Conditions on 10 meters in the latest ARRL contest were overall excellent from Alaska. From the Fairbanks and Denali areas, KL1JP, KL6C, WL7BDO, and KL8DX reported spectacular results. Although there were no true openings to Europe, A65BD did make a brief appearance at KL2R just after midnight on Sunday morning. South of the Alaska Range, propagation was apparently excellent, too. JAs were plentiful when the eastern US died down. A number of Asian and Pacific stations were loud but sporadic to appear. Ten meters seemed to burst to life around 0830 local time and shut down quickly about eight hours later. Some UA9s and UN stations could be worked around 2100 local (0600 UTC). During the final few hours on Sunday, the band became somewhat unstable, and signals came and went quickly.
Callsign : KL2R
Mode : CW
Category : Single Operator (SO)
Overlay : ---
Band(s) : Single band (SB) 10 m
Class : High Power (HP)
Zone/State/... : AK
Locator : BP64KU
Operating time : 15h28
MODE QSO DUP DXC MLTS POINTS AVG
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CW 1271 22 26 67 5084 4.00
SSB 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
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TOTAL 1271 22 26 67 5084 4.00
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TOTAL SCORE : 472 812
Operators : N1TX
Soapbox : That was fun. Too bad the band never opened to Europe. Sunday night I heard A65BD at midnight for about 2 minutes before he faded. Dang. A surprising number of dupes. Hmmm...Thanks to all who worked me, even if twice for good measure. You made it a real pleasure.
