Just a few contacts off and on over the weekend.

1st day much better than the 2nd one, great participation, we
enjoyed the test

Good Luck, Cheers and 73 Fellow Ham.

Thank you ARRL! 73

HolyLogger

Yaesu FTDX10

I enjoyed the contest.

10m condition was not so good, but I have enjoyed contest very much.

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

It was really a test for my antenna the  trafiie  hexbeam

Hi, 

It was vy vy nice winter contest, with nice guests ops (S55OO & 9A3SMS) and great contest
atmposphere.

We use 3 station, each with own antenna and PA.  

Run 7el@20m, Mult/inband OB16-3@8m (60m away from run), Inband 2 PRO67B @8m (220m away from Run
ant.).

All worked nice and we had a great time compeeting.

73 from 9A Yankees

Vedran, 9A7DX

All contacts made using indoor dipole

2025 ARRL 10M Contest

Thanks to Dave, K1TTT, for the use of his First Class station!

This was my first time working the 10-meter contest. Other than band conditions, it was quite fun
and interesting. On Friday night only working Florida stations, and Sunday afternoon, it was
California, Arizona, Washington, and Oregon. 
Looking forward to next year.
73
AA9WP

Condx here in AL okay but not great.

Thanks for sponsoring the ontest and to those who worked me!

My first phone contest in many (more than ten) years due to hearing impairments. PHONAK Infinio
Spheric I-90 hearing aids with AI technology and a PHONAK Roger On remote device driven by a
WOLFWAVE DSP driven by my FLEX 6600 provided easy copy directly into my ears. 

I am no longer limited to Digital or CW modes.

73,
Gary ~ AB9M

Had a lot of fun this year as usual in this contest.
Family event on Saturday limited my time in the afternoon
but I ended up getting close to my goal for this year.
Conditions seemed pretty good but would fade in and out.
Thanks for the Q's and good luck to everyone!

Switch to Excel spreadsheet and abandon Cabrillo logs!

This was my first time operating during the contest. I enjoyed it. I will have two logs submitted as
I realized that after i had submitted it the points were wrong. Also, I'm not if/why the QTH didn't
copy correctly.

Enjoyed the good conditions on 10 Meters.

maybe one day after the demise of HOAs....

I operated portable in a designated POTA park, US-4371.  I used a Xiegu G90 and a single vertical
antenna with two elevated radials.  The feed point for the antenna was 5 feet AGL.  I was
transmitting with 20 watts.

Limited Anttena Overlay

I only operated 8 hours but was fun

Antennas:

Operated portable, 15 degF and a little snow. Great fun.

Fun Contest

good overall cndx around clock, but no stations heard from Oceania on 10M :(

The signal is extremely poor. I'm not sure if it's just my local area, but the reception is very
difficult. This competition is really tough.

As an 18-year-old college student, I was thrilled to take part in my first shortwave contest and
make my first international radio contacts. In total, I connected with 32 stations: 31 were from
Russia, Ukraine, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, the Philippines, and Japan, and 1 was from
China. I’m truly grateful for this contest—it gave me an incredible opportunity to meet so many
foreign friends through the airwaves.
December 13th and 14th in Nanjing were bitterly cold, with temperatures hovering around 7°C and a
low of -1°C. On the 13th, I was shaking nonstop from the freezing wind and had to keep moving just
to stay warm. Setting up a radio station outdoors was certainly a challenge, but chatting with
fellow enthusiasts over the air made me forget all about the cold—and even the little worries of
daily life.
I hope you (the reader) and I can both hold onto this passion for exploration and connection,
whether through radio waves or other paths that bring us closer to the world.

ARRL 10M Contest(SSB)

The propagation was not so good during those days, and the background noise wasn't as low as
expected, but the fun continued nonetheless.

Something very embarrassing happened: I forgot to bring my laptop on the next morning when I got
there, so I had to log QSOs with pen and paper. It was a bit nostalgic and quite interesting. My
wife sent the computer to me via a long trip to this wild place in time. Thanks to her support.

249441554@qq.com

arrl 10mts 2025

CE CONTEST GROUP

ARBB - Associacao de Radioamadores da Beira Baixa

Thanks Damiano IZ2DII for helping me to configure all the setup.

This was my second ARRL 10m contest, my aim to improve on last years score!

Saturday was pretty good (601 contacts), although almost no contacts from the far east. Sunday's
conditions were pretty poor (362 contacts), only a couple of hours at a decent pace late morning
around 10:30-12:30 UTC. The usual dip in mid afternoon was followed by ever decreasing signals,
every contact from here (Portugal) to the US was a big effort. Band started to pickup again around
16:30 just in time for the grey line to sweep over and take it away again. 

I might have picked up a few more on Saturday if I'd realised that self spotting was allowed, DOH!

Still can't complain, 80W into a 5/8 wave vertical.

Condition were fair on Saturday, but way down on Sunday
unfortunately. With 100W and a dipole things get difficult.
Anyway, had fun so let's hope next year the solar cycle still
provides enough ionisation up above us for the 10m band to be
open ...

Afther 701 QSO's the band suddenly dropped down, but it was a lot of fun again.
In CW I made almost all of the states inside the USA, with the exception of Oregon and Wyoming. Then
HI and AK were out of reach. For the Canadian, I missed LB (it just didn't come through the
pile-up), furthermore BC, NY, NU and YT were not heard. Also only 4 Mexican multies.
In SSB, I missed some more: no Okie from Kanokie, no DC and most of the Midwest was also not in the
log, therefore SD and on my CQ callinhg i got a repply from Nebraska :-), also only 5 canadian and 3
Mexican multies.
My impression was that saterday was better then sunday.

Last year 100 watts, this year 600 watts. Same beam antenna, same motivation, same QSO time, same
number of QSOs. The bitter conclusion: Solar cycle 25 has already lost power. Let's hope that 2025
was just a dip and that conditions will improve again in 2026.

Thanks for all contacts!
CU 73
Tom DF7TV

Flexradio 6400
Antennas:

Out of the car - only 2,5m wire on mobile antenna mount + 2 radials

cabrillo wird nicht angenommem - sri

Flexradio 6400
Antennas:

Flex 8400
Antennas: Hexbeam

Antennas:

The /t suffix identifies the operator as a trainee due to German radio regu
lations and allows operators who are not licensed yet to participate in rad
io operations and contests as trainees. In our case the trainee was DO3REN'
s daughter Laura (9 years old).

IC-7610, 100W, 3ele

just a fgew QSOs

It was great fun again, however, some stations should check the width and clarity of their signal.

IC-7400   100W   Ant.   vertical   R9

Hexbeam, Elecraft K3(S), KPA500

Some QSQs only

First participation in the contest

TS 850  - 2x 19,5m - Doppelzepp - Huehnerleitung

TRX: YAESU FT-817ND, ANT: KLM KT-34, 4 EL. TRIBANDER

15 years old

I operated at two different grid locators within the same city,
JO40ji on 2025-12-13 and JO40ii on 2025-12-14. Just now noticed that
this is likely against the rules, as the distance was >500m. It did not
happen with fraudulent intend. I accept whatever penalty you decide on,
I just ask you to please grant the points to all my QSO partners.

The 1st 10m ARRL 10m Contest for me was funny.

CHECKLOG

Rhein Ruhr DX Association

Only cq with no care for multis. Nice conditions to stateside on saturday. No
qso due to family on sunday.
Next stop: Stew Perry.

Tnx fer qsos and mry xmas to all

73 de Harald, DL2SAX

just few hours on Saturday. thanks for the contacts and cuagn

Thank you!

Thanks to all participants and the managers of the contest for this very fun weekend, 73's to all.

ESPEREMOS QUE LA PROPAGACION A CONPAE

ARRL-10

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

yaesu ftdx101 (90) // dipolo 3 bands

DIPOL 10-15-20 + 100W

This is for checking list.Thanks.
EA3GFA.

Portable IN80DM

FLEX 6600
Antennas:

HAM RADIO AUTHORIZATION DATE: 04/04/2025

Enjoy SD

Great conditions on saturday but on sunday I have to switch to S/P
and CW most of the time.

Kenwood TS-430S Dipole Windon 80 watt

Antennas:

My first arrl 10m contest. Nice experience
Bad weather and heavy rain all wekeend in Canary Islands

My first 10-Meter ARRL Contest. I'd enjoy it very much.

Xiegu G90 @ 5 W
MFJ-564 key
49:1 + 5-m vertical wire on a fishing rod

CATALONIA CONTEST CLUB

Quite good condx on Saturday to the east, and specially to the west coast in the afternoon, with
many CA stations in the log.
Sunday was different, and poor condx all day made tough to increase the number of Qs. Not a big
difference in the afternoon for USA, poor propagation. Worked some MN stations and WY as my longest
shot that day.
Completed the 50 CONUS states. Prop ended before 17z.

SD WinKey K3

thank you to all involved

I really enjoyed participating in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest. This was my second time taking part,
and it was a great experience once again. Propagation on 10 meters was quite good, allowing many
enjoyable QSOs. It was fun to work stations from different parts of the world and to test my station
under contest conditions. Looking forward to the next edition. Thanks to the ARRL for organizing
this event!

Xiegu G90, Dipol 10 meters, pwr 20W

ICOM IC-706MKIIG PWR-80W ANT=DELTA LOOP 80 M BAND

TNX & 73!

TNX

3 transceivers used:
-Xiegu X5105 with intenal battery
-USDR Chinese transceiverwith internal battery
-UHSDR McHf

RIG YAESU FT2K 10WW  ANTENNA 2 EL TRIBAND AT 10M HIGHT  MY 1ST
PARTICIPATION AT ARRL 10M ON THIS CATEGORIE. BAD PROPAGATION DURING
THE CONTEST

Easy does it

100 watts 6 elements logyagi

Antenna are down. I only have one inverted L left for the 160 meters... Let's say that it helps HI

FlexRadio 6400
Antennas: Delta Loop 84m + PENTA10

My amplifier is out of work, so I made this contest during my
freetime. Very surprised to be heard in all the world with 100 watts.
Great contest. 73

Testings around remoting Hermes Lite 2, 50W amp, 3elts yagi following the wind, in Vees 40/80

500 W into a hexbeam. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time to participate properly in this
contest.

80W - TRIBANDER VERTICAL

For me, the 10m was open only at 8am and closed at 4pm ! Bad propagation towards Europe.
Satisfied with my score despite my small mobile vertical antenna Hustler.

FLEX 6600 @ SDC Software
Antennas: BEAM 4 ELTS @ 20m

Nice propagation the saturday not the sunday

fun

I thoroughly enjoyed the contest, always do. 10m being the band I really enjoy working., Although
having very little real estate I only have an end fed wire of 75' bent in a 'U' shape around the
garden, it is a bit of a struggle against the big boys, but that's the real challenge in persevering
to make that DX call. Yes, sometimes it takes about 10-12 minutes to get through but it's great when
you do. Look forward to next year, perhaps I will have the facilities to put up a better antenna,
Hi, Hi.

A few Q’s here and there to try and get State count up. A bit disappointing really but that’s
mainly because my station antennas are poor and I live in a dip. 👍 Thanks for the replies TZZ
👍👍👍

Rotary dipole 11 meters high.

Enjoyed the contest just sorry only had limited operating time
available, 73's

A fun weekend, conditions OK but could have been better.

SD by EI5DI working nicely with Linux Mint.
Good condx.

Built a 2el delta quad for the contest but couldn't get the matching
correct so it was a bit of a lash-up and I felt I wasn't getting out
as well as I had hoped, but the site's slope to the west helped.

160m Dipole @ 20m

LEFT MY SICK BED TO TAKE PART. ENJOYABLE BUT A STRUGGLE
MANAGED SOME NICE DX THOUGH. ALWAYS ENJOY THIS CONTEST

icom756PRO 100W
DELTA

IC-746, Wire dipol

For the the contest i mounted a 10m GP (Telescopic) before my shack window. Was a lot of fun, more
than i expected. Tnx for organisation.

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

IC-7400, 500W 2 ele Moxon

We decided in the last minute to participate again, as we had a few logistic issues limiting our
chances to focus properly on Multipliers
Yet, we couldn't miss the good 10m condx so we ended up using a simple old strategy: running pileups
as long as possible and have fun ;-)
Our congratulations to the HB2T team: their strategy was better, but we managed keep up better
rates. Great to have a good competitor in HB9 !

RIG: FTDX10 ANT: GP

TS870 -  5W - MV6 Vertical@5m

73-ARRL-10 METER CONTEST 2025

Many, many European stations are using letter to reemplace numbers , where I can fine the value of
this letters .If I have many mistakes on numbers you can use this log for checking purpose only. My
antenna is a 5/8 wave vertica
 aroun sis feets abobe terrain

Very difficult propagation conditions, but it's part of the various challenges and difficulties that
arise in a contest like this. Thanks ARRL. Despite the bad conditions, it is a very interesting
contest.

@hk4xray

Only part time, but alway fun

I had a problem with the keyer and some QSO,randomly in the first hours,
have a progressive number not correct, one value more than the correct
one sent. Anyway, the log numbers in the log are OK. I apologize with the
stations who received an uncorrect number.
I had a lot of fun in spite of limited time due to family duties.

I WAS VERY BUSY THIS WEEKEND, BUT JOINED FOR THE FUN IN MY LITTLE SPARE
TIME.

Only 1 hours!

A lot of fun, this year.
I did 200+ QSO and 4 Mults more than last year, totally +160K points.
Good propagation both days with USA, average with JA and far east on Saturday morning,
much worse on Sunday morning.
The band run long time (1.5 hours) after the sunset on Sat, pity it gone death much
earlier on Sunday (it was still little bright,  I would say at sunset), so I wrapped up
the station earlier than expected.

Thanks everyone for the QSOs.
Merry Christmas & Happy new year!
73's Luca IK2PFL

73

Brief operation during SOTA activation F/AM-772 FT-817 2.5 W mag loop

My first participation in this contest. I think I have been aware of it
for decades but never turned on the radio with the right propagation. The
exception this Saturday afternoon. Sunday again no signal. 73 Gio IK2AIT

CHECK LOG

Yaesu FT-897 80W Endfed
Had a hard time making contacts but also had a lot of fun.
Thanks you all, all the best!

I participated in this Arrl 10 Contest again this year and it was
a lot of fun. On Saturday, propagation was good, but not optimal,
while on Sunday, it was really poor, with some moments of
complete silence between 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM. Despite everything,
I surpassed my score from last year, and that was my main goal.
Thank you everyone for contacting me, and a special thanks to the
entire IB9T team for their logistical support.

I worked in QRP with my usual RIG: Elecraft KX3 - 5W and homemade antenna
"ESG X 10 Special", my "Butterfly" style design, 2 opposing elements
(Radiator and Director) monoband for 28 MHz on a telescopic mast 5.50
meters from the ground, outside the house. I had fun even though (Sunday)
the band closed early in the evening...

It was a lot of fun, even though I participated without any competitive
ambition.
I'm sending the log so it can be useful for the competition.

contest arrl 10 2025

FIRST TIME FOR ARRL CONTEST.

Antennas: Ultra Beam

good contest

This year I had fun setting up a 10-element long yagi antenna with a 26-meter boom in the USA
direction, as well as a TH7 for all other directions. Propagation wasn't generous, and many stations
were only heard for a short time. Many of the big names made themselves heard, and I have to thank
many for their patience and the effort it took to get me heard. After all, a few hours of good fun
in the contest.

IC-7300, Wire Dipole @20ft.

10m CNDX was not so good , than CQ WW-CW.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest, but the condition was poor.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

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

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

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

b.21MHz

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

GOOD CONTEST ARIGATO
FTdx5000  5EL

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Thank you nice ARRL 10m contest!

I enjoyed the contest.

RIG:IC-706 50W   ANT:Vertical

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
Thanks a lot.

Appreciate all staffs and partner STNs very much

I enjoyed the contest.

Thank you to the staff.
TS590D/50W+L.W.

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.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Condx is NOT good at all.

This is the first contest after I moved to JA1 ten days ago.
Briefly participated the contest using a makeshift mobile whip antenna
set up on the balcony, but is not for 10m.
A real "limited ant" !
Other than JA and DU, I was able to work with K3EST and CW5W (N5ZOop)
for the first NA and SA from here.
Have a happy holiday season and all the best for the new year to all!
See you on the air and somewhere in the world!
My new life here has just started.
73's Akira, JA8RWU/1

I enjoyed the contest,
See you next year. Yoshi

I enjoyed the contest.

The propagation was not so good during this contest. However,
I enjoied very much.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
Thank you everyone.
Thank you good CONDX

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
79years old

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Codition was not so good for me.
Many thanks for your pick up my week signal.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Thank you all stations!

Signals were weaker than previous
2 years.
Using 50W + Single element loop antena.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed this contest.tnx

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
SOSV

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I really enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

3.1. Single Operator (use of spotting networks is NOT PERMITTED):
3.1.1.3. SSB only
3.1.1.3. SSB only

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the 10m contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Rig: TS-890S(50W Model)
ANT: 20mH 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

20251213-14

I enjoyed the contest.

I participated when I was free.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

FT-817ND  EH DP Yagi LW

I enjoyed the contest.

PWR100W/WIRE+ATU @11m

I enjoy the contest

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I participated in a 10M contest for the first time.
It sounded very good.
MAX 50W can't handle it.
RIG:FT-857 and FT-891.
ANT:DP.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.
POWER:100W

I enjoyed the contest.

Using whip antenna

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the FB contest.

TNX everybody !!

Please use this record in a contest

Dear DX station, I look forward to seeing you again next year! 73

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

good condition!

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.I tried mix first time.

AGE 81 years old

I enjoyed the contest.

I started operating on the second day because I had other
commitments on the first day. On the second day, the operating
time was shortened due to rain and QRN. The 10-meter band is
interesting. There were many stations I could hear, but I was
able to make QSO with only a few. I enjoyed this contest and am
grateful to everyone who made contact with me.73

Many stations were just above the noise level.
I struggled to pick up the weak shignal.
However, I enjoyed this contest with 60W and mobile whip.

I used Power less than 5W.

I enjoyed the contest.

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...

I enjoyed the contest.Thank you,73!

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I appreciate the contributions of all staff members.

I enjoyed this contest.tnx

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

Thank you very much to everyone. From JN1IFX.

I enjoyed the contest.

IC-7300M (50 watts), Loaded DP.

SHARP HAM CLUB

IC-7300M_BuddiHex

IC-7300 MAX 100W + DP

TNX

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

100watts and Hentenna.

I enjoyed the contest.Thank you!

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest, thank you !

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest by QRP.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest. FT-991AM[5Wset]/2elHB9CV_HB28-50.
Sorry for the weak signal. Your RX performance helped me. Thank's

I enjoyed the contest.

TNX to all who made the contest possible.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

TS-2000(50W) Dipole/T2LT/EFHW Antenna

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

It's the first time to join this contest.
I really enjoyed it. Hope to challenge more next time.
Thank you.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

I enjoyed the contest.

AK-SAR_BEN ARC

Great conditions - Limited time TU all

3rd year from downsized HOA QTH.

SkookumLogger; K4 + KPA1500; 12-el tribander, 2-el 40, wires, all about 60f
t up; W1FV 9-circle RX array.

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10 meters was 10 meters, one minute closed the next wide open.

tuning my 20-40 dipole for this contest

20W into 20-meter EFHW. Struggled late afternoon Saturday with fading and shorter signal reach,
assumingly because the solar wind picked up.

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 2025 ARRL 10 M test. N3UM got all our
CW Qs, W5MPB all our SSB Qs. We hoped to beat our 2024 ARRL 10 M
result, 767 Qs and a score claim of 579,840. Nope; we got 0.61 X
the Q points & 0.85 X the mults in 2025 for 0.52 X our 2024 score.
SFI was 122 & 114 vs 165 in 2024. N3UM did Sat. only due to non-
ham-radio things, but SSB Qs were down too; 0.77 X. At 00Z start
W5MPB got 37 Qs MD-CA + PY-LU for 13 total mults at 0215Z QRT. On
CW 1232-1412Z N3UM got 74 QS, mostly EUs, + 56 cty mults. W5MPB
1420-1625Z got 78 Qs, most EUs, and broke to eat. Back 1718-1954Z
W5MPB got 80 Qs & 20 St/Pv mults, out to HI. From 1957-2214Z N3UM
got 102 Qs & 30 St/Pv mults; DE & DC to CA & HI. He did our only  run 2223-2249Z QRT for 20 Qs,
47/hr. W5MPB 2303-2348Z QRT got 9 Qs
& 4 hard St/Pv mults, DE, NS, PE, & OR. On agn 1240-1630Z, W5MPB
got 80 Qs & quit for lunch. Back on 1805-1957Z W5MPB got just 31
Qs in 1.9 hrs. Typical Sun. PM; a few Qs in a few min, then wait
10 min. or more for the bandmap to refill. Then 2030-2247Z he
scraped up 26 Qs, 6 in the last 47 min, & quit; no workable sigs.

"I had my best QSO rates during the first three hours of the contest."

Great contest and OK conditions

Thanks to Ira KD2TDA for stopping by and operating POTA style from Edisto Beach State Park. Had a
great time.
73 John K4FT

Same ole stealth (HoA) 100 foot end fed wire hidden in top of
vinyl fence behind pool at 5' in the air.

Rig: Elecraft K3+ with Heil HC4 mic element 
Antennas: three MFJ-1890 10M Moxons in home 2nd floor attic at 26 ft; one oriented to Europe, one to
S/C America, and one to West Coast
Comments:
Plans did not work out for a beach site operation this time. With only one family commitment early
evening Friday, I was prepared to put in an almost full-time effort (as long as the band was open).
Since this was going to be at the home QTH, my initial goal was to work 400 Qs to match last
year’s results (from home also) and add to the PVRC club total. I was hoping that the extra BIC
time would allow for an increased QSO total. In addition, following the Online Scoreboard really
helped maintain the BIC time. There was a N5 station that was ahead of me and I worked hard, nipping
at his heels most of the time, catching up and passing him a few times, but in the end, even though
I had more mults, he came back near the end and beat me with more QSOs.
With the primary #98 K3+ freshly back from minor surgery and updating at the Elecraft hospital, I
went into this effort with visions of the CQWWSSB from October. I spent some time in the attic
trying to determine how to replace the Europe-oriented Moxon with maybe a 3 or 4 element yagi. It
would have required losing the West Coast Moxon and lowering the S/C America Moxon, plus replacing a
lot of HVAC duct metal support straps. In the end, I decided to keep things as-is. That was a good
decision, since the West Coast Moxon pulled-its-weight in working a number of XE and the one KH6.
Propagation often seemed to be skewed, and I found the West Coast Moxon also played better with most
of the weak S. American stations. I had also considered installing an end-fed half wave vertical in
the one tree on the lot and entering the Limited Antenna category. But that would have put me in the
loop for a visit from the HOA police.
The 10M propagation forecast for Friday and Saturday were not promising with words like degrading
and blackout. That turned out to be very true! I missed the first 1.5 hours of the start Friday
evening, but was still happy to get 14 QSOs before calling it for the evening. The band seemed to
start slow Saturday morning and never fully opened to all of Europe. When I found D4C only a little
above the noise, I knew that forecast was coming true! So this effort quickly changed from a
potential 50/50 split of running versus S&P to 90% S&P. With the bad band conditions, the few short
runs were just not productive at low power and compromised antennas. All day Saturday there was a
lot of QSB on almost every Europe signal. I still eked out a 4X, KH6 and lots of weak S/C America
stations before the band closed out around 2300Z. Good timing since there was a hockey game to watch
on the tele.
Sunday morning was even worse than Saturday morning but I still managed to snag an OD5, TA3 and V55.
Formerly easy countries to work were hard. Wow…I was so glad that I had not tried this as a
limited antenna category! I spent the day tuning the band from 28.300 up to 28.800 trying to work
every weak signal that was readable. I stopped a little after 2200Z to watch another hockey game,
but did come back a few times to check if there was a band change before the contest ended.
And to make matters even worse, there was an intermittent nearby S-3 to 5 noise source that often
blocked me from hearing the weaker stations. This started both Saturday and Sunday mornings (1300Z
to 1400Z) just as the band opened to Europe and again in the afternoons as things were good toward
S/C America. It was a strange noise that seemed to be at a higher frequency than power line noise,
that would come on with a few short bursts and then stay on for a number of minutes then cycle on
and off, mostly on, for maybe 15 minutes. I contemplated pulling out the little AM/FM/SW portable
radio and walking the nearby streets. However, I decided to do it on a warmer day. As I write this
on Monday morning, the noise just started at 1415.
So, I can’t say that this was a fun effort. I did not reach my QSO goal and I spent too much time
BIC to squeeze out those 353 QSOs. Although, I do feel lucky that I was able to make as many of
those weak signal QSOs that I did.

All contacts were made with an indoor/attic mounted Yagi antenna.

I haven't worked this contest in several years.  It was fun!  Ready for next year!

Had fun on 10M SSB after not doing a contest in a while.  Felt like a rookie was using a new Windows
11 machine and had to obtain and install N3FJP 10M setup for the contest.  Only decided to do it on
Friday Evening when I went over to 10M that evening and found it active.  Looked over the rules,
decided to just do 10M SSB Phone.  Was late getting started but really just wanted to give it a try
after some K5EOK members said they were going to operate.  I didn't see them but did talk to some
Saturday morning and a breakfast QSO. In the end I ran about 13 hours over 12 so marked as 24 hours.
 At first I had to figure out why I could not get the DX logs to go in but N3FJP 10 M logger was
trying to make sure my inputs were valid. I had it in a small window and could not see # after the
states.  Sorry if I missed a few of you but it was exciting.  Hope everyone had fun I wrapped up
early to make sure I was out by Sunday morning UTC (about 5pm CST only working part of the afternoon
on Saturday.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!  Thanks to the kind professional
operators that help getting us going again, be kind it a hobby we want all to have fun.  K5SRT-Ross

Station K5TR:
http://www.k5tr.net/
Elecraft K4
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
- 7 element yagi 48 ft boom at 40' fixed NW
trlinux 0.58 on a Mac Mini
- http://kkn.net/trlinux

This was my first contest in two years.  In fact, this was my first
time in front of an HF radio in two years.  Many thanks to George for
checking in with me to see if I'd still be interested in operating
the contest.  The 10 Meter Contest is one I really enjoy and I'm
grateful for the opportunities to play radio.  I think this is my
22nd ARRL 10 Meter Contest in 24 years.

Being so very out of practice, I was a bit nervous with how things
would go.  Fortunately, Friday night had some solid Eskip and there
were good rates for the first three and a half hours to get the
blood pumping a bit.

Saturday morning was fun with the opening to Europe and starting to
pick up the New England and eastern Canada multipliers.  Nothing
really exotic happened - no long path or any really crazy rare
multipliers.  The fun really began at the end of the 1700 UTC hour
when I am pretty sure we had strong Eskip develop here in North
America and the rates really took off.  It lasted for about three
hours and was so fun.  The rhythm of working one station after
another with almost no repeats or fills or hesitations, smoothly,
over and over again, feels very special when it happens.

Sunday was unfortunately slower than Friday night or Saturday.
Conditions to Europe did not feel nearly as good - I wasn't hearing
as many stations as far east or north as I did on Saturday.   I
never did hear OH or ES in the contest.  We did not get a repeat
of the Eskip, either, so the rates were much more modest.  At
points, I felt like I was working a hopelessly large number of dupes,
but I guess in the end it was a fairly normal amount.

The K5TR station is really outstanding.  I was able to come in with
no operating practice for two years, sit down at a new radio (it was
my first time using an Elecraft K4) and a completely new antenna
switching setup, and everything was effortless.  It makes operating
a contest a joy.

HR   HR TOT CUM TOTAL  SCORE
--   ------ ---------  -----
0   130/26   130/26   0.01M
1   122/14   252/40   0.02M
2   129/8    381/48   0.04M
3    77/4    458/52   0.05M
4    14/1    472/53   0.05M
5     1/0    473/53   0.05M
6     ---    473/53   0.05M
7     ---    473/53   0.05M
8     ---    473/53   0.05M
9     ---    473/53   0.05M
10     ---    473/53   0.05M
11     ---    473/53   0.05M
12     9/8    482/61   0.06M
13    61/18   543/79   0.08M
14   100/12   643/91   0.12M
15   146/16   789/107  0.17M
16   156/7    945/114  0.21M
17   127/4   1072/118  0.25M
18   220/5   1292/123  0.31M
19   240/1   1532/124  0.37M
20   176/2   1708/126  0.42M
21   119/2   1827/128  0.46M
22    68/1   1895/129  0.48M
23    55/4   1950/133  0.51M
0     6/1   1956/134  0.51M
1     5/0   1961/134  0.52M
2     2/0   1963/134  0.52M
3     ---   1963/134  0.52M
4     ---   1963/134  0.52M
5     ---   1963/134  0.52M
6     ---   1963/134  0.52M
7     ---   1963/134  0.52M
8     ---   1963/134  0.52M
9     ---   1963/134  0.52M
10     ---   1963/134  0.52M
11     ---   1963/134  0.52M
12     1/1   1964/135  0.52M
13    15/4   1979/139  0.54M
14    68/3   2047/142  0.57M
15    54/1   2101/143  0.59M
16    60/1   2161/144  0.61M
17   106/0   2267/144  0.64M
18   131/0   2398/144  0.67M
19   130/1   2528/145  0.71M
20    84/0   2612/145  0.73M
21    85/0   2697/145  0.75M
22    44/0   2741/145  0.77M
23    17/1   2758/146  0.78M
----------------------------
Day 1        1950/133
Day 2         808/13

Gross QSOs=2758        Dupes=103        Net QSOs=2655

Unique callsigns worked = 2655

The best 60 minute rate was 241/hour from 1843 to 1942
The best 30 minute rate was 250/hour from 1849 to 1918
The best 10 minute rate was 276/hour from 1854 to 1903

The best 1 minute rates were:
6 QSOs/minute    8 times.
5 QSOs/minute   56 times.
4 QSOs/minute  120 times.
3 QSOs/minute  242 times.
2 QSOs/minute  334 times.
1 QSOs/minute  453 times.

Number of letters in callsigns
Letters  # worked
-----------------
3         9
4       559
5      1065
6      1013
7         3
8         5
9         1

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

Total    Pct
---------------------------
North America   2066   77.8
South America     86    3.2
Europe           398   15.0
Asia              66    2.5
Africa            12    0.5
Oceania           27    1.0
---------------------------
Total           2655  100.0

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

Country   Total    Pct
----------------------
5B            1    0.0
6Y            1    0.0
7Q            1    0.0
7X            1    0.0
9A           10    0.4
9J            1    0.0
9M6           1    0.0
9Y            1    0.0
BY            1    0.0
C6            1    0.0
CE            7    0.3
CM            2    0.1
CN            1    0.0
CT           14    0.5
CT3           1    0.0
CX            5    0.2
D4            2    0.1
DL           58    2.2
DU            6    0.2
E7            3    0.1
EA           41    1.5
EA6           4    0.2
EA8           3    0.1
EI            4    0.2
EU            1    0.0
F            62    2.3
FK            2    0.1
FM            3    0.1
FR            1    0.0
FS            1    0.0
FY            1    0.0
G            33    1.2
GI            4    0.2
GM            5    0.2
GW            4    0.2
HA            5    0.2
HB            9    0.3
HC            1    0.0
HI            1    0.0
HK            6    0.2
HL            1    0.0
HP            2    0.1
HZ            1    0.0
I            42    1.6
IS            1    0.0
JA           60    2.3
K          1842   69.3
KH2           1    0.0
KH6           3    0.1
KL           14    0.5
KP4           5    0.2
LA            3    0.1
LU           18    0.7
LX            2    0.1
LY            1    0.0
LZ            4    0.2
OE            3    0.1
OK            3    0.1
OM            3    0.1
ON           16    0.6
OY            1    0.0
OZ            4    0.2
PA           27    1.0
PJ4           2    0.1
PY           43    1.6
S5            4    0.2
SM            7    0.3
SP            7    0.3
SV            5    0.2
TA            1    0.0
TI           10    0.4
UA9           1    0.0
V5            1    0.0
VE          178    6.7
VK            6    0.2
VP2M          1    0.0
XE            5    0.2
YB            4    0.2
YL            1    0.0
YO            3    0.1
YU            3    0.1
YV            2    0.1
Z3            1    0.0
ZL            4    0.2
----------------------
Total 2655

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

Mult   Total
------------
Ca       220
Ny       135
Wa       104
Pa       101
Ma        87
Oh        84
Or        83
Va        83
On        76
Nj        65
Nc        57
Mi        53
Nh        46
Md        45
Id        43
Bc        41
Ct        41
Tn        38
Mn        38
Wi        37
Il        36
Ga        33
In        30
Co        29
Nv        29
Tx        27
Me        27
Fl        26
Sc        22
Wv        21
De        20
Ab        18
Ky        17
Mo        17
Ia        16
Qc        16
Ks        15
Al        14
Vt        14
Ri        14
Ut        13
Ak        11
Wy        10
Mt        10
Ne         7
Ok         6
Sd         6
Nb         6
Mb         6
Nd         6
Az         5
Ar         5
Sk         5
Ns         4
La         3
Ms         3
Pe         3
Dc         3
Nm         2
Nf         2
Hi         2
EMx        1
Pue        1
NLe        1
Nt         1
Gto        1
Tam        1
------------
Total   2655

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

Area    QSOs     Pct
--------------------
0     140     5.3
1     234     8.8
2     233     8.8
3     192     7.2
4     227     8.5
5      56     2.1
6     239     9.0
7     247     9.3
8     153     5.8
9     118     4.4
--------------------
Total   1839    69.3

I had limited time this year and the score suffered. However I did break 1000 Q's with limited time
and hit my rate goals during EU runs. Conditions weren't as good Sunday as they were Saturday. Too
bad my time was limited Saturday into EU.  Next year I get the whole weekend.  Two new DXCC entities
worked.  Overall, the 10m 'test is a blast as always. 

73 K5UZ

Lots of fun on a mostly good band.

Entertaining contest.
Elecraft K3 + PGXL amp
C31xr @ 70'

Ten meters, always a fun band, thanks to all I contacted!  73, Dennis K6DF

Wish I would have had more time to operate...

This was my best 10 meter contest despite not hearing any
Europeans. Previous best was way back in 2011. This year I had 9
more Qs and 3 more mults, but worked another 1.4 hours to do it.

I operated remotely from Williams, Arizona.

Conditions were interesting. Friday after about 0130 I could still
hear very strong stations from Asia, but they could not hear me.
I didn't hear much Eu, but I started late both Saturday and Sunday
morning. When I called CQ I had a torrent of extremely strong
US stations calling from all parts of the country. Just 2 or 3 EU
stations. On Sunday close-in stations in California and other
states near Arizona were much stronger than is typical.

I ran 500 watts from a K4/KPA500 to a 4 element yagi up at about
40 feet. Station elevation is 7000 feet. Really enjoyed the lack of
QRN that I hear all too well in California.

Thanks for the QSOs.

THis was a last-minute QRP run as K6T.
This was an ad-HOC mixed-mode run to to take 1st-place for SDIE and the SW Division.
Unless log mistakes DING the score, it would seem that I accomplished that goal.
I ran Friday evening, part of Saturday and Sunday morning.
Oh well, it would seem I made enough QSOs for a QRP high score.
Look for a write-up on this at: http://WQ6X.Blogspot.com.

Fun weekend running S&P with my new callsign.  Went through the band a few
times Saturday & Sunday and worked as many stations as I could.

IC-7300 @ 100w with A99 vertical antenna.

As usual, only limited time available over the weekend (7 hours on the air).  The Friday evening JA
run was good.  The hoped-for EU runs on Sat. and Sun. mornings didn't happen :-(  Tnx for QSOs.

73 - Jim K6ZH

All QSOs are mobile/portable in a POTA entity - LL Stewart SP, Clatsop SF, and Tillamook SF in
Oregon.

Great fun, many new contest ops got some practice.

Thanks for all the activity!

Enjoyed the contest.  Lots of new QRN to the west from maybe a
neighbors Christmas lights.  Otherwise had a good time operating
on Phone and CW.

Too many SSB operators with the call of QRZ'd

fun contest

Operated Parks-to-Radiosport (P2R) on the Central Coast of California. My Parks-on-the-Air
designator was Pismo State Beach, US-3535. There's nothing like assembling your station in the great
outdoors expressly for contesting. 73.

This was my first HF operations (besides CW test beacons) and my first ever contest. Was hunting
only.

Worked Contest From Relatives House, Home QTH is 134 E. McKinley Way Poland Ohio 44514

While band conditions were not optimal, the contest was still a lot of fun.  I was glad to see so
much CW activity!

My first 10 meter contest!

Fun!  First contest with new antenna, 2 el beam

limited antennas overlay

Only had eight hours for the contest this year but it was a lot of fun.  No beam this year - got to
fix that!

First contest by myself. Age 9.

Homemade dipole on house chimney. using ic-735 no waterfall no headphones

I had time available to operate only a few hours and enjoyed it
very much. It was interesting to hear activity subside and only
stations across the Pacific Ocean appearing as sunset was
approaching here in Oregon.

First time participating in this contest. Had a great time for as long as I was able to spend time
on it.  Next year though....

Fun to operate the contest in a liesurely way

IC-7610
Hustler 6-BTV

Operated in parking area of Mayberry State Park, with mobile radio and magnetic mount antenna.

First ARRL 10-Meter contest. Operated for about an hour total, but did well with FTDX10 and
attic-mounted Alpha Delta DX-EE.

This weekend was the ARRL 10 meter contest. Although the band
conditions were on the poor side. I enjoyed working with all my
friends and operators all over the world.  Regardless I had fun
working each and everyone this weekend. De ke2ay. Until the next
time.

So pleased to observe such great band conditions, especially during Saturday. My personal effort was
limited, first QSO logged at 1437z on Saturday. Great runs into EU all afternoon but cut away for
other home activities. Began again on Sunday at 1253z, the EU opening seeming to cut short and not
going as deep as the day before. Ended with about 11-12 hours total operating time. At the start, my
goal was 500 QSOs given my time limitations, very pleased to reach the 800 QSO total.

Haven't done LP for quite a while. Quite a few calls I could
hear, but they could not hear me. I knew this would be a
part-time effort, so decided to use this as a re-learning
experiment. A couple of afternoon (local) sessions when
propagation was lee than optimeum, but reasonable DX at times
guided by the AMQ display. Enjoyed it, and got a few points for
the club scpre. Thanks for the contacts.

1st time in this contest after 50+ years as a ham.

This was my first contest that I logged the entries and submitted myself. I worked a total of 19
hours. It was fun.  I used N1mm for logging. It was a bit of a process. I operated as single
operator high power. I used a hex beam at around 45 feet. A total of 784 contacts with 90
multipliers. I operated by calling contest on multiple parts of the band. I didn't use any spotting
or assistance. The vfo was my friend. I used a foot pedal for a while. Than switched to a hand
operated button.

My name is Kirsten and I'm a 12 years Old. This is my second time participating in the ARRL 10m
Contest. This year I tried CW only as its my favorite mode. I had a busy weekend, but I was able to
find some time to get on the air and make contacts. The radio I used was my Yaesu FTDX1200.

First contest, what a blast!

I had no time to participate in the full contest ( about 12 hours)and conditions were rather
unstable with lots of QSB and by far not on the level of 2024.
I operated from within an HOA with just a 1/4 wavelength home made "stealth groundplane" mounted
outside the house at the second floor.

Operated at my RV spot in AZ land.

First time competing in contest, and first DX contact!  Yaesu 891
@100W, JPC-12 HF Vertical Antenna.  TX/RX from Camp Tuscazoar.

Good times!!

K3 with G5rv at 33 ft

Very parttime Just called loud stations

I realized too late that my first 14 entries did not have the freq entered.  Therefore, I realize I
may not get credit for them however, it could serve as a check llog for my qso partner to allow them
credit as verification that we did have communication

Wow! QSB was deep at times, especially for a dipole in a valley!

12.25 hours

Not much time this year but still lots of fun

I am trying to get Radio Active once again.
A seious health issue with my wife kept me
basically off the air for  the past 6 months.
I do hope 2026 is a better year.

Limited antennas

First contest, really fun. Thank you!

Returning to contesting after a break.  Testing a new homebrew
1 full wavelenght wire dipole antenna, coax cable, and HF radio.

ENJOYED DX QSO

Propagation was not nearly as good as last year with much QSB and
multiple propagation modes observed. Operating time limited by
other commitments. Go FRC!

IC7200 80watts to portable QRZ.com Frisbee Retriever vertical antenna
Thank you for the contacts 73.

The band was strange but I'm not going to knock it 'cause at least
it was open except when the sun went down. However, where
JAs Only one heard and worked was JJ0VNR who I heard ESP
Fri. night and finally had a gud sig. just before the end of the
contest. Despite terrible prop forecast on Sat. lots of EU wrkd
on the double hop to Mt. but with a much better forecast for Sun.
only 2 EUs came through. Great cndx to AF, D4C called me on
both modes and SA and Carib vy FB. Wrkg dx barefoot is fun!

Antennas:

I let the Eagle fly its wings this time and ran it at full power.
What a difference those 95 extra watts make!  The first day was
much better than the second day.  Lots of fun meeting old friends
and working new ones.Thanks - 73  tom    Rig = TenTec Eagle @ 100
Watts.   Antennas = Mag Loop (40 thru 15), an Isotron-80, and an
indoor 10 meter dipole, all  in the attic 12' above garage floor.

Christmas preparations kept me too busy to participate on
Saturday, but I managed to get a bit of time in on Sunday.
Always a fun contest, especially when the band is open.  Thanks
for the QSOs!

Quarterwave Vertical Antenna

Vy gud condx all weekend. Large openings with EU and AS as well
as to the 50 US states and Canada despite a storm system over
Buenos Aires during most of the contest. Vy gud "extra"
competition over the online score server with superb operators as
EA3O, ON6NL and G4ZFE during most of the contest, just cleared on
close run at the last hour of participation. Thanks to all the
patience to recover my humble signal from the noise, this just
tell about how good operators are you all. Looking forward for
the next year. Cheers and 73! Pedro LU7DZ/LT7D

LU CONTEST GROUP

probando concurso.

Even if I didn't had the time to participate full time, it was a
lot of fun to participate on one of my favourite contests after
28 years!

Used 29m long wire via remote tuner from balcony, Hermes Lite 2 + PC + keyboard, for first QSO -
X6200 and straight key.

1 w,  inv V on balkony, city location

FT77-100W
Ant Vertikal 5B
UCX Log

TRX Yaesu FT-710, PWR 100W, ANT OCF Dipole 40/20/10/6M

FT450D at 25W into ladder line slim jim
Logging using SD by EI5DI

Good to have the weekend free! Better conditions on the Saturday with
the band staying open two hours after our sunset. Sunday not so good.
200w and Off Centre Fed Dipole (OCFD) at 8m.

Really enjoyed my limited time in the Contest with my 100W and my
20m long End-Fed wire at only 5m agl.

Yaesu FT-710, Random 9:1 35.5ft

few hours entry Sat afternoon from home.

100w dipole K3

Dipole antenna 9m AGL

Thanks for the contest, my first ever one! M7PXZ - 73!

My first QRP contest and only my 3rd contest in total. Certainly a differe
nt challenge. What I really enjoyed was the stations who were so supportive
for my efforts. Thank you!

10m dipole at 9m. Hand-rotation. IC-7300

THX FOR THE CONTEST <3

Best i could do when ill   :-)

ARRL 10M, one of my favourite contests.
Conditions were good but down on last year. Sunday was a struggle in comparison to Saturday. Fingers
crossed 2026 has good conditions.

73

Gordon
MM2N

ARRL 10M Contest

Got on to hand out a few Qs. Old TS-850 and mag. mount whip for
antenna "fixed mobile." All contacts handmade. Hand key, paper log.

Very limited operating time but from this location conditions were quite good.  By late Sunday
morning I heard some DX stations with serial numbers well over 2000.  Hopefully this isn't the last
hurrah for 10m for the next several years.

Had a great time!

Last run of the 'peanut whistle' setup from the home QTH.  The 10m dipole @ 20' has done fantastic,
but the hexbeam and Yagi antennas are due to be installed soon.  

Always great to work Gilbert, ZD7BG for the ZD7 Mult.  (And having been to his QTH this past July,
it is even more special to get him in the log.)  Also got lucky and got V51YJ and 7Q2T in the log
from South of the Equator in Africa. TF3W was a Northern hemisphere highlight for the log.

Conditions were not quite as good as previous years.  You can tell we are probably past the peak of
the sunspots, and the minor variations in solar conditions did not help.  

We did have a strange spotlight opening from here in the Midwest (Missouri at least) to Florida
Friday evening after things otherwise seemed to close.  Had over 40 FL stations, with a smattering
of SE US and Northern South American stations in the log after the band faded to the west.

Glad to put all the stations worked in the log.

73 de N0UI

All contacts made from SOTA summit W6/SC-453, Twin Peaks in San Diego (Saturday & Sunday).  
Packed 36 lbs of gear to summit include Yaesu FT-857, battery, home built 10m dipole.  Had a lot of
fun and learned a few things.

Not much time but a good time...

A snowy day here in NH. . .perfect setting for ARRL 10 meter contest!

19TH ARRL 10M CONTEST

Kenwood TS-590SG running at 20 watts to an Inverted V dipole in the attic.

Band Conditions were not cooperating, but fun to operate

1/2 Yankee Clipper Contest Club (KD2RD) 1/2 FRANKFORD RADIO CLUB

Conditions were excellent.  Equipment included: Yaesu FT DX-10 @ 5 watts, 10 - 40 meter EFHW @ 15
feet, N3FJP logging software. I hope that this solar cycle has a few more good years left in it
because I may not be around for any more when this one peters out!

This is the first contest I participated in and the most time I spent on the air in about six
years.
My goal for this contest was to improve my CW copy skills. I worked hard to copy well beyond my
comfort level. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. I hope others will feel inspired to get on the air and
try CW.

Sorry for so few entries...limited time this weekend.

Yaesu FT-DX10, Chameleon MPAS 2.0 17ft. Vertical with 34 ground
radials.

The 10m band was pretty poor this year. From eastern PA, we could not hear any states between TX/OK
and here (PA), although I was able to work MD and DE on groundwave. Saw lots of spots for all of the
states in the SE, mid-west, NE, etc., but just could not hear them. Prop was long this year. Looking
back at last year's log, I was able to work a lot more nearby states than this year. Oh well..
that's 10m for you. 73 de N3NTJ

2025 ARRL 10M Contest

ARRL 10 metercontest

Generally poor conditions; all wires antennas

Rig: Yaesu FT-710.

Three visits to Flint Peak (SOTA W6/CT-225). 5 watts feeding a
half square with a CAT5e single twisted pair feedline. Hand sent
except for most CQs, logged on the VK Portalog cellphone app.

ONE HALF WATT to a 20-Foot End-Fed Wire.
Tnx for your patience and the QSOs.
Go Arizona Outlaws! -73- John N6HI

Phone is not my thing, and I've not been in a contest in years,
but it was pretty fun for th few hours I had for it.

Solar Flux around 135 about 30 down from last year, but with K-Index
at 5 at the start, not so good.  Just a semi-serious effort this time.
Took long breaks to eat. :-)

THIS CONTEST WAS VERY INTERESTING OPERATED SAT WITH  A 10 METER  WIRE J-POLE IN THE TREES AT A PARK,

Best contest ever, and very helpful for operating and station improvements.  Fun with all the DX and
propagation changes.  My goal was 100 QSOs. and I nearly doubled that!  I basically matched sending
speed and had to manage damage from any complicated messages, except for nr or exch.  Also, I do
have a timing problem and can’t tell when to start sending.  I often jump in and mess up the
timing.  

Also used 10 KHz slices to work up the band methodically from bottom to top.  Fortunately, 10M has a
lot of space, because the first 110 KHz was pretty busy.  There are two multipliers -
States/Provinces & Country (eg DXCC entities).
I optimized for QSO’s - ignoring multipliers (unless opportunistic), only did S&P, and only
working a mult intentionally if it was a targeted QSO; which was typically a signal above S1.

There were two kinds of problems getting a call back.  One was they could not pick out the call - it
must have been buried in the noise.  The second kind was where I got out of sync or rhythm and the
caller gave up on me and ignored me for the next hassle free QSO.

Too many spots from nc7j and is improved with filtering on n1mm for k and na.  I eventually used
NC7J because so many spots were missing from VE7CC due to either filtering settings or busted/dupe
spot in the cluster itself.

K of 5 makes a bad start and was a struggle to get 3 JA stations
Friday night.  Short weak Western Europe run Saturday morning but
a good NA/ SA run most of the day.  No JA run on Saturday
afternoon/ evening again with K at 2.  Bad news for the score!
No Europe Sunday morning except a lone Spanish station.  Finally
a JA run just after 2200Z Sunday to break the monotony but lasted
less than an hour.  Signals started dropping off the band scope
rapidly by 2330Z and it was already over.

IC-7300, Heil Pro-Micro Headset, and ZS6BKW up 45 feet, running N-S @6,053 feet elevation, in
Laramoe County, Wyoming. High winds caused intermittent  antenna connection, so no chance at beating
my 2024 SOULP Ph only score, which was 2nd place in U.S. last year. Tnx for the contacts. 73 de
November Seven Many Zebras Walking.

Amazing results and great propagation this year for my Seattle-area QTH. Setup: KX3 at 5w to an EFHW
sloper with apex up 16 feet. Antenna is beneath a heavy stand of trees and between two multi-story
buildings.  I had doubts about it being very effective but 10m was wide open and I made Qs to
Hawaii, Nova Scotia, Japan, Argentina, Chile, Mexico and most of the lower 48. No Qs across the
pond. I have to give credit to the Big Gun Ops for digging me out of the pileups. Thanks to all!

I enjoyed using SD Logging software. Interesting
that most of my statside contacts were CA

super casual part time effort while working on other stuff

Relatively poor conditions Saturday afternoon resulted in me
having low expectations for Sunday. Thanksfully conditions were
much better Sunday. Overall had a great time.

I did not realize that my USB came unplugged for the last 19 or so contacts.
I hope that the others get credit even if I do not.  Sorry

Goal was beat last years personal best and enjoy 10m before it crashes!
Had most of the whole weekend to operate. Got on at the start Friday night.
Nice E opening to SE&SW. Pipeline to FL and then TX ppopped in. Put in a
little over 2 hours Friday night with 66 Qs in the log. Satuday morning was
was much better prop to EU than Sunday morning. EU sigs Saturday were much
stronger, eaiser to work, and prop lasted longer than Sunday. Except for a
few big gun EU stations, the rest of EU was much weaker Sunday. There was also a
short E opening to the NW to MN and SD Sunday morning around 13:30utc for
about 45 minutes. Mostly S&P, but did some hit and run-RUNS in between
clicking on spots and crusing up and down the band. When one mode dried up
I'd switch modes and repeat the process. No JA's heard or worked here.
I was able to work a few VK&ZL, but not on the 6BTV. I found the short vertical
160 inverted L has a nice lobe on 10m to the SW. Signals from VK/ZL and HI
were always 2 S units higher than on the vertical with a slightly lower noise
floor. I struggled to work my first ZL on the 6BTV and found the 160 inverted L
made that chore lots eaiser. I was surprised at how many XE states were active
in this contest. Usually I'm lucky if I work one or two XE states. This contest
I was able to work 9 XE states with a couple of multiple stations in same states.
66 unique DX, 33 US states including AK&HI, and 9 VE Prov.
Lots of fun with an aluminum pole on the ground, a few radials and low power.
73, Gene N9TF. K3S 100 watts to 6BTV ground mounted, and occasionally a 22' vertical
160 inverted L 110' horizontal wire 22' above ground traveling SW vertical pole.
It's the "KISS" method! (And also low Mantenance!!)

The noise was high, but the fun was real.

Probably my favorite contest - and this one validated that.

When 10 is good it can be so much fun !!!

This was the 1st 10-meter contest I have participated in.

SSB only effort. No goal other than 'have fun'.
Friday night.
was good. EU was big.
afternoon without hearing much to SW or any NW. I heard VK/ZL was
big later in the evening. I missed it; crap.
much weaker.
20%, California: 20%, Other: 10%
evidence of the rumored robot stations. I did see a lot of the
intentionally wide SSB sigs, though. Ignorant ops Bad ops Poor
sportsmanship Puts a bee in my bonnet though.

10 meters was open throughout. Had fun. Look forward to next year.

Field day style. 90W and two 3el yagi fixed EU and NA

USED SD BY EI5DI FOR LOGGING! IT WORKS GREAT!
THANKS FOR THE QSOs! 73, WILL, NQ2W

Band condx were awesome! It was wonderful to work so many skilled CW ops!

This was my first true contest of many more to come. It was definitely a learning experience. My
friend and fellow club member, Les, KI5GTR, coached me through some logging software and other
operational tips to get me better prepared. 
My station is modest but quite capable and I was able to make 114 QSOs and 12,700pts. Now, I have a
baseline that I cab build on!

Rig: HW-9  Ant: HF9V

1000ft Loop @ 45ft

RX/TX: TS-890S
ANT.:High End Fed LW

POWER.:100 W

Transmitter: IC7300

Just a few contacts - CWFE!

Nice contest but conditions to the US ended on both days way too soon. However, I did manage to
break my old record by a narrow margin. Cu again next year!

Too bad the propagation was much worse from here then last year.
I tried to give a few points and enjoy some nice DX.

This was a modest antenna test between ZL special and A3 ttibander.

FT1000MP markV, PA Acom 1500 - 1 kW, 6el.Y

IC746, 7.4m Roof Vertical, AH-730 Tuner

UFFF...

Rig[s]IC-756PROIII-100W,Antena[s]3el.YAGI

TRX FT817/5W + vertical V7+

TS480SAT - 1O0   W, ANT  VERTICAL

TS590S ANT LW 20m 7 m UP

YAESU FTX-1 FIELD 5W, dipole 7m up. TNX 73

FLEXRADIO
Antennas: DYPOL

I ONLY WORKED FOR 2 HOURS

FT-991A, output 90 w
ANT YAGI 3 EL

Rig: TRX Drake TR7 - 80W, Ant Windom 42 m long

TNX, 73!

Hi all,
happy to be part of this great contest!! 
73
Manu
on4em

It was a good contest with much activity. I enjoyed it.
Till next year. 73 Leon  ON5WL

I just participated for fun and my log is only a checklog.
73
on5xx

Good fun, hard working with QRP...

Great condition made a lot of fun possible
Thanks all for activity, see you next year
Use a IC-7760 with HEXBeam at 8 m and abt. 400 W Expert 1.3 FA

Equipment: QMX+ @5W, RSP1A for N1MM Spectrum Window, K1EL
Winkeyer, Begali Sculpture Mono. ANT: 80 - 10M: doublet 2 x16m,
12m up, open feeders, remote tuned with CG3000 autotuner.

Thanks

Little time. Will be back in 2026.

dipole 100w

Flexradio 8400
Antennas: SteppIr 2 element.

PWR: 90 W
ANT: 6-BANDS HEX-BEAM HOMEMADE AND HY-GAIN VERTICAL AV-640

Flexradio 6400
Antennas:

Tnx all QSO, 73 PE2K

Rig FTdx-10, antenna: wire ground plane on balcony

Limited Antennas

agu160145@hotmail.com

FALCONS DX

ARRL 10

FOTOS DA PX1C NO QRZ!!!
RÁDIO IC 706MKIIG
ANTENNA: WIRE DIPOLE VERTICAL
PC: HP PAVILION 2015
FUEL: ANTÁRTICA BEAR!!!

RIO DX GROUP

Shortened EFHW antenna for 40m, 20m, and 10m installed on my
balcony.
Too fit the antenna into my balcony it had to be bent into an inverted "U" shape.

Rio dx Group

agenoraparecidosantanas079@gmail.com

Tkanks Big 73 TU

Few hours, only 20 watts, antenna magnetic loop on the balcony. Veru fun !
PY2BZZ also PP7ZZ since 1979.

It was truly wonderful to have been able to participate in the contest. I am 62 years old, have been
in radio since 1978, and was away from the 10m band for about 8 years. I returned last June to this
fantastic 10m band. The ARRL 10M was an opportunity to practice, meet old friends, and work many
countries and american states, now with the same excitement as the first time. Thank you all very
much for your patience with me and for the opportunity. God bless you all. 73'DX, DE PY2KQ, BEN.

PY2MM

SOTA PY2/SE-021, POTA BR-0262

reasonably good conditions but not super, but overall a good score using a 5/8 vertical antenna.

PY3KIM, PU3CSD, PU3CKB

Antennas:

A lot of fun! Very good propagation. A lot of station from EU, AF
and USA. Few stations from ASIA with very low signal. Considering
my working conditions I am very happy for my first participation
in ARRL 10M. Elecraft K3S 100W + Homebrew Wire Loop 10M lenght
tuned with ladder line. Antenna installed on my little balcony.

check log

TKS FB Test.

TNX 73!

TNX!73!

TNX 73 TU.

ICOM-718,100Wt.,Ant.Balcony,all band

73 ! TNX

TNX 73!

GL! 73!

73!

096273globus@mail.ru

SO1R; TX FT-450D 100 w; ANT: YAGI-2el, W3DZZ

Good Luck! 73!

rig - TS-590S - 100 watts
ant  - 1 ele loop

KENWOOD TS 590S,PA 500 WATTS,ANT COUCHKRAFT A4S

73!

TNX for Contest ! 73 !

TNX!

RIG(s): IC756PRO2; 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.

Discovery TX-500, 5 W, RR-33, Inv-V 80-40, DL-40m

Cu agn!

73!

73!

73!

TNX 73!

73! TNX

73!

73!

RU1AT@MAIL.RU

73!

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

rv6aa@mail.ru

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

RIG(s): IC7600; ANTENNA(s): 6 EL YAGI

80 yo. TRX: YAESU FTdx1200; Ant: HVT-600

4-hours operation. 73s all de Janez S51DX.

CHECKLOG

IC 7300
PA=80wtss
ANT Windom

FLEX-6400
Antennas: 3el Yagi

Ver bad condition in my location central Poland, 73s to all thanks

TRX Monoband Albrecht AE5800 max 15W P.E.P and EndFed antenna.

Plik utworzony programem "Cabrillo Generator" - (c)
SP7DQR
Plik utworzony programem "Cabrillo Generator" - (c) SP7DQR

IC 735 100 W

Hustler 4-BTV vertical

5 W LW10m.

TRX FT897 80W ANT DELTA LOOP

check log

GRID: KO01BW
Skierniewice

rig-IC746 ; pwr-100W ; ant-GP

R7 GUSHCRAFT
80 WATTS

SUN SDR
Antennas: VERTICAL

QSO with Experimental Homebrew HF 10M Vertical Balcony Antenna. Bad propagation with high level of
''noise'' in my local QTH area.
73! de SV1QFU
Evangelos

ARRL 10M SSB Contest 2025

Hello all radio amateurs, i enjoyed the 10M ARRL contest for e few hours using a vert CB ant SIRIO
5,9 mtrs long and abt 80W pwr.
See you in next contest.

Merry Christmas

Salamis Radio Team

Antennas:

TNX 73

73

conditions de propagation difficiles le dimanche vers les US
;meilleures vers l amerique du sud.condition nettement moins bonnesque
pour le CQWW

The first ARRL 10m contest for me.
FTdx101D 100W and 1 element delta loop home made at 8m above the ground. Next year I will be ready
with better conditions of antenna for this nice contest.
Only hunter and veru small run. 
Thanks Oli F4MAG as TM3DX

Tks for qso and to Dan for the use of station! Hope once year more of
propagation! 73s,Oli

Tnx all fer test, 73 de UA0ACG

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

TNX! 73!

ICOM-718,ANT-LW 160 METRS,INV VEE

tnx

73!

GOOD CONTEST

An excellent test, but propagation needs...
There was a magnetic storm, and as a result, North American stations were very weak audible here,
meaning most of the multiplier was lost. A lot of USA stations I didn't hear at all...
But there was a lot of activity, and that was wonderful.

ua9far@mail.ru

IC-7610,PA=90wtts,ANT=RQ-35, SAY3-11

TNX 73!

ua9xo@mail.ru

73!

K4 + PA 1500w, 4el Yagi at 22mH

Using 1/4 GP. The first station heard during the contest was DU2W (04:58), and the last was HK1MW
(15:13). Thank you to all and 10m band! 73!

IC-746 + Dipole

The first license was issued in Feb.2024 (UT3UUK)

ICOM-718

TNX! 73!

SUNSDR2
Antennas: dipole

Lot of fun. What a big opening to North America on Sunday. There was
a pipeline between NA and southern Africa.

Rookie

While I’m not a dedicated contester it makes since to get on any band when others are looking for
points. Just a 100 watts and an endfed wire is all you need. I’m a member of RAC but can’t
afford to join ARRL. LET’s hope amateur radio clubs can interest more to join. Denis VA3ONO
Ontario, Canada.

QSO Count=552

ROB, VE3PCP SOLE OPERATOR
100 WATTS
SINGLE ELEMENTS GROUND MOUNT VERTICAL

MATUS OM8ATE SOLE OPERATOR ON OUR REMOTE STATION
ROB, VE3PCP WAS PRESENT IN THE STATION AND IN CONTROL
100 WATTS
SINGLE ELEMENTS GROUND MOUNT VERTICAL

The ARRL 10m contest started with a disastrous band fade only 35 minutes into the contest on Friday
at 00:35GMT (Saturday). The Kp went over 5. I only managed 18 QSO's and then turned the radio off.
There was no 10m band left. 

Saturday and Sunday were much better conditions. Although I couldn't get a European run going on
Saturday or Sunday. But I did receive some surprising calls like Cape Verde. Other than that, I
mostly ran. My S&P was limited to just 57 QSO's. I found it too slow compared to running.

Also, I had to knock off early on Sunday. My Wife and I had a commitment and I was finished
contesting at 1pm on Sunday. (So I lost 4 hours of operating.) I think I would have easily broken 2k
in Q’s.

Here’s my score from the auroral zone…

Callsign: VA6SZ
Contest: ARRL10M
 Band     QSOs     Pts    S-P  Cty  Pt/Q
    28    1505     3010   57    28   2.0
 Total    1505     3010   57    28   2.0

Score: 255,850
1 Mult = 17.7 Q's

I was single op, high power, unassisted, phone.

Conditions were not great this year

My very last QSO in the contest was late in the afternoon, with the only JA I heard in the contest!

Antenna is an end-fed sloper with the highest point at c. 25 feet.

Gave up after I couldn't get any output from TX congrats to golden ears at DL5AXX

Alpha Delta DX-EE fan dipole. (32ft. apex)
Yeasu FT-710. 100w
Heil micro pro w/ FS-3 pedal.
73!

Excellent propagation.

Tough conditions this weekend, but still a lot of fun.

A few hours of fun.

The 10 Meter Contest was a lot of fun I got a few SSB qso's with
my Vintage IC-720A

End Fed ANtenna at 20 Feet

Our local WX precluded me popping out in the car for a twilight
start on Fri. Finally pried myself out of the apartment to a fun
and challenging wknd of operating. It was quite the experience to
witness the bottom falling out of the band toward local twilight
on Sat. With no one left to work I went home and accidentally
read the manual (many help pages and files) for N1MM+ I now have
it working and this is the second contest I used it in. That look
at the fine manual really payed off as Sunday demonstrated, with
much more useful info to hand. This truly helped with my
operation. I'm still using 1/4 wave whip antennas on the car for
this. Still I managed to work Namibia and much of S. America
along with a lot of the US. I had but two Cdn contacts which is
always a bit sad. No doubt folks were on however not audible, or
perhaps not running. Some stations might be assuming we're all
Assisted as many "QRZ"s went by with some simply not Iding. A bit
difficult to know if we've worked, or I wish to. Perhaps IDing
isn't cool, or is perceived as less effective. I set a late stage
goal for fun and exceeded it with a bit of margin to hold it.
Probably the most XE stations I've worked, ever! Cool. Good fun
overall. Thanks for working me.

See how Kevin, W1DED over at Q5 World Wide Ham radio has created a cool youtube video from this
yearly poem I write for this very contest. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GllS7rigCv0

I ran my KX3@5W on battery in my livingroom for a few hours on Sat afternoon with an inside antenna
(inv L) but it was really noisy and only about every 10th person could hear me. They pretty much had
to be 599 or greater.

 On Sunday I made a little inverted vee and hung it out on the front deck about 5' up (10' AGL) and
I'd say maybe 80% of people could hear me down to the 529 mark in some cases. Much more fun (and
less noisy)  I never could hear N2IC. 

CU (all of a sudden!) in the next one. 

Mike in NB

Go Maritime Contest Club !

Contest started strong but woke up Saturday morning to a radio blackout from the solar activity so
decided to pack and go home.. Only operated for just under 24hrs total. Monday had work commitments
unfortunately maybe next year??? DE:VK2ZG Matt

Persistent strong winds after CQ-WW-CW damaged my homebrew
spiderbeam. Determined to participate, designed/built wire yagis
pointed at NA and EU which performed OK. Would've liked another
yagi pointed at JA, VR, DU, etc, as I missed those QSOs, but
impossible given the time. Heard FY5KE working NA and EU about
1000Z on Sat and Sun on LP, but couldn't work (compared with a
less-crowded 10m in CQ-WW-CW a couple of weeks before when I
worked 3 Caribbean stations via LP with the spiderbeam.) Thanks
to all who answered my calls, and my apologies to those who I
missed. Thanks also to the managers for running the contest!

Only made 5 contacts, but 2 new states for me on 10m. Did not seem to be very good conditions from
VK7.

Conditions good

Due to other committments a very part time effort but still a
heap of fun. Nice to catch XE just before the end on SSB. A
terrorist attach in Australia on Sunday evening made for a very
sour and sober evening and went QRT for a while. A sad day for
Australia.

BRAIN IS HEALING.  GLAD TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE FOR YOU DESPITE
MANY ERRORS ON MY PART.  HAPPY HOLIDAYS  DE "J"

FT817nd, sloper wire into the trees.

This was my first contest. It was a lot of fun to participate.  Thanks to all the operators and
volunteers.

73 vy2mg

TS-590SG

Thanks for the 10M contacts. Thanks to the ARRL for sponsoring
the contest and processing the logs. 73, Dan - W1QK

In the summer of 1973, W0PAN (Contest advisory committee liaison to the board), W3ZZ  (CAC Member)
and I (CAC Chairman) were asked to quickly develop a contest for 10 meters.  The three of us were at
a convention and closeted ourselves to brainstorm this new contest.  I don’t remember why it was
needed or what the urgency was, but we created the 10 meter contest.  I don’t think we ever
thought it would survive beyond a few years, but here we are, 52 years later and the 10 meter
contest is going strong as ever.

Had some fun in this contest with a dipole in a low tree around family and other obligations. Thank
you to the many other stations on the air for your contacts and patience.

It seemed like it would be fun to try “the road less traveled” for this year’s ARRL 10 meter
contest.  So, for me, this contest was a QRP Dipole SSB only, part-time event.  It was fit in
between family activities, and an overnight snowstorm, which nicely coated my dipole antenna with
ice and snow for day 2, and sent me outside to shovel.

During the event, it was quite apparent my tiny signal was often at your receiver’s noise floor. 
My thanks to all of you who used both your skill and patience to help me complete a contact with
you.  If a W2NTN contact is in your log for this event, you can be sure you and your station did the
heavy lifting!

As always, many thanks to ARRL for making this event possible.  Many thanks also to all of you who
stay active in this and other events, making it enjoyable for all.

Thanks again to all of you, and enjoy our hobby,

Craig, W2NTN

Keying interface not working Sunday, so had to use my (now) crappy
manual sending.  It was painful!  Band did not seem as good as 2024,
but did manage to snag some JA stations near the end, a nice surprise.

Band conditions this year were not good compared to last year.

Still fun at 89yrs!

W3TB in Franklin, TN    Tennessee Contest Group

CABRILLO

FlexRadio 6600M
Antennas: 160M Loop

Mostly S&P testing Elecraft remote K4/0 to K4D.  The conditions much better than expected.

This was an ad-HOC Ssb run to break the SOUHP record for the SW Division.
Unless log mistakes DING the score, it would seem that I accomplished that
goal.  Running only on Sunday, I missed the Saturday openings.
Oh well, at least I made enough QSOs to break the record.
Look for a write-up on this at: http://WQ6X.Blogspot.com.

Only had time for 3.5 hours.

Lots of fun.  Finally worked SD and WY to complete 10m WAS and added several new DX.  Can't wait
until next year!

Antenna:  32 ft. Flagpole.

Overlay: Limited Antennas

Antennas:

First time to use spots in this contest.

Great fun!  Great way to add countries to the log and to practice pulling out call signs.

Had fun but conditions were horrible here compared to last year.

Had fun.

Bnd Conditions deteriorated somewhat from 2024 but still fun. Had limited time to operate.

Thanks for the Q's

Still only using a vertical.  2 towers still down.  Won't move for at least 3 months.

8.8 Operating hours

Not a great outing for me.  The band was "out to lunch" for Friday evening and other random times. 
Then the power company chose this weekend to go down, not only knocking me off the air for hours,
but also scrambling the wifi connection for my shack computer. . . BUT I did enjoy the contest
anyway.

Of course, with 100 watts and a stick (vertical), I'm not going to win anything, but I did submit my
log so that the serious contesters who contacted me can verify their QSO's for scoring.

Let's do it again next year!

Conditions were a bit poorer than last year, making for more
challenges.

It is counterproductive to use cut numbers in a numerical
exchange.

New to contesting

I set up near my house using a V-dipole consisting of 2
telescoping whips mounted to a small aluminum tripod.  I used a
small battery and about 75 Watts SSB power.

Very good band conditions all weekend. Had a great time!

I had fun and was quite successful - I was glad to contact HI. I
was happy to hear the band was open and active for this event.
Thanks for this good 10 meter band opportunity.

WB9TFF and WB9TFF operated under WB9TFF's call as Multi-
Single LP using FT1000 assisted CW Fixed, Yagi Beam.
Mostly S&P. WB9TFF on the leader board during the contest.
Tnx for the q's in the ARRL 10m test.  Hpe 2 CUAGN dit dit.

Once again, Friday night the band stayed open whereas it died w/
sunset Sa and Su.  Always interesting!

Saturday and Sunday evenings the band folded much earlier, Friday it was open later.

Was only able to get on at the beginning and end.  With my center
fed zepp at 23 feet, I can only hear and work the loud guys, but
it is still fun.

First time using QRP for the contest. What a great weekend!

24 foot end fed wire at 12 feet high slopping to 5 feet.

Xmas shopping, Costco, football and food were the priorities this weekend.

I did much better than in 2024.

This was an ad-HOC Ssb run to break the SOULP record for the SW Division.
Unless log mistakes DING the score, it would seem that I accomplished that goal.
Running only on Sunday, I missed to Saturday openings.  Oh well, at least I
I made enough QSOs to break the record.
Look for a write-up on this at: http://WQ6X.Blogspot.com.

Skookumlogger, Flex 6600M, 40M EDZ fed with ladder k

Hermosillo Contest Group

YO: 25  Bday: Apr.29 2000

HERMOSILLO CONTEST GROUP

Part time effort, stoped a coouple of times to join the MS 4A2DX
team. Great emotion to work Qatar A71

Un concurso muy divertido, Felicidades a la ARRL por el maravilloso trabajo que realiza.

73 de XE2E

HERMOSILLO CONTEST GROUP

Antennas:

BAD BAND CONDITION.GOOD CONTEST...DE:YB8UF

C U again in arrl 10 M contest

Thank you ARRL this is my first contest on 10m band i am using a homemade antenna with a pipe mast
10m from the ground

73

Glad to be in contest again.Strange conditions, got fun.
setup: IC-7300, 90W, 2el Q up 6m agl, fix AZ 330 , 73 Szigy.

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

TNX QSOs!

User cluster!

Despite minor technical problems and the early band being closing especially second day, QRM from
unknown source YU1EW and me were enjoying in the contest.

YT1CI

FT817 and Antenna TH6DXX

FLEX 6600, PGXL, 5 el YAGI @ 10m

No propagation to europe neither asia

bad condx for a qrp from my location hope better luck next year 73

Excellent first contest!! Thanks!

Band conditions on Sunday were not as good as Saturday.  Pile Ups
and stations transmitting whilst copy reports were not helpful in
ensuring correct information was recorded.

FUN TEST

Rotator died pointing to Asia. Band never opened to Asia for me. Had to wo
rk with antenna pointing wrong way, and a G5RV. Frustrating