10-10 Phone Contest August 2-3, 2013
As some of you might know, I have won this 10-10 Phone Contest thirteen times now. I would like to do it again this year but need your help. The 10 meter band is not going to be in the best of shape and every contact is going to be very important for me if I am going to win this again. Houston SHOT club has been a major supporter of 10-10 activity and has won the club contest several years. For the last three or so years, members of BVARC and I have had a friendly, and very successful, contest-within-a-contest during the 10-10 contest. I agreed to beat the number of QSO combined for individual operators in the whole BVARC club. Last year, they finally beat me because of increased participation by the members of BVARC. This contest-within-a-contest has turned into a fun thing for the local hams to participate in and support 10 meter activity. Many new hams have gotten into this and have enjoyed the experience of contesting. The participation of BVARC has also helped me tremendously in winning the last two time. Having more people on the band 'opens' it up for all of us. Because of this success, I would like to open this up to some of the other clubs in the Houston area who may want to participate. This includes TDXS, NARS, CLARC and Echo Society. The rules are very simple as outlined below: 1. The 10-10 phone contest starts at 0000 UTC August 2nd and ends at 2359 UTC August 3rd, 2014. 2. The QSO exchange is Name, State and 10-10 number if you have one. (Having a 10-10 number is not required, but as a 10-10 member your contact is worth 2 points instead of only 1 point without it.) 3. Check out http://www.ten-ten.org/index.php/activity/2013-07-22-20-26-48/qso-party-rule s and http://www.ten-ten.org/index.php/activity/2013-07-22-20-26-48/qso-handbook on the 10-10 website for further information about the Phone QSO party 4. For the contest-within-a-contest, only the number of QSOs count 5. Send your Number of QSOs and your Club information to [email protected] with the subject who will tally the scores by clubs 6. Please put your call sign and club name in the subject heading of the e-mail 7. Results of the contest-within-a-contest will be posted to the different reflectors within two weeks. 8. The contest is open only to individuals, and not club call signs (although clubs are welcome to participate in the general contest). A couple of other things: 1. If you don't have one and would like to get your own 10-10 number before the contest, please check into the weekly 10-10 net held on Tuesday night at 8:00 pm on 28.488. If you try to check in and cannot be heard, call me at 281-342-1590 and I'll swing the beam to try to pick you up. 2. After working ten members, you can upload the information on the 10-10 website and you will receive your number quickly. The next time you check into the local net, Mike, N5MT can assign you a local member number. 3. This is a contest but it has very relaxed rules, therefore self-spotting and net operation/QSOs are allowed and encouraged. The primary purpose of this contest and the 10-10 organization is to promote activity on 10 meters! 4. The local 10-10 net holds special nets during the contest to facilitate local contact and 10-10 number exchanges. We will meet on Friday and Saturday nights at 8:00 pm on 28.488 to do so. 5. Any type of antenna will work, but normally the higher and the more elements the better. While there is a QRP category in the contests, I encourage you to run as much power as you have available so that others can hear you better. 6. I strongly encourage you to submit your logs, no matter the size. The more logs the better chance you have to beat me, and the better for the Houston SHOT (local) chapter. 7. There are several good contest software programs which support the 10-10 contests: K4HAV's Win 10-10 http://hds.net/win1010.htm , N1MM www.n1mm.com , N3FJP www.n3jfp.com , GenLog, 10-X Logger (and more). 8. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me, N5MT, WS5H, K5IZO, etc. Good luck and "See You in the Contest!" Allen R. Brier N5XZ 10-10 #4530 281-342-1590 [email protected] [email protected]
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