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RAC Winter contest.

Posted: 19 Dec 2021 10:39 AM PST http://ve3wdm.blogspot.com/2021/12/rac-winter-contest.html



The RAC Winter contest is in the books and my second contest where I was running and not S&P. The propagation numbers took a big leap in the right direction before and during the contest. I did find that even with the good conditions there was steep QSB on 20 and 40m.

I find this more of a relaxed contest compared to the international
contests. Most of the time, CW speeds were a bit slower. When someone you
know makes contact, there is time to say thanks and 73. Speaking of someone
you know, I had the pleasure of John AE5X a blogger I follow contact me,
and we had the opportunity to send pleasantries to each other. Thanks for
the contact John.
I found there was the early contest jitters, but I did settle in a bit
sooner compared to the other contest. One take away was to NEVER try
drinking coffee while calling CQ! Thought I had this calling CQ thing down,
I decided to have a drink of coffee as the PC was belting out RAC DE VE9KK. While in mid-sip of coffee, the radio went to receive and a nice multiplier station was coming back to me! In a rush to put the coffee down my elbow
was banged, coffee all over the keyboard and multi station gone!
Overall, a great time was had.

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