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Subject: [3830] Commonwealth VE3FU Open-24 HP
From: webform@b4h.net
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Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 02:40:40 +0000
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RSGB Commonwealth Contest

Call: VE3FU
Operator(s): VE3FU
Station: VE3FU

Class: Open-24 HP
QTH: 
Operating Time (hrs): 19:30
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
------------
   80:   55
   40:  192
   20:  255
   15:   59
   10:   15
------------
Total:  576  Total Score = 6,460

Club: Contest Club Ontario

Comments:

Well, that didn't turn out as I had planned.  I was hoping that we'd have the
same condx as in ARRL DX SSB last weekend, but obviously that didn't pan out.

I lost my amp early in the second hour and spent the next 3 hours trying to run
LP and fix the amp at the same time.  I managed to get it working again, but I
knew I was falling behind, and with condx the way they were, I lost motivation
but kept plugging away.

My second radio (TS-850) seems to have lost all sensitivity on 20, 15, and 10m.
 I couldn't hearing anything except the loud stations, which I'd already worked,
on those bands, which really limited my SO2R work.

My log shows no QSOs between 0828 and 0927 despite nearly continuous CQing on
80, 40, or 20.  I had 3 QSOs in the final 90 minutes.  Last year, I had no QSOs
between 0803 and 0904.  I see a pattern here :=)

I must have been really close to another running station between ~1145 and
~1230 on 20m.  I worked ~55 stations in that time, but at least 10 of them
called me again later, making me wonder how many of the ~55 were actually
calling the other station instead of me.  I won't be surprised if I lose a lot
of those QSOs.

Here's a breakdown of some of my log:

        Raw     QSOs    Dupes   Bonus   HQ      PTS      BCA
        ------------------------------------------------------------
80m      55      55      0      18      3        695      12
40m     194     192      2      56      5       2180      27
20m     186     255     13      37      4       2095      23
15m      59      59      0      39      2       1115      25
10m      15      15      0      14      1        375      11
        ------------------------------------------------------------
        591     576     15      164     15      6460      98

Three 5 band QSOs: VA3RAC, VE7CC, VE9CB
(Compared to 33 last year as VA3RAC!)

HQ Stations: VA3RAC, VE1RAC, VE7RAC, VO1RAC, GB5CC

98 Band Call Areas

411 QSOs in the first 12 hours, 180 in the last 12 hours.

G:      396 QSOs with 248 unique stations
VE:      94 QSOs with  40 unique stations
VK:      25 QSOs with  19 unique stations
ZL:      24 QSOs with  11 unique stations


80m
G:      36
VE:     14
VK:     1
ZL:     0

40m
G:      125
VE:     30
VK:     19
ZL:     8

20m
G:      214
VE:     27
VK:     2
ZL:     2

15m
G:      21
VE:     17
VK:     2
ZL:     8

10m
G:      0
VE:     6
VK:     1
ZL:     5


Still one of my favourite contests!  Thanks for all the QSOs and to all the DX
travellers who make this contest more interesting!


73,

Chris VE3FU / VO2AC


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