This weekend there where multiple contests to choose from. To optimize my score I picked out the Melee Tara RTTY contest on Saturday and the ARRL RTTY 10 Meter contest on Sunday.

I started off with a well prepped N1MM. Loaded with call history file and a fresh master.dta and country file. FSK was working (plenty of practice on Saturday). But since 10 meters doesn’t open up until sunrise I did have breakfast with the family first. Then I climb up the roof to put some extra’s on for 10 meter. My Fritzel FD-3 can do 10 meter of course, but it’s not ideal. I put up my Buddipole and trimmed it for 10 meter. I found an old Solarcon Antron 99A vertical in the shed which (if I remember correctly) can be used for 10 meter too. Everything is functioning and a cup of hot coffee I went in the shack.
The Buddipole did a great job in the early morning hours! In the afternoon the vertical seemed to work better then the dipole. Q’s where running low, but that’s only logical for a single 10 meter band contest. I did manage to squeeze out 100 Q’s.
It was already dark when I put down the Buddipole. The vertical I left up for now. Maybe it’s handy for coming contests?

2 thoughts on “ARRL RTTY 10 Meter contest

  1. Glad to hear this effort didn’t interfere with your neighbor. I was on the 10-meter RTTY contest as well, but took frequent breaks for several other Sunday tasks. One of these days we’ll make contact! 73, Jim, K5ND

  2. Hallo Jim, prachtige antenne’s zo. De A-99 wel een bekende. Is ook de basis van mijn antenne. Alhoewel niet meer zo herkenbaar. Komend weekend de ARRL 10m contest SSB. Ik doe elk jaar mee maar heb dit weekend echt heel weinig tijd. Moet zaterdag ook nog werken maar probeer in de pauze wat te doen vanuit de auto. Succes…73, Bas

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