DL-DX RTTY Contest
Call: VA7ST
Operator(s): VA7ST
Station: VA7ST
Class: SOAB-24 HP
QTH: BC
Operating Time (hrs): 12
Summary:
Band QSOs Pts Mults
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80: 1 10 1
40: 43 485 24
20: 189 2375 48
15: 33 335 10
10: 9 90 7
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Total: 275 3295 91 Total Score = 299,845
Club: British Columbia DX Club
Comments:
The gear this time out:
* FT-2000 and SB-221
* N1MM Logger + MMTTY
* 3 ele. SteppIR at 27'
* 40M -- SteppIR dipole at 27'
* 80M -- twin vertical array E-W
DLDX RTTY was a load of fun. The first half was very tough, but 20M opened to
EU for hours on end Saturday evening, and 40M opened nicely to JA for a couple
of hours. Not lots of rate, but plenty of enjoyment. Spent so much time working
20M that I didn't get down to 80M until it was far too late to find anyone
awake. Just one Q there.
The Steppir 3 el. + 40M dipole performed better than it has lately, thanks to
the operator's wise move to take down a wire half-square array that was just
too close to the yagi. Interaction is gone, and the beam works as it should
once again.
All Qs were made with the Steppir at just 27' as there were gusty winds
throughout.
Did not think I'd land much in the way of points this time out, and that held
true for the first half of the contest, but the mults began to appear as dark
fell over BC. I stayed in the chair a few extra hours, and finished with my
best ever in this test.
15M was open but not much activity. Still, far better there this year than the
past several years. And 10M opened, offering up 9 Qs, 5 call areas and 2
country mults. That was a great boost vs. the long drought years from which
we're only now slowly emerging.
With time winding down (and dawn blushing on the horizon), I found Bill W6WRT
on 20M for my final Q at 1054z, taking me to 299,845 points. I scrambled like
crazy to make one more contact to bump the score over 300,000, but there was
nothing else on the band except already-worked RD3A pounding in over the pole
with nobody else heard. Just not much to work on 40 or 20 at 3:59 a.m. local
time.
There's always next time. See lots of you next weekend in IARU!
-- Bud VA7ST
Ended up with:
5-pointers 5
10-pointers 175
15-pointers 78
20-pointers 18
Year Qs Mult Score
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2010 275 91 299,845 HP 24hr SRI= 72 A= 8 K=1
2009 124 55 75,350 HP 6hr SFI= 67 A= 1 K=1
2008 77 28 21,980 HP 6hr SFI= 65 A=11 K=1
2007 278 75 215,625 HP 24hr SFI= 71 A= 4 K=1>2
2006 77 29 27,405 LP 6hr
2005 55 29 18,995 LP 6hr
2004 83 41 37,105 LP 12hr
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