2008 CTDXCC ARRL 10 Meter Contest
Call Station Op Category QSOs Mults Score
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N5TW N5TW N5TW SO CW QRP 179 36 25,776
W5GAI W5GAI W5GAI SO CW QRP 145 39 22,620
K5PI K5PI K5PI SO CW LP 191 38 29,032
N5AW N5AW N5AW SO CW LP 190 35 26,600
AA5VU AA5VU AA5VU SO CW LP 51 20 4,080
K2UR K2UR K2UR SO CW LP 65 22 5,720
K5DU K5DU K5DU SO CW LP 5 4 80
K5NA K5NA K5NA SO CW HP 783 56 175,392
N5ZK N5ZK W5ASP SO CW HP 162 40 25,280
N3BB N3BB N3BB SO CW HP 115 21 9,660
N8NOE N8NOE N8NOE SO CW HP 40 14 2,240
W5SL W5SL W5SL SO MIX LP 137 53 25,220
W2MN W2MN W2MN SO MIX LP 128 45 20,160
W5SV W5SV W5SV SO MIX HP 18 10 572
K6RV K6RV K6RV SO MIX HP 66 35 8,120
NR5M NR5M NR5M SO SSB HP 1344 59 158,474
K5TR K5TR WM5R SO SSB HP 1055 55 116,050
NX5M NX5M NX5M M/S 1366 120 456,240
W5YAA W5YAA many M/S 802 85 209,610
K5NZ K5NZ many M/S 136 41 19,598
K3TD K3TD many M/S 69 33 6,534
NX5M ops: NX5M, KU5B, N5XJ, N5DUW, KJ5T
W5YAA ops: W5YAA, K5YA
K5NZ ops: K5NZ, packet
K3TD ops: W3TD, K3TD
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"We got a lot of practice at weak signal work. Last year we logged over
800 qsos in the first 6 hours. This year there were only 141 qsos in the
log by the time we called it quits the first night but did have a little
DX in the log as several ZL's gave us a call. Saturday turned out to be
a very long day. I would like to say thanks to that the person that turned
on the switch Sunday morning. Although it was not really close to the best
of times, it was very much improved over what everyone had been dealing
with." - NX5M
"I always enjoy getting on for a few hours in this contest since it can produce
some really high rates (low ones too though). Saturday morning I was pleasantly
surprised with an opening to the Caribbean and South America. However, the
only US signals were from Florida and Texas. Sunday morning was much better,
with US signals from all call areas except W1. I had a 107 QSO hour and
ZL1AIZ even called in off the back of my beam." - N5AW
"My score is almost 10k points more than last year when I ran QRP all modes.
I actually got a slow run going on Sunday afternoon. I'm still sore in the
chest from quintuple bypass open heart surgery on Thursday, December 4.
Keyboard/N1MM came in handy." - W5GAI
"This was a part time low power M/S effort with Dave, W3TD who was visiting
from Pennsylvania. It was nice to finally get some E-skip on Saturday and
Sunday." - K3TD
"Friday evening and Saturday morning were quite challenging. Saturday morning
was the first time I was able to work beyond the vast Texas border. My
rig was an Elecraft K3 and I was using an N8LP Panadapter. That panadapter
was my secret weapon. By watching it occasionally, I could see when more
than the locals were coming in. Things opened up a little Saturday evening,
but I had pretty much decided to do something else on Sunday based on
results. Sunday was a very different animal, though, with lots of signals
on the panadapter! I was in the chair running a frequency for about 9 hours
Sunday." - N5TW
"I had I'm fun, but there was lots of QSB. I worked 13 QSOs on phone, the
rest on CW. I'm not a big gun with 500 watts to a vertical dipole! I could
not hear a lot of the stations Richard, Tom and Jim were running." - K6RV
"The 10 meter band was not that good. In my part time effort I managed to
work the following club members: W5YAA, K5NA, NX5M, K5PI, W5ZL and N3BB. I
heard but did not work W5SL. Did not hear any 1's or 2's or the Pacific NW."
- AA5VU
"I got on the air to tweak my logging software and check out
the computer I just bought to replace the one stolen in Mozambique.
Then I just got caught up in the contest and continued operating. I did
find several club members to work. Most of my time was part of
Sunday afternoon with a few minutes late Friday evening and I worked
a couple of stations early Saturday morning. I worked very few South
American DX stations later Sunday but never heard any DX outside
SA and very few of them. Never heard any W1's so guess they were
iced in, or band conditions were that bad, or both." - W5SL
"I was logged in for about 13 hours, operating under low power (mostly CW
and some SSB). The long periods (hours) hearing just the same Texas
stations calling CQ TEST was somewhat frustrating, but that's the way it
goes when the band is dead. I made a game of trying to contact all the
CTDXCC stations who said they would be on in the contest. I worked all
I could hear: 7 of 13." - W2MN
"During this contest, I went from falling asleep in the chair six to seven
times on Saturday to not being able to leave the chair and wishing I had a
relief tube available on Sunday (I didn't and I didn't!!)" - NR5M
"We had poor conditions here in Central Texas. The only time the band
showed some life was on Sunday morning when I had three good hours with
good rates, then the band went bad again." - K5NA
"I was over 27 hours into the contest before I had a QSO total
that equaled what I worked in the first hour of the 2007 contest.
The only good Eskip I had all weekend was on Sunday, when I managed
three 100+ hours in a row." - WM5R (@ K5TR)
"I regretted my limited time on, but had fun anyway. I did notice that
CW was more fun than phone (what else is new?). And again, Richard, K5NA
gets the loudest, cleanest signal on the band (he is about 8 miles away)."
- W5SV
"Sunday I came on at 1800 UTC and found a band that was alive. I started
tuning at the bottom and then settled in and indulged my favorite contest
activity of calling CQ and 'hearing the world turn.' In this case, hearing
the ten meter spotlight move around. I made 55 contacts in the next half
hour, then came back on in another half hour and made another 55 in the
following twenty minutes. I was fresh meat, so that was not difficult." -
N3BB
"Wasn't around for the Sundays openings..." - W5ASP (@ N5ZK)
"A very limited operation. I was away for 5 hours during the day on
Sunday." - K2UR
"I was on intermittently from home with my C-4E at 40 feet and WM5R's Elecraft
K2. Saturday was tough, but Sunday was pretty fun. Bring back the
sunspots!" - K5PI
"I had some fun in this one. I was just giving points out and trying for some
new ones. I copied most by ear and I am trying to get my CW better. I used
CocoaModem and did have a few problems, but I think I got it fixed. I worked
a few in the club, and I'm sure I'm at the bottom of score on this one, but
someone has to do it." - N8NOE
"Did I win the 'lowest CTDXCC score' contest? I tried to work club members,
but I heard only K5NA and K5PI. I operated mobile while I did some errands.
Sending CW mobile is not difficult, logging is impossible. The notebook
fell on the floor and I couldn't reach it, the pen dropped in the other
direction. Next year I'll buy a tiny recorder." - K5DU
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