Call: WQ5L
Operator(s):  
Station: WQ5L

Added: 12/Dec/2011
Contest: ARRL 10-METER CONTEST
Class: SO CW LP
QTH: MS
Operating time: 23

Summary: 
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
   CW:  926   133
  SSB:           
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Total:  926   133  
Total Score = 492,632
Club: 

Soapbox: 

150W, vertical loop @30' fixed NE/SW

Hey, look, it's a DX contest again!
Best DX conditions since 2002, if not
earlier. Still, it can get even better
as we get closer to the cycle peak
--
the openings will start up a little
earlier and shut down a little
later.

On the flip side, short skip
(Es) was darn near nonexistant. I
caught a weak opening to the
Plains/Rockies in the first couple
hours, and one to W8/VE3/WNY right
near the end. In particular, apart
from scatter, I had no propagation to
the mid-Atlantic area which in other
years is a big source of QSO points
from here. Missed NC, DE, DC and MO.
There was no short skip to the
southwest either; I only worked four
Mexican states, all out west.

All in
all, great fun... maybe a better
antenna next year.  73,

-- Ray WQ5L