WB2VVV enjoyed very nice 10m band conditions this weekend. We are clearly seeing the upward climb in sunspots during Solar Cycle 25, with many European and even Australia contacts logged. I even logged a nice contact with W1XX
Contest: ARRL-10
Call Sign: WB2VVV
Category: Single Operator, Phone Only, High Power
Operator: SINGLE-OP
Assisted: NON-ASSISTED
Mode: SSB
Power: HIGH
Band: 10M
Location: RI
Club: CTRI Contest Group
QSOs in Log: 386
Raw Score: 772 Qpts x 104 Mults = 80,288
Operation: mostly Search & Pounce, plus some Running
Highlight: when the station I was working in Hawaii stopped running and asked me what kind of antenna I was using, because I was being received at 30 dB over S9 on his end, all the way from Rhode Island. I told him my antenna was a 3 Element SteppIR beam at 65′, driven by a homebrew LDMOS 1kW amplifier.
I certainly kept my post and beam shack’s little wood-stove roaring much of the weekend…73, Chris WB2VVV
