This contest started Friday December 13th at 0000 UTC and ended on Sunday. I only participated on Saturday and just a short time on Sunday. Conditions were very good both days, but I think Sunday seemed best, so it was a little sad not being available much on the last day.
My antenna is a 10m Yagi at about 25 feet on a short tower attached to a pole building style garage on the back of My property. I used an old piece of Andrews hardline from the outside of My shack to the base of the tower before transitioning to RG-8. I have a tail twister rotor to turn the antenna, but it needs some maintenance, so it's limited on the direction I can turn it before it sticks. Maybe this summer I will get a chance to work on it. I've repaired a ham IV before, so I have some experience.
I heard and was able to contact lots of Caribbean and south America stations and of course many stateside stations too! This time Europe did not break thru the ether for me as much as normal, but I did have a few contacts with several. I ended up with 123 contacts and no new DXCC's this time, but I did notice looking later at My LOTW log I've had several more confirmed during previous contests. During the CQWW ssb contest in 2021 and 2023 I added one new DXCC during each and recently during the CQWW RTTY I added Belarus and Bulgaria.
happy holidays all and 73
Tim
