CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: VA7ST
Operator(s): VA7ST
Station: VA7ST
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: BC
Operating Time (hrs): 26.5
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160:
80: 108 11 13
40: 188 23 48
20: 218 27 71
15: 748 29 74
10: 429 25 71
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Total: 1691 115 277 Total Score = 1,690,340
Club: Orca DX and Contest Club
Comments:
* FT-2000 + SB221 (SO1R, unassisted)
* N1MM Logger
* 3 ele. Steppir @ 47'
* 40M Steppir dipole @ 47'
* 40M 2-element reversible quad, fixed Europe/ZL
* 3 x 80M verticals, triangle array
C and M flares almost all the way, but the bands held up surprisingly well.
This far west, they were solid but not super -- folks further east were having
a much better time with Europe. Big thrill working C91 on 10M and ST2 on 15M
Sunday morning, both calling in during modest runs over the pole.
Funniest moment: waiting in the pileup to work newly rebuilt V26B just before
0300z Saturday night on 20M, when the op announced he had to QRX to catch a
4-inch tarantula that had wandered in. Contesting in the tropics.
Managed to better all previous bests, including last year, but didn't hit the
targets I set (3M points and 3,000 Qs). Did hit the goals for 15M, but not on
any other band. Biggest disappointment was 20M, which I tended to ignore after
giving it a few tries on Saturday. MUF was too high and that band doesn't have
much room to pack in a world of activity. Matched last year's zone and country
totals on 20M; however, the QSO count was less than half.
Couldn't get much going on 75M or 40M with CW-band antennas, but made the best
of it. The 40M quad worked for a few EU contacts on Saturday night once the
eastern wall had diminished. Not a great outing on that band, though, as
domestic NA activity was tough to attract.
Boosted last year's 75M production from 65Qs, 5 zones and 4 countries to 108
Qs, 11 zones and 13 countries, despite the array's notable fall-off above 3.700
Mhz. Never could get the attention of JAs on Sunday morning. Hope the array
works better over the Pacific during the CW contest.
Had fun. Got my SSB fix out the way, and now looking forward to the ultimate
fave of the year for me: CQWW CW.
Band QSOs Pts ZN Cty
3.5 108 205 11 13
7 188 420 23 48
14 218 622 27 71
21 748 1901 29 74
28 429 1164 25 71
Total 1691 4312 115 277
Score : 1,690,304
Annual progress...
2013: 1691 115 277 1,690,304 SFI=165 A= 2 K=1
2012: 1794 101 255 1,550,736 SFI=131 A= 4 K=1
2011: 1604 105 243 1,307,088 SFI=126 A= 4 K=2
2010: 1156 82 158 637,440 SFI= 86 A= 4 K=1
2009: 1030 61 130 434,525 SFI= 74 A=17 K=4
2008: 1080 73 154 559,101 SFI= 68 A= 1 K=0
2007: 349 54 97 123,367 SFI= 67 A=14 K=4
2004: 167 38 61 39,303
2003: 46 11 22 4,356
2002: 12 8 9 493
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