Callsign Used : VE6JY
Station: VE6JY
Operator : VE5MX
Category : s/op 15m HP
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Prefixes
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15SSB 3318 3189 8779 1013
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Totals 3318 3189 8779 1013
Final Score = 8,893,127 points.
Station - 6/6/6/6 at 145/105/70/35'
- ATB-34 AT 50'
- FT1000mp and Henry
- IC706 and Alpha
- TR, of course
After last years 15m WPX CW operation from VE6JY I just couldnt wait to
get back and try it on SSB. I knew this would be a great year to try and
surpass the oldest Candian WPX record there was dating back to the last
sunspot peak in 1989. I spent all week going over the 15m log that we
pulled out of last years M/M operation and listening to KX8R running
them everyday when I got home from work.
Arrived at VE6JY about 2100Z on Friday and was relieved to hear all the
good signals on the band after the unsettled condx earlier in the week.
Had a quick look around the station setup to find that I would be using
the FT-1000mp/Henry combination with the stack and the little
IC-706/Alpha combination with ATB-34 that is off on the edge of the
property far enough away that I can work within about 20 kHz of the run
station without too much trouble. From the start the goal was to get as
many 3 pointers in the log as I could before the predicted solar
disturbances raised they're ugly head. Started off with a 168Q/hour and
the rate stayed over 100 until the 03Z hour when it dropped to 97. 03Z
was also when the 1st European went in the log. Took an hour off and
came back on at 06Z to a 102 hour. Stayed on the band until till 0740Z,
took another hour and a bit and was back on from 0850Z till 0950Z.
Worked 36 Q's in that time, so I should have probably saved that time
for Sunday but I was still concerned about what the sun was going to do.
Came back on at 1205Z and spent just under an hour on the band but didnt
like how it sounded, took another hour off and came back at 1400Z and
plopped down on 21.174 and didnt touch the VFO again until 0045Z. The
next 4 hours produced rates over 100 Q's/hour, all Europe with some
juicy Asian stuff thrown in. The JA's reappeared about 2020Z and by
2230Z it was just about all JA again. Worked just under 1100 Q's in that
time to finish the first 24 hours at 1954 Q's and 702 Prefixes. My plan
so far was working wonderfully, of the 702 prefixes only about 65 were
US prefixes. All of them from the 2nd radio or a few misguided souls who
thought they weren't out of band. Came back on at 0150Z and for the 1st
time CQed up in the American band, the 1st 2 hours of that produced
rates of 134 and 97. Took one off time from 0530Z till 0645Z and came
back and made another 86 Q's then called it a night until 1245Z when I
came up to 21.324 and spent the rest of the day there. To give you an
example of how short of US prefixes I was, N6AA gave me the N6 mult at
1405Z Sunday morning! Sunday was a repeat of Saturday only this time I
was working Americans too. The day produced 2 hours of over 100 Q's, 15Z
and 22Z. I finally ran out of operating time at 2300Z. The 2nd day
produced 1364 Q's and 311 Prefixes for me, most of them American. The
2nd radio payed huge dividends for me this time, not only did I keep an
ear on KX8R and VB7B all weekend, but I found some nice mults and run
across guys that wouldn't normally S&P like K1AR and K1DG. KR2Q had the
nicest QRP signal I heard all weekend and was it just me or were there a
ton of mobiles out there too? Biggest equipment problem was very early
Sunday morning when the rig wouldnt unkey after the voice keyer was
done. Worked much better after I realized I had my foot on the
footswitch.
This operation wouldnt have taken place without the commitment that Don,
VE6JY puts into his station or without the love and dedication of my
lovely wife who is VERY understanding of my contesting obsession. My
heartfelt thanks to both of them.
Here are some stats for you number crunchers.
73 Todd
HOUR 15SSB TOTAL ACCUM
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0 168 168 168
1 139 139 307
2 121 121 428
3 97 97 525
4 96 96 621
5 3 3 624
6 102 102 726
7 69 69 795
8 9 9 804
9 27 27 831
10 0 0 831
11 0 0 831
12 38 38 869
13 1 1 870
14 138 138 1008
15 144 144 1152
16 115 115 1267
17 112 112 1379
18 89 89 1468
19 81 81 1549
20 85 85 1634
21 128 128 1762
22 107 107 1869
23 85 85 1954
0 66 66 2020
1 22 22 2042
2 134 134 2176
3 97 97 2273
4 84 84 2357
5 28 28 2385
6 11 11 2396
7 43 43 2439
8 31 31 2470
9 1 1 2471
10 0 0 2471
11 0 0 2471
12 17 17 2488
13 81 81 2569
14 88 88 2657
15 100 100 2757
16 77 77 2834
17 48 48 2882
18 82 82 2964
19 77 77 3041
20 80 80 3121
21 85 85 3206
22 112 112 3318
TOTAL 3318
Continent List
15 %
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USA calls = 604 18
VE calls = 81 2
N.A. calls = 31 1
S.A. calls = 45 1
Euro calls = 1642 50
Afrc calls = 22 1
Asia calls = 180 5
JA calls = 665 20
Ocen calls = 48 1
Total calls = 3318 100
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