10m cleaned up finally. 1159qs for the contest overall.

Yeah, at least in the US every hamfest usually has a card checker, but thats probably not the case on your side of the pond haha.

You can always go dig up those cards and get them checked by a LOTW card checker, which will put them into lotw, and also confirm them for awards.

well, the single band… lol

Nice to work ya on saturday, bands were quite hot.

Within an 8 mile radius means it might be coming by skywave if its at night or NVIS during the day. My guess is some industrial plants spurious emissions.

I need to start. Gotta get my code in shape for NAQP… lol

Yeah, I’ve been lucky enough to use some nicer radios recently during contests, like the flex 6600m and yaesu 101d. Still need to sit down with a k3 or k4 for a few hours one of these days before I decide what to swap my 7300 for.

How do you like the K4? I give it a gawk at every hamfest I end up at.

Yeah expect a 6-8 month lead time on anything official

Bands are looking hot today, so good time to knock out any 10m awards you lack.

If the sun cooperates it should be a good one. Plus mixed modes!

Run 240v to that room! Even if you don’t have an amp now, you might get one.

Thanks! And Thanks! Had a lot of fun working towards the full sweep.

I like using APRS in my car just to see how good the network is all over. Kinda circular reasoning but I like it. Plus I can send text messages and regular aprs messages when theres no cell signal.