Wednesday, December 14, 2022

BLAST from the Past: ARRL 10-meter contest








Wednesday evening, I came up with the novel idea of running my 3rd triple-OP radiosport GiG in as many months.  Reviewing what this contest was all about, I discovered that as part of the 2019 Blog post on the ARRL 10-meter GiG, a semi-Blast-from-the-Past blog was already put together.  During the last 3+ years, the sunspot cycle has been at a low point, making 10-meter GiGs quite a challenge.

This is what I have written ab out the ARRLO10-meter contest thus far:

  • [X] - 2019: ARRL 10-Meter Contest: It Don't Get any Weirder
  • [X] - 2020: WQ6X Wangles a weirdly Wild 10-meter contest
  • [X] - 2021: WQ6X Fenagles another 10-meter contest WeeKend
  • [X] - 2022: Triple-Thots about Triple-OP'ing the Ten-Meter Contest
In looking back, it is amazing how many times I've used the "K6T" callsign, especially for the 10-meter contest ("T" = Ten Meters); and later, how many dual-OP operations happened during this December contest event.

As it turns out, N6GEO & WQ6X set an ARRL 10-meter contest record during the 2014 GiG. 
As it also turns out, 2014 surpassed records that we set in 2012 and 2013.  The question now
is whether or not that record will hold up as NX6T takes on a low power multi-OP operation from
our "Cliffside" operation in Ramona.  Because there is now power amplifier in operation at Cliffside,
we will have to take our low power operation to the next level.

Will NX6T succeed?  Will WQ6X and K6T set some new records for 2022?

Stray tuned to find out the results.

Are YOU planning to join us all on 10-Meters?

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