DL-DX RTTY Contest
Call: VA7ST
Operator(s): VA7ST
Station: VA7ST
Class: SOAB-24 HP
QTH: BC
Operating Time (hrs): 12.5
Summary:
Band QSOs Pts Mults
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80: 1 5 2
40: 46 460 25
20: 180 1975 48
15: 31 440 20
10:
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Total: 258 2880 95 Total Score = 273,600
Club: Orca DX and Contest Club
Comments:
* FT-2000 and SB-221
* N1MM Logger + MMTTY
* 3 ele. SteppIR at 27'
* 40M -- SteppIR dipole at 27'
* 80M -- twin vertical array E-W
To quote Paul WN6K, "I worked hard for this West Coast effort."
The bands were lousy almost throughout the contest period, no doubt thanks to
buffeting CMEs and a steady diet of C-class flaring throughout. In fact, until
10:30 p.m. Saturday night (0530z) I only had half a dozen European Qs in the
log, as the polar path was simply locked shut until then.
I am far enough north that the mix of conditions we had really killed any
chance of being competitive -- without access to Europe, there's no hope. It
was disheartening to see the big numbers being handed out by people from
further east, and those a little further south, who don't have to cut through
the dense heart of the auroral oval for all those juicy EU mults and 20-point
DL contacts (of which I had precisely 6 all weekend).
But what fun it was to land a bunch of new multipliers as the wee hours
arrived, with wonderful and surprising 15M openings to Europe as we approached
the end. I spent the final four hours happily working 20M and then 15M as the
bands popped in and out over the pole.
Until those surprise openings, I had no hope of getting anywhere near previous
scores. But I forced myself to stick with it, and ended up with more mults than
ever before, and finished not too far short my best-ever score from 2010. Close
enough that I am quite happy with the result. Put in 12 hours in 2010, and 12.5
hours this year though it seemed much longer. This was a lot of very hard work
from the west coast!
Thanks to all for the contacts, and special thanks to:
* 9M6XRO for the welcome mults on 20M and 40M in the very deepest part
of the night here
* YV5AAX for calling in when I least expected Qs from South America
* JA8EIU for the double-mult first JA on 40M with less than 2 hours remaining
* VK3FM for a super surprise double-mult on 20M late at night
* VA7KO for VE7 on three bands -- what a tough challenge we had from BC.
Was good to hear you Koji.
May flux stay high for IARU, but without the blackouts. See you on the bands
next weekend!
-- Bud VA7ST
Ended up with:
5-pointers 16
10-pointers 172
15-pointers 64
20-pointers 6
Year Qs Mult Score
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2012 258 95 273,600 HP 24hr SFI=158 A=10 K=2
2011 197 80 174,000 HP 24hr SFI= 86 A= 6 K=2
2010 275 91 299,845 HP 24hr SFI= 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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