CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY
Call: VY2SS
Operator(s): VY2SS
Station: VY2SS
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: PEI
Operating Time (hrs): 30
Summary:
Band QSOs Pts State/Prov DX Zones
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80: 132 279 31 21 10
40: 181 431 40 42 15
20: 856 2154 48 75 21
15: 75 179 22 30 16
10: 1 1 1 1 1
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Total: 1245 3044 142 169 63 Total Score = 1,138,456
Club: Maritime Contest Club
Comments:
This was the first contest for my new K3. It's going to be a while before I
reach for a knob and get the right one. It performed very well on RTTY but the
real test will be CQWW CW.
The contest started badly for me. I made only 18 QSOs on 40M in the first
hour. I should have started the contest on 20M. I hope I read this next year.
I surpassed my 2008 score by only 11,000 points in the last few minutes of the
contest. That is about 10 QSOs. I was in the chair for 30 hours. This was
much more than last year but necessary to make up for problems with my yagi. I
had to point it at Europe and work NA/SA off the back. An intermittant
connection up there had to have the wind on it just right to keep the SWR down
low enough to use it. The KT-34A and saltwater environment donâ??t mix very
well.
My overall rate was 41.4 QSO/hr. My best hour was:
09/26 1600Z - 1.4 per minute - 84 per hour
Although I brag about the performance of my two dollar 40M elevated vertical
made from 5 x 33 foot pieces of wire hanging from my 56 foot tower, I am
starting to think I need more tools on that band. My 80M tower vertical worked
great but 80 and 40 would both benefit from a higher angle antennas to get the
regional multipliers.
Well , VA2UP Fabi did it to me again. Is it the SO2R? Or he is just a better
operator than me. Maybe both? I did mangage to close the gap by a small
amount. Next year Fabi!
Thanks to all who made it into my log (30 from Japan). And also thanks to the
contest sponsors.
-Robby
VY2SS
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