Brief Post-Contest Summary of K4FAU's ARRL 10 meter Contest Effort

K4FAU made 1100 contacts on CW and Phone for a total of 277,184 points. We worked all states. We didn't work DC. We worked all Canadian provinces except the Yukon Territry and the Northern Territory. We worked a lot of DX in Central and South America, and some European stations. Operators included Sean, Ed, Gabriel, Larry, Sjaak, and Jeff. It was a spectacular performance and a lot of fun.

--KG4LCF, Larry

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Congratulations to the K4FAU Club on a fantastic effort in the ARRL 10M Contest! It is a pleasure to be part of such a great bunch of people...

Some details from the effort as seen from N1MM Logging Program Statistics:

ARRL 10M Contest - 2003-12-13 0000Z to 2003-12-15 0000Z - 1100 QSOs K4FAU - Off Times > 30 Minutes

12/13/03 00:00:00 - 12/13/03 14:27:02 867 mins
12/14/03 03:57:32 - 12/14/03 11:52:32 475 mins
12/14/03 14:00:30 - 12/14/03 14:43:49 43 mins
12/14/03 15:04:53 - 12/14/03 15:35:37 31 mins
12/14/03 17:11:18 - 12/14/03 17:45:11 34 mins
12/14/03 22:50:54 - 12/15/03 00:00:00 69 mins

Total Time Off 25.32 hours Total Time On 22.68 hours

We managed over 22 hours of operating, less sleep and equipment issues.

To show the capabilities of the modest K4FAU station, here is a view from N1MM of the best RATES of contacts during the operating times:

ARRL 10M Contest - 2003-12-13 0000Z to 2003-12-15 0000Z - 1100 QSOs K4FAU Max Rates:

2003-12-14 01:53 - 5.0 per minute (1 minute(s)), 300 per hour by AJ2U
2003-12-14 00:43 - 3.0 per minute (10 minute(s)), 180 per hour by AJ2U
2003-12-14 01:24 - 2.4 per minute (60 minute(s)), 143 per hour by AJ2U

We can do even better with a little more participation and modest improvements to equipment!!

See you all for the next operating event!!

73,
-JJ