

Thanks for working me in the COntest! And thanks to LN8W (LB1GB, Bjørn) for the contest within the
contest. High: KH6 Longpath Low: No California

Station: 5 El StatusQuad (check it out!), Flex 6400/PGXL and a terrible wooden chair that finaly got
my back ;-)

Very casual operation, only a few qsos. Nice to hear 10m waking to life again.

LT3E is a Special Contest Call for LU8DPM.

It's always good to be on a new edition of the contest, vy fun. Gud condx on saturday, less gud on
sunday, I experienced a condx hole where a run with USA should be (some solar events I think). Gud
openings with JA and EU, run as always with USA specially on saturday. Vy strange propagation condx
thru the long path with the West (Pacific locations) on sunday morning while pointing towards EU
(N-East for me).

Another ARRL contest!, I had envisioned surpassing last year's score, as in every contest, which
amounted to 1645 QSOs and 92 multipliers, placing me second internationally in my category, just
behind KP2M with 2006 contacts and 127 multipliers. To achieve this, meticulous study of propagation
hours for the 10-meter band in each global zone with a significant number of stations (USA, EUROPE,
and JAPAN) was imperative.

An enhancement I had to implement was the ongoing use of a second keyboard for SO2V
operation�??constantly calling on one frequency and searching for multipliers and stations with the
second keyboard. This strategy yielded an additional 238 contacts, representing an increase of over
15%.

Propagation conditions were not as stable as in previous years. Europe opened late with weak signals
and minimal participation, especially from Germany�??one of the powerhouses in CW globally. On
Saturday, the United States, starting at noon, provided a few minutes of a running opportunity, and
from 21 UTC onwards, the maximum rate reached 140 contacts per hour.

Sunday witnessed significantly fewer contacts, almost half of the previous day, with occasional
propagation glimmers but never matching the excellent conditions experienced in previous instances.
To conclude the narrative, according to Contest Online, we finished third overall, trailing behind
AA3B and N9NC, with whom we fiercely contested the top spots on Saturday. Unfortunately, on Sunday,
due to unfavorable conditions with Europe, catching up became an insurmountable challenge.

Nevertheless, in the SOH(A) CW DX category, we secured the first position�??unless an unexpected
entry emerges�??inspiring us to continue enhancing our station and operational capabilities!

I extend my gratitude to all operators who participated in this edition of ARRL 10M, and I encourage
you to continue engaging in these captivating events that bring us together around our radios to
celebrate this beautiful hobby of Ham Radio.

73 from Seba LU3MG.

E-MAIL: nico.gimenez1@gmail.com

On 10/12/2023 after 14:23 UTC the frequency indicated in my log is not correct. It's blocking my
computer.

End-Fed antenna 6 meters above the ground. 90w

CATEGORY        SOU  MIXED HP

Flex6600, PGXL
Antennas:

Good to have a larely free weekend to participate.  Largely an S&P
entry using a Cushcraft R6000 vertical in the 'Limited Antennas'
category.

As usual an enjoyable contest using my 100W and a 66ft long End-Fed
wire @ 16ft agl.

Had intended to try for a serious effort this year, but family commitments and a stuck rotator
intervened. Such as shame as 10M condx were really good.

KX3 with wire on balcony, Win-Test

I was testing new Win11 PC with external USB-C monitor, SDR software
fed with I/Q output from KX3 through UMC-202 sound card, and all
USB-serial cables.
It works well at the end of the day.

Thanks everyone for picking up my weak signals.

73 Kazu
M0CFW, JK3GAD

Great contest, some interesting openings from IO92

Another excellent event though conditions didn't seem to be as good as I'd hoped.

I was fighting a streaming cold throughout, which didn't help (HI). I also live next door to a four
storey block with all their electronics, so apologies to anyone I lost in the noise.

Here's to the DX event in February and, of course, to this one again next year.

Conditions down to Europe -- only GW4J and EA1X worked fixed mobile. Noted W1, W2, W3, W4, VE1, VY2,
W6 and western W7 booming in very loud. Like Sweepstakes. High activity. Difficult to hear the DX
through the strong stateside stations. Worked Stan, K5GO at ZF9CW at 1701z. Best DX 6Y6N and ZS6WN
at 1822z. QRV from home, CW with Radio Shack CB whip on Weber BBQ Grill. Worked KL7SB in Alaska at
2242z. Some VE7s and northwest W7 including K7RAT. Then magic. I copied JH7XGN calling CQ. Thought
no way. But came back and worked at 2306z followed by JJ�?USR at 2310z. Then one of the best Qs in
the contest -- RT�?F -- at 2315z.

I operated portable from Sandy Creek Covered Bridge State Historical Site, MO. All contacts were by
search & pounce.  The radio is an Icom IC-705.  The antenna is a full size diamond shaped loop
resonant at 15.75 MHz.  The feed-point was 2 feet above the ground, and a top height of 32 feet. 
The antenna tuner is the LDG RT-100. The conditions on Saturday were pretty good.  Propagation was
primarily the western USA.

Running 20w and a wire

Sent for others proof of QSO.

17TH ARRL 10M CONTEST

Great Propagation NJ to Chile and Argentina

Used my Buddipole. Had no luck getting anyone in CA and very rough getting 7s or stations on the
west coast.  Operating with my KX-3 in QRP and with little noise, and couldn't be happier with the
results.  Thank you to those who were patient.

BAND CONDITIONS WERE NOT GREAT

Due to technical and family issues, I was unable to make a greater effort.

First contest log submitted under my own call sign.

Casually operated this contest, three hours Saturday and also three Sunday. Saturday conditions not
as good, plenty of west coast states. Highlight Saturday was working KH7M in Hawaii. Sunday
Europeans were strong. Called it quits at 1651 Sunday, as major storm moved in with heavy rain and
wind.

12/20

TS-890S + Buddipole@19'

2023 10 Meter Contest

I was quadruple booked this weekend so I missed many possible
operating hours.  We of course had Radio Club on Friday night, so
I got a late start.  On Saturday, I was intermittently involved
from 6 am to 6 pm in an EmComm Direct Messaging Group Exercise (
https://groups.io/g/EDM-Target-Stations ).  On Sunday, I was
responsible for running sound for both services at church which
takes 5+ hours.  Then, of course was the contest.  I started out
on CW then switched to phone for a while.  After I ran through
the easy stations, I found that my puny signal could not get
through the big pileups, or even small ones for that matter.  So,
I switched back to CW where it was easier to make contacts.  I
went back and forth a few times to give the brain necessary
breaks, but I ended up with primarily CW contacts.  All my
contacts were S&P.  When I first got on after Radio Club on
Friday night there was this huge signal on the Flex Waterfall.
Turns out it was Ken K4XL so it was fun to work him as my first
contact.  I did not see or hear any of the other members that
were logged in on the PVRC Central VA Team.  I have seen that
several others in our group were in the contest, but they must
not have changed their profile since our Teams name changed away
from Yard Hogs. Anyway, the contest was a lot of fun as usual.

Used my "water cooled" antenna (rain gutter) for the entire contest!

I apologize if I am late - had computer problem

A little puzzling - I was intending to enter mixed mode, but discovered my voice wouldn't permit it,
after 5 QSOs.  Those QSOs are in my log, but I didn't know if I should cull them out, penalizing the
other ops, so I left them in.  Please advise.

ONLY A COUPLE SPORADIC HOURS OF OPERATION BUT BAND WAS HOPPIN'!!!

Great to hear all the activity on 10.
IC-7300, 100 watts, 44 foot doublet up 20 feet.
Thanks to all.

FTdx10 / dipole or 5BTV

Just got on throughout the weekend for fun, only S&P and QRP.

I didn't know what to expect with a 20 watt rig and a 10m dipole in my
attic.  All the Minnesota stations were doing the heavy lifting.  In
the last hour of the contest the propagation gave me a JA and VK
contact.  I'll be back next year.

Friday evening and Saturday on Flint Peak with a 4 el wire yagi.
Later in the afternoon I put up a half-square.
Sunday was from Coldwater Canyon Park above Studio City with just the           half-square.

Had fun working the contest in the limited time I had (3 hours).  Highlight was ZS6WN answering my
CQ!

On Sunday, I worked a second operation from China Camp State Park (POTA K-1138)
with the mobile station in my Jeep. A cliff overlooking salt water to the north
and east provided great propagation to the US and Canada, but a hill to my south
and west didn't allow much trans-Pacific contact; I didn't even get Hawaii.

QRP, ONE HALF WATT to a 20-Foot end-fed Wire,
thrown into a tree out my window. I was in and out
of the shack, and missed some of the best times.
10 meters HAD exhibited better conditions recently!
Still, contest action was good during daylight, with
some good DX keeping things exciting for QRP.
Tnx ALL for your patience with my milliwatting,
& the QSOs. Go Arizona Outlaws! -73- John N6HI

First CW only contest!  First time all QRP!

599 prefix and 229 suffix QSB was frustrating
N6PE

Just a part time effort, mixed mode, for the first time.  Solar Flux
around 128 was actually a bit lower than it was last year.  Only a few
weak Europeans made it into the log but I slept through the opening on
Saturday.

2023 general log

IC-7300,Heil ProMicro Headset, and a single ZS6BKW flattop antenna up
50 feet, running N-S, at 6,053 feet elevation from Cheyenne, WY.
Friday was a bust, as the band died at sundown. Had some great runs.
N3FJP (Scott's) HamDash app was FUN to use, and kept me motivated to
stay in the chair! Great to work several members of my Grand Mesa Club.
Another contest from my "100 Watts and a Wire" Apt. QTH station is in
the books.73, DE November Seven Many Zebras Walking.

My best ARRL 10m result ever. Strong condx on 10m during the weekend. Lots of TEP too. Was able to
work stations from AK to Chile and Washington State to Poland. But, did anyone else experience a
total signal blackout on stations in the 3rd and 4th US call areas? Heard no stations along the
Eastern Seaboard below NJ or NY or even OH and IN. My location: Atlantic coast of South FL. Station:
KX3/PX3 running 5w to an EFHW set as an Inverted Vee with its center up about30 feet and ends raised
about 10 feet each.

Jim - N7RCS

operating QRP

Outside commitments limited my participation to on;y 3 hours. Thank you for the contacts. Happy
holidays and hope to be back next year.

73,

Steve N7VS

K4D, KPA1500, KT36xa at 20 m AGL, N1MM Logger+
SSB splatter was plentiful

Compromised 80m EFHW quick gunned up in a tree, inverted L
config.  Casual operation.  First time turning in a score for
this contest I think

CERTIFICATE:YES

Band conditions were el stinko, at least while I was on.

first contest in 7 years

First time for CQP, great turnout and bands were open for a real
fun time working your state. Thanks!

Fiddled around with this one, as I had other activities during the weekend. Domestic conditions were
much improved Sunday. My big 10M array: Moxon, armstrong-rotated, at 15' height.Two 'gripes' about
operations:  1) stations mixing numbers and cut mumbers in the exchange and 2) stations calling 'CQ
test' and ending with 'test' (e.g., test N9NE N9NE test). I've already started calling them at the
end of their callsign.  73 Todd, WI

I was able to patch together 9 hours of operating time here and there.
Holiday prep time trumps contesting time! Had fun chasing mults when I
was in the chair. Nice EU opening Sunday morning, as well as Ja's in the
evening. Even had some back scatter prop up north into 8 and 9 land.
Interesting band conditions made from an M5-class solar flare. Fun times
on 10m with all the sunspots high solar flux and crazy flares and storms
on the sun, slamming all kinds of "stuff" at our magnetosphere! Gotta
love it!! 73 Gene, N9TF
Rig K3S 100 watts to 6BTV ground mounted.

I've loved this contest since before there was a QRP category!

Good conditions with later QSB bu lots of fun!

Operated Saturday and Sunday, with a late start. I really like
this contest- since I'm a daylight guy. I had some good runs and
that's what is fun! My head got swollen when many stations
complimented me on my big signal and nice sounding transmit
audio. 10M often has interesting propagation and this contest
didn't disapoint, including working ND long path Sunday@1500. No,
I didn't try SO2R with one radio on CW and the other on SSB. Did
you I did work lot's of friends.

Unsure about the QSO number given by PY3A, signal faded right after contact and couldn't recontact
him (my ADHD strikes again...)
28586 PH 2023-12-10 2030 NI6P          59  CA     PY3PA         59  291

Worked Friday and Saturday from my home station on the California coast.
Great openings across the Pacific, but with a mountain to my north and
east, and a high noise level in our town, I didn't make many US contacts.

Attended the rally times for NCCC, 2 evenings (dead)
and 2 Noontimes (wide open). Planned to work a dozen
but got 20.  Even got the mic working :)
NN7SS(K6UFO)
3 el yagi at 72 ft
Flex 6600 and Elecraft KPA1500

20 over line noise the whole contest toward east coast and Europe.

Blind ham running 100W from a Kenwood TS590SG to an Alpha FMJ vertical antenna sitting on its tripod
with a few short radial wires attached.

Band openings on both days were poor, anyway enjoyed all contacts all
over the world.

Don't have any 10 meter antenna at the moment. Accidentally used 40m four-square all saturday.
Noticed when went to change cable to 40m in the evening, it was already connected. Sunday used 12/17
m 2+2 el beam as was planned. Both were tuned with manual tuner. Maybe have new antenna made for
next year :)

band conditions poor to moderate

FT1000MP MarkV, PA Acom 1010-500W, 6 el. yagi

FT991A+800W home made AMP, ANT: GP under the roof and 15 cm of snow on the roof!!, Good contest with
my strongly limited antenna

Rig[s]IC-7600-100W,Antena[s]3el.YAGI

KENWOOD TS480SAT - 100 W, ant: vertical

According to the weather forecast, frost could form at higher altitudes. My contest QTH in the
mountains is 1000 m above sea level. I made one good decision before the contest. I installed only a
short 3el Yagi antenna on the tower. The weather forecast was right and the 16 mm diameter elements
grew to over 60 mm, so I had to climb the frozen tower to 28 m every two hours and beat the ice off
the antenna. Unfortunately on Sunday during the American pileup this antenna broke. Still, I enjoyed
the contest and look forward to the next one (maybe again from the Atlantic Ocean).

TS590sg,lw

TRX DRAKE TR7  80W -  ANT Windom

TNX, 73!

here ft991 50w into antenna fishing pool 8m into balcony
tks for qso

KX3 5 WATTS ANT:END FED HALVE WAVE

Originally I had no plans to participate in the contest but in view of the 2023 VOTA event I wanted
to take the opportunity to accumulate some extra points. 
So, with a few exceptions, I focused almost exclusively on working stations in the USA.

ON4CCL

Antenna rotable dipole. TCVR Yaesu FT450D

With only 100 W out I had to search the band for qso
But I could work a lot of stations and it was fun
following the conditions go up and down.
I enjoyed the contest.
73 Leon  ON5WL

I had fun with my FT-817 with QRP with 4 W
I made 8 QRP QSO's on an end-fed all with S&P
Thank you for the activity in the contest

Dear Friends. This was my first 10 meter contest. Great to do
Everybody thanks for the QSO. Merry Christmas and all the best for 2024. 73 Frans PA3CGJ

WKD with FT-817 at 500 mW @ dipole 13m up.  UFB ears all of you :-) 73 Oene

Thank you for this contest. Splendid!

Thanks for the contact, 73.

nice to only use 1 band! bit of bad propagation, but it was a lot
of fun, and a dxcc included! see you next year!

RIG: ICOM IC-7400
PWR: 90 W
ANT: 6-BANDS HEX-BEAM HOMEMADE

setup FT991A 100W max and rotary dipole at 10 m agl.

Nice contest! It was a pity that propagation was only good on Sunday after 14 UTC.

I only had a brief time to participate. Conditions seemed a little down at my start, but all of a
sudden signals came booming in from across the Atlantic.

Tnx all QSO, 73 PE2K

Used equipment: Yaesu FT991a (100w) and doublet antenna (12 meter High and 2 x 21m)

Given the great conditions during the CQWWcw, we had high hopes
for a similar situation during the ARRL 10m contest. This did not
come true unfortunately. Conditions on Saturday were rather poor
due to the much deteriorated solar flux over the last week. In
the morning the opening to the east was not very good and we had
the impression activity was also not fantastic. Many "standard"
countries were not present ... In the afternoon many NA stations
did not bother to work Europe while the band had its meager
opening, and started to work each other for state/prov
multipliers. The band closed early for us, around 15:45 or so.
Sunday was slightly better: signals were a bit louder, quite a
few VKs and DUs in the morning and in the afternoon mid-west USA
station were clearly louder than the day before. So many new
states went into the log. Only most of the W7 states remained
open. Being one of many Dutch stations it was hard to raise a
decent run, so we did a lot of S&P. The band closed a little
later than on Saturday. All in all we had fun but would have
liked to end with a much higher number of QSOs.
FTdx10, 400W, 4 el OWA yagi @ 11m (and a 5/8 vert which we never used)

1 DAY, ONLY SSB. Propagation not what it should be.

Could not 'Run' stations due to a heavy head cold, cough and
croaky voice, so mainly S&P, just calling a few. But
conditions did not sound too good, not as good as they
should be this close to solar maximum. Rig IC-7300 plus
Acom amp at 1kW to 2-ele Hexbeam at 30ft. 73 Steve PJ4DX.

ESPIRITO SANTO CONTEST GROUP

FIRST ARRL CONTEST

wow, it was my first contest, using a 1,80 m tall mobile antena and most part of time in my yaesu
818 with only 6 w 
loved the contest
73

CDR GROUP

Tkanks Big 73 TU

Antennas:

CDR GROUP

ARRL IS ALREADY A SUCCESS I REALLY LIKE THIS COMPETITION
FORT 73 OF PY2XJ S�?O PAULO - BRAZIL

Limited Antenna Overlay

TKS FB QSO

ra9xv@list.ru

Nice contest!

ICOM-718, 100Wt. Ant. Balcony.  All band.10m.up

73 tnx !

TNX 73!

TNX 73!

RIG(s): IC756PRO3; ANTENNA(s): GP

RIG(s): TS590; ANTENNA(s): 2 EL YAGI

73!

Yaesu FT-450, dipole
I declare that all contest rules and all the rules and regulations for
amateur radio operations in my country have been observed and adhered to.
I accept the decisions of the Contest Committee.

TNX QSO! HPE CU AGN! 73, de Alex RA3RLJ

IC756PROIII, Delta Loop 160
73!

GOOD CONTEST

TS-590S, GP, 100W

73!

GL es 73!

SunSdr2pro, 100 W, YAGI, GP

73!

RU1AT@MAIL.RU

TNX 73!

73!

TX 5Watts, ant - Magloop indoor on 11-th floor balcone

Rig Xiegu G90 power 5 watts, ant :  Multiband vertical ECO

Elecraft K3 100W to KT34XA or CL-33

SunSDR2 PRO + Spe 1K-FA
Antennas: KT34

spent the weekend in our cabin - can I snatch a QSO
OK, but forgot to check macros - leftovers from CQWW
weird QSO numbers

FTDX 3000 - ANT-HEXBEAM ON THE GROUND

FT-891, indoor square magnetic loop antena, 3m AGL, 20W

IC 735 100 W

FTDX-10 100W AND WINDOM FD-3 ANT.

100W, GP antenna

FT-950, ant. Delta 84 m

IC7100
Delta for 40m on 80m and 160m as lw
Internal FSK in IC7100
No using PC in Contest!

trx FT897 80W ant GP

check log

3 ELE YAGI - 80W

pantelakis.anton@gmail.com

73

TNX 73

73

OP.TA2E

Radio: TS-590SG @ 100 watts
Antenna: 10m HB ground plane mounted on a 5m painter pole
Bencher BY-1 paddle + keyer
Paper log
QTH: up 2700 feet ASL in coffee country with an S0 noise floor with
the RF preamp on.
Highlight was working YB1RYX in Indonesia long path on Sunday.

Nice to see 10m open. Unfotunately I had only few free hours to
be QRV.

TNX!73!

RIG: FT-817 POWER 5W; ANTENNAS: 10M INVERTED VEE.

ICOM-718.ANT-LW 80 METRS

73

TNX & 73!
Peace and friendship only radiosport!
Radiosport is out of politics!
SunSDR2-QRP; Ant: Vertical 25m from DL2KQ

GOOD CONTEST

ua9xo@mail.ru

TNX 73!

TS-590S + InvV, PW=100 wtts

un4pd@mail.ru

73!

TS-590,ANT-DELTA 10M.

ICOM-765

IC-746 + GP

TNX/73!

Icom IC-756PRO3, GP

Antennas:

Put your comments here.
Use multiple lines if needed.

THX 73!

Flex-6400
Antennas: Windom, Spider

ICOM-718

TNX! 73!

LOADS OF FUN AND NOT SO EASY FROM V5 AF

Wanted to improve my own continental record. But no good condx to Asia
on Saturday. Normally the US boys make my day. But Sunday evening the
path to North America became difficult. Still using an armstrong
rotator. Turning the antenna keeps you young.

Sent ON for Ontario not GH for Golden Horseshoe

K3, vertical

Antennas:  ZS6BKW, Vertical Dipole
QRP, 5W
Thanks for everyone's patience with sometimes difficult copy!

QSO Count=375

�??Accidental�?? entry while cruising in my mobile. Was fun to have something to do on my trip and
push the mobile rigs limits!

Cat stepping on keyboard made logging harder than normal as needed a full reset but ok no data lost
. Nice to hear 10 meters again being open .

EFHW 80-10M

Great fun
SD by EI5DI works like a charm, as usual!

Unlimited

Fun day at VE3OSC today the 10m ssb ARRL took place on Sat and Sunday. Went in early today and
stayed from 8 am till 3:30 to work 10M.  Worked 50 stations from Newfoundland  to Saskatchewan  to
France  GB Scotland  Peru to  Italy  and several other countries including some USA states and Cuba.
Was hoping to work stations from the Manitoulin ARC  but band did not allow  too close to OSC   I
took my own equipment into the shack today for this special event contest  ICOM 7000 32 amp power
supply and my Auto tuner. Connected to our TH7 TRI BAND BEAM  for 20m 15 and 10m
Link to Ontario Science Centre is: https://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/
73,
Ward VE3WGK @ VE3OSC

Antenna all iced up frozen at 290 VSWR above 5:1
So ran 50 W S&P  Lost power several times

First ARRL 10m

Single-element wire antennas only (<50 ft.)

Once again not much time.
Missed the 160m. usually fun to compare the two.

SORRY FOR THE 200 IN THE SERIAL NUMBERS FOR TI1T and LW1F 
I ALSO MAY HAVE A FEW STATES WRONG 

THIS IS MY FIRST CONTEST AND I WAS USING HAMRS AS MY LOGGING SOFTWARE AND DIDNT KNOW THE PROPER
FORMAT 
THIS WONT HAPPEN AGAIN 

THANKS AND 73
VE4WAT

Fun contest.   Band was great.

90W to a Moxon up 22 feet
Tnx for calling

I had a lot of fun operating the 10 Contest this year Rigs used
FTdx-10 and vintage SB-101 for 6 qso's.

Like the old days, I decided to not use any assistance, electronic or otherwise, to find all the
provinces and states. I also decided to NOT call CQ during the contest but just search and pounce. 
Missed 6 provinces and 5 states.  Markus VE7CA

Best conditions for years, had fun.

It is my sincere hope that the results & records pages will re-insert NB & NS back into existence.
We have completely disappeared early in 2023.

73/MX Mike VE9AA NB

Excellent conditions both days, and propagation well after dark into all of EU was a surprise. 
Highlights included working low power stations in Sweden and Norway, near the antipodes, and at the
same time hearing Brazilian stations beaming long path over EU.  Snared some callsigns that I'd
never heard before which challenged by powers of recall to their home Countries.

Missed Montana and Rhode Island for a USA WAS clean sweep, and a personal best with 6 Canadian
provinces.

Great contest with challenging conditiions

Overall fair to good conditions in south east New South Wales.

Probably my most enjoyable ARRL 10m contest in a few years.  Station
consisted of TS-480 at 100W into a 4-el yagi at 10m height.
Propagation was patchy at times but useable!  Nice LP opening into
EU late Saturday night here (heard but couldn't work LU and PY who
were working EU and NA, but did catch CE on the way through), then
SP to EU Sunday afternoon, followed by LP to NA late Sunday night.
Thanks to the managers for running the contest, and everyone who
answered my calls - 73 and hope to catch you again next year.

Single Op Unlimited
Limited Antenna Overlay

Abut an hour of contesting after a night shift! Wire delta loop for 20M/10M, barefoot.

I wish that next time more contesters from the Caribbean, Central America and the  East Coast of the
US, will turn more often their antennas via Long Path towards Asia.

Thanks to the organizers for arranging the contest.. 73 Regards Ram, VU2GRM

FT2000D, Hexbeam, 200W

VU Contest group

It's my first CW contest, it's very challenging & I enjoy it very much.

Fun contest....but PLEASE ARRL/RAC, whomever. Can we please decide on a single abbreviation for the
YUKON??????? Its not like we have millions of people here. A simply YT seems to work for all...not
NT, not TER...

rant ended. 

Great fun and really enjoyed working some familiar calls.

Scott VY1CO

KF0NYJ, KJ5CXY, & KD9ZAP did a fantastic job with their first contest. Understandably low-ish turn
out with semester finals beginning. Overall a fun event and glad we have some new DX in the log! 73
de W0FLN

I enjoy my sleep

Great Fun!

Rig was FTdx101 and Butternut vertical.
Nice to see 10 meters open again.  Thanks for the activity.

Thanks for the contacts. Thanks  to the ARRL for sponsoring the
contest and processing the results/scores. 73 - Dan, W1QK

S&P 1st time remote using laptop from daughters house back to
main QTH, S&P.

Wow! Great to see 10M open from dusk to dawn. Following the sun from Europe to NA/SA into the
Pacific. It has been many years since I seriously worked 10M. Good to find an old friend.
Worked in 'portable' mode from a temporary rental QTH with a Hamstick vertical and a 4 wire ground
plane at 25 feet on a push up pole. 
I contest to have some on the air fun and this year the 10M contest fulfilled that objective.
Thanks for running the contest... I'll be back.

Had some fun operating CW & SSB simultaneously as we have 2
decent 10M yagis separated and 1 of which with HP BPFs, was more
to test the station for in-band interference for upcoming planned
M/2 efforts with in-band stations.
the contest organizers to create a class for simultaneous
operations (multi transmitter) on difference modes as that can
create some more activity, we thought it was fun.
W2NO, WA2VUY

50% FRANKFORD RADIO CLUB = WI2W W2DLT N2AAM W2JC
50% FAIR LAWN ARC = KD2SOG KB2FMH KD2BRV KE2NJ

Mostly a Sunday operation with a few hours Saturday.  "Temporary"
antenna still fixed west at 45 feet since last year

Interesting running this contest with nothing but an end-fed wire. Quite the
change from the usual station I'm used to. Good times, some big signals out of the Midwest and Asia.
Worked exactly one EU station...it's a desert out here.

100 WATTS AND 30 METER INVERTED VEE

Ten meter conditions poor compared to 2022

First licensed 12/20/2020

Radio prop was not great. Mostly SA-CAR-US West Coast (very loud), No EU and little AF. Some OC. 10m
closed about local darkness (abt 6pm ET).

This was my 2nd one. I did a lot better than in 2022!

Thanks for the QSOs.

W3TB in Franklin, TN -- Tennessee Contest Group

Limited Antenna Overlay.All contacts FT-1000, 100W, R5.

10m CONTEST DEC 9 2023 - DEC 10 2023

IC-7610 & EFHW

Tnx for the contacts. A Great and promising Contest was cut short here due to weather related
issues. I hope all TCG folks are safe. High winds, gusts, heavy rain, intermittent power and  power
surges here Saturday related to the Tornadoes in the area. We were spared the brunt of the storms,
which devastated several of the areas around us. Several of our friends and associates were not as
fortunate. We are using Sunday to assist others. Please keep the affected individuals and businesses
in your thoughts and parayers. Hope to see u in 2024, Tnx,Bert

Ten watts and a stealth end fed wire were enough to have lots of fun!

fun time operating.  I really enjoyed hearing a good 10 meter contest with f2 openings.

All December 9th QSOs were lost when my hard drive failed..This entry is only for December 10th.

WHAT a HOOT!

First time working this contest, great band conditions during the daylight hours and a lot of fun.
Managed almost 6 hours in the chair in between all my other weekend duties. Missed the opening to VK
and JA on Friday afternoon. I was able to get one EU contact to the Canary Islands on Saturday and
then a great opening to SA on Sunday afternoon, as well as JA and VK.

First contest. Had fun!

Hopped in for a couple of hours... and had a whirlwind of a good time. TU!

You might understand your cut numbers but that doesn't mean everyone does.  I will start entering in
my log what you send. If you can be lazy I can be ignorant.

Kept at it, even though rate was low. managed a zone 19 and vk/zl and YB.

Been awhile - This one was always one of W8IF's (SK) favorites.
It's not what we used to do from papa radio, But here's to you Mike!

OVERLAY: Limited Antennas

Had the flu all weekend so this is all I could manage.
Thanks for the QSOs and 73! Ron (W8RU).

Managed to get 3 more contacts than 2022, but 11 more mults, so improved my scorre by 14,000 points.
 Wish the band had been better.  I was basically closed by 4:30 pm local time each day.  EFHW
resonant wire antenna in the backyard trees at 35 feet AGL.

Awesome to have this contest when the band is doing great!
Thanks to Cycle 25 and all the folks who participated and 73,
W9TCV

TO8M was not recognized.  Boy what a close race
between NE9U and myself on Onlinescoarboard.

Band seemed to close up early to EU on both days.
Here I use 3 tribanders on two short towers.
Less rotor distraction.
73  and  Good Morning from Alabama  BoB

Once again, I enjoyed operating in this contest, using my Yaesu FT-818ND and ground plane antenna. I
worked only a handful of stations from my QTH with a "half sized" antenna but the results I got were
satisfying. In order to be heard I had to choose stations that were at least S7 or greater. That
limited the total number of contacts but not the enjoyment of operating in an environment where the
odds were against me as far as setting up and operating a Ham Radio Station. 73 Dan

Limited Time but made the most of it!

10M Ringo vertical in HOA property

Elecraft KX3 @5 watts to a dipole hanging on my backyard fence4 (5 ft AGL)

great band conditions on Sunday

Friday and Saturday went pretty good, I had a blast.  But abdominal pain kicked
in a night and I did get much sleep. I was tried and I made a lot of entry
mistakes (which I had to correct, I just could correct them fast enough for the
callers) and I had trouble copying callsigns. There was QSB (both Fast and Slow at the same time) 

I had some good Runs both days but the CW band seemed more crowded on Sunday.  I
think the propagation was better on Sunday because I could be heard off the back and side quite
well.  For example, while beaming West, 7Q6M in Malawi called.  
I heard VY1TT and VY1CO in YT but was unable to break through.

This year was better than last year.  No Sporadic-E activity during
the evening.

Not as many QSOs as I'd have liked, but 27 more than last year!

Thanks for limited Antenna class worth competing for the small guys

Flex6300, Hamstick, SDC-skimmer

All of my SSB contacts (20) were made with the 
Realistic HTX-100 at 15 watts output to a ground mounted Hustler 6BTV, It is a thrill to work DX
with this little peanut whistle.

As usual, I had fun. Unfortunately, I was a bit on the late side
submitting my cab log to the ARRL Contest group, so I can simply hope
that my QSO participants get there proper QSO credit points. Thanks
for this good 10 Meter opportunity, and I plan to participate here
again next year, I was glad that the 10M band was open rather well.

Ground mounted 1/4 wave vertical with 100 watts.

LIMITED ANTENNA CATEGORY

I am operating this contest casually.

This is a WQ6X FIRST - running the 10-Meter GiG QRP from Ramona California.
Client and ARCA radio club commitments kept me in Alameda Friday and part
of Saturday so I ran Ramona's K3 radio from my Alameda Biofeedback office
using a K3/0-Mini.  Upon arrival @W7AYT, the K3/0-Mini was installed just
in time for a two hour OP stint for NX6T finishing Saturday for me.
Sunday morning, the band started to open around 6am and amazingly enough
there was a Greyline opening to EU at 7am (15:00z).  When that died I went
back to bed for a couple of hours and then picked up where I left off
around 10am until the GiG ended at 4pm.
Condx. to JA and Oceania where MUCH better on Friday/Saturday than Sunday,
altho a couple of Asian multipliers Sunday afternoon made up for the lack
of QSO volume.
There was LoTs of atmospheric noise all weekend, even tho no solar storms
were (to my knowledge) indicated so the K3-DNR was an absolute necessity.
Running Stereo-CW (see the WQ6X Blogs on that), made CW copy more effective.
Read more about this GiG soon at: http://WQ6X.Blogspot.com

Skookumlogger, Flex 6600M, 40M EDZ fed with 600 ohm ladder line.  Spiderbea
m at 45' hanging in a tree.

INDOOR ANTE99AS

NOT VERY FRUITFUL FOR QRP BUT MADE A FEW

My first time on this contest, mostly S&P and really enjoyed
mostly on sunday morning, thank you all for QSOs

N3FJP Software - Affirmatech\ARRL 10 Meter Contest Log

ARL 10 CONTEST

ENJOIYED JOINT CONTEST 73S

orari lokal kediri

Happy to still be part of the ARRL 10m Contest and good luck always...GL73

great contest, unfortunately, propagation was not good. other
station unable to hear me.

Best Regard 73

ARRL 10-Meter Contest 73

9-10_DESEMBER_2023,we_are_ORARI_LOKAL_KEDIRI

my licensed start at Oktober 2022 ,we are member of KEDIRI DXC
TEAM 9-10 DESEMBER 2023, YESSSS

9-10 DESEMBER 2023, we are member of ORARI LOKAL KEDIRI, nice dx
contest, GL 73 de YG3ASK

IC7100

FT 991a , 90W , 41M sloping wire - downtown location , 73 Szigy .

ICOM IC-7300, PWR 100W, INVERTED VEE ANTENNA

Just a checklog.

TNX QSOs!  GP antenna

RIG: KENWOOD TS-450SAT 100 W; ANT: FD4

YAESU FT-897D RIG & DIAMOND CP-6 ANT

FT450 D 100W Hexbeam

Check Log

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FLEX 6600, PGXL, 5el YAGI fixed to NA

Stormy WX all weekend a lot of QRN QRM. I Really apreciatte all
ops who took the time to pull me out of QRM.
RIG ICOM IC-703+ MULTIBAND DIPOLE + TH1MK2 at 25 feet

The pile-ups together with poor 10m band conditions at times made it difficult to copy reports. 
Also what made copying reports difficult were stations calling on top of the station sending the
report.

Conditions were really poor on this side with most signals around S2-S3. Maybe it was just my wire
antenna.
On both days I managed to eventually work most stations I could hear. It
was fun as always!

As atividades no Arrl 10 são uma das melhores no radio amadorismo para nosso grupo .
Ficamos gratos por fazer parte deste evento. 
Att Jose roberto 
      Pu2twz