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Locked ARRL 10M Contest #contesting #arrl

 

Objective: For Amateurs worldwide to exchange QSO information with as many stations as possible on the 10 meter band.
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Dates:
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Second full weekend of December. Starts 0000 UTC Saturday; runs through 2359 UTC Sunday (December 9-10, 2023)
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Click Here for the Complete ARRL 10-Meter Contest Rules (PDF)
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For contest information contact contests@... or (860) 594-0232
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?Log Submission Deadline:
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Logs are due within SEVEN (7) days after the event is over. Logs may be submitted either online or via mail, but electronic Cabrillo logs are the preferred method. Electronic logs must be submitted via our web app at contest-log-submission.arrl.org. Paper logs must be postmarked by the log submission deadline.
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Logs that have been submitted electronically are listed on the ARRL Logs Received page. Click the contest name to see a list of submitted logs sorted by call sign and club name.
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Online Log Submission - Cabrillo formatted logs must be uploaded via our web app at contest-log-submission.arrl.org
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Submitting Paper Logs By Mail - Be sure to mail your completed Summary Sheet and Log Sheets postmarked before the log submission deadline.
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Paper Entry Forms:
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10 Meter Contest Summary Sheet
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10 Meter Contest Log Sheet
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?Send completed Summary Sheets and logs to:
ARRL - 10 Meter Contest, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111.
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If submitting a paper log, it is strongly suggested you use a delivery method that offers a tracking number.
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If you wish to convert your log into a Cabrillo formatted log for electronic submission, visit www.b4h.net/cabforms/ and select the event of interest. You can input your log data which will be converted to a Cabrillo formatted log for you (it will generate a log and return it to you), and then you can in turn submit your Cabrillo log online via the web app at contest-log-submission.arrl.org/.
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Awards:
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Certificates will be awarded in the following categories:
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The highest-scoring single-operator station (in each category) from each ARRL/RAC Section, Mexican State and DXCC country.
Top multioperator entries in each ARRL Division, Canada, Mexico and each continent.
Additional certificates will be awarded as participation warrants.
Printable certificates will be downloadable from contests.arrl.org/certificates.php.
 

News, Press Releases, and Special Interest

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With the ARRL 10-Meter Contest coming up, Bob Cox, K3EST, wrote some helpful hints for success suited for West Coast contesters:

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"For part timers, here is more detailed advice on band openings. Looking at 10-meter logs for 2012-2015 (roughly corresponding to where we are in the sunspot cycle - Ed.), here are some data.

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"EUROPE: The opening each day is in the morning and is short. Sunset in London is 3:52 pm their time. That equals 1552z. The band will be open longer into their twilight but mostly finished to Europe about 1730z. If you are interested in [making] some EU contacts, the time to be beaming in that direction is between 1530-1730z.

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"JA/ASIA: From the start of the contest, Asia will be workable for a while. Then in the afternoon, JA/Asia will peak about 2300z to 0130z.

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"USA/NA: Almost anytime.

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"SA: The best time to work SA is in the afternoon.

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"In the evening after about 0230z, you can work Ws mostly in the west.

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"Ten meters is a fantastic teacher of propagation. Short skip, E-skip, and F2 propagation are all happening sometime over the contest weekend. As a contester, you just hear a guy and work him. You don't think about the mode of propagation; however, after the contest, you can read up on the various paths you may have encountered.

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"The sun is the great controller of 10m propagation. In spite of a CME hitting during the recent CQ WW Contest, 10 meters was still open to Europe and Asia. With the SFI predicted to be 145 during the 10-meter contest, that will help overcome potential solar problems.

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"Even a small antenna system will prove enough to make many QSOs. Take advantage of 10 meters during this sunspot peak. Even QRP stations can make lots of QSOs.

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"Summits on the Air (SOTA) is running a 10m Challenge in 2024. Solar Cycle 25 has started to offer regular good conditions for DX on the higher bands, so it is hoped that portable summit operators can take advantage during 2024. Some predictions indicate the peak of the cycle may occur during the summer of 2024. We encourage activators to consider 28MHz for their summit operations in 2024.

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