CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
Call: VA7ST
Operator(s): VA7ST
Station: VA7ST
Class: SOAB HP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 25
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 43
40: 285
20: 853
15: 214
10: 5
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Total: 1400 Prefixes = 651 Total Score = 2,521,974
Club: Orca DX and Contest Club
Comments:
Went to bed Saturday evening with 1201 Qs in the log. Was in and out for long
stretches all day Sunday from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. and added just 200 Qs. What a
washout the second half was.
Gear ran just fine, and the voice held out for the most part. Just could not
get the attention of Europe over the pole for more than than few brief hours
all weekend (though when it was working, it was great fun).
US stations aren't very run-able at a decent rate until later in the afternoon
when everyone aims at JA (and I guess VE7). Then it's quite a rocket ride. Love
it.
Missed any real 10M opening on Sunday (there was none on Saturday), though did
get 5 Qs and 3 deep SA mults around 2100z Sunday to avoid a shutout.
Closed it down at 2300z Sunday for Easter dinner with the inlaws, and ended on
an even 1400 Qs (1410 with dupes) with rate sitting at about 25/hour as things
wrapped up. Probably could have pushed the score to a second-best ever had I
stayed on 20M for the final hour, as lots of new prefixes seem to show up at
the end.
Personal best QSO total, just. Third-best-ever score. But quite a
disappointment after bolting out of the gate on Day One only to hit a
propagation wall on Day Two that shut things down to a crawl.
About 27 clock hours, but took a few 45-minute breaks along the way that count
as op-time.
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