ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW
Call: VA7ST
Operator(s): VA7ST
Station: VA7ST
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: BC
Operating Time (hrs): 19
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 65
40: 200
20: 182
15: 410
10: 56
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Total: 913 Sections = 79 Total Score = 144,254
Club: Orca DXCC
Comments:
Started Sunday morning needing VT, KY, AR and NL. Had all but AR within an hour
or two, but never did find Arkansas. One more time with 79. Had AR five times
last year.
Advanced my personal best for Qs by a dozen or so, but fell 66 points shy of my
best-ever (thanks to a phone call with six minutes to go. I asked my son to take
a message, but by then I'd blown a QSO).
Expected to do much better than I did. No excuses, except Saturday morning
antenna work in the cold completely wore me out -- rushed in for a late start
at 2239z. First dozen QSOs were made with frozen hands, and I never did feel
like I got into the groove. Well, other than a nice 210-Q run on 15M Saturday
afternoon.
Figured with 10M and 15M taking a lot of pressure off 20M, there'd be some room
to run. But there wasn't much. AC0C filter for the FT-2000 was a pleasure.
Didn't get the local powerline noise suppression for 20M and 15M figured out
until late Sunday afternoon, and by then it was time to go to 40M where noise
wasn't an issue. Once cured, the QRP stations were finally workable.
40M was pretty good Sunday evening, though after 0100z things sure thinned out.
200 Qs is a good improvement over 160 last year.
80M wasn't strong for me on Saturday night. Just 65 Qs there, down from 141
last year. The new full-size 40M 2-element quad for Europe is near the east
element of my 80M vertical array, and some detuning may be responsible for the
vertical array's downgraded performance to the east.
Had a lot of fun. Will get on for some of the SSB leg, but that'll be a more
casual effort. Can hardly wait for CQWW CW.
Thanks for the contacts and staying in there to get the Qs through.
-- Bud VA7ST
http://va7st.ca/home.html
http://orcadxcc.org
Year QSOs Pts Sec Score
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2011 913 1826 79 144,254 <- HP 19 hrs
2010 758 1516 78 118,248 LP 17 hrs
2009 775 1550 78 120,900 LP 20 hrs
2008 902 1804 80 144,320 <- HP 19 hrs
2007 837 1674 78 130,572 <- HP 21 hrs
2006 648 1296 79 102,384
2005 527 1054 73 76,942
2004 580 1160 80 92,800
2003 182 -- 52 18,928
2002 370 740 72 53,280
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