CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW - 2020
Call: VA7ST
Operator(s): VA7ST
Station: VA7ST
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: BC
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 39 5 4
80: 434 11 10
40: 409 22 27
20: 687 21 35
15: 637 16 27
10: 35 5 6
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Total: 2241 80 109 Total Score = 924,210
Club: Orca DX and Contest Club
Comments:
IC7610 + Acom 1000 + Steppir 3 el./40 / 80M verticals
Tried to put in an iron-butt effort and ended with 31 hours in the chair, and
all were busy.
Couldn't work Europe through the hyperactive auroral zone, so had to do what I
could with what I had this weekend -- and that was capitalize on unfettered
access to the rest of North America. Ran and ran and ran, with brief forays to
search for mults that just weren't there from here. Conditions were good within
the hemisphere and to Asia but not good over the pole on any band.
Had a very good time with the online scoreboard
(https://contestonlinescore.com/) and also used the history tool on the
scoreboard to view my 2019 rates on the screen to compare with current progress
in real time throughout the weekend. Adds a nice extra dimension to the
competition with myself.
Second best-ever QSO total (about 130 shy of 2014's peak performance, but back
then 10M was a stellar run band unlike 2020). Just 189 mults spelled disaster
for a competitive score. Heard EU on 20M Saturday morning on a major skew to the
southeast rather than northeast. They couldn't hear me when I pointed at the
signal peaks, and there was absolutely nothing on the band when I aimed at 30
degrees where they should have been.
10M opened up for 35 Qs and 11 mults Sunday, so that's a good sign, even though
it occurred during a very energetic M-class flare.
80M was terrific, and so was 40M once it went a bit long mid-evening. Just
nothing from Europe workable on 40M with this setup. Sure had a lot of fun on
15M Saturday where I spent most of the day, and then bouncing back and forth
between 15M and 20M most of the day Sunday.
Now some sleep and let the CW in my ears fade away.
Thank you to all for such a great weekend.
-- Bud VA7ST
QSOs Ctry Zn Score
2020: 2,241 109 80 924,210 HP 31 hrs
2019: 1,164 112 61 425,407 HP 26 hrs
2018: 1,644 163 75 878,458 HP 32 hrs
2017: 1,989 154 74 970,368 HP 37 hrs
2016: 1,226 122 61 478,179 HP 23 hrs
2015: 2,170 239 111 1,750,700 HP 34.5 hrs
2014: 2,372 264 113 2,099,136 HP 34 hrs
2013: 2,075 246 118 1,798,160 HP 31 hrs
2012: 2,365 249 104 1,888,550 HP 36 hrs
2011: 2,114 248 109 1,725,024 HP 32 hrs
2010: 1,721 180 92 1,033,056 HP 32 hrs
2009: 1,777 158 92 950,750 HP 31 hrs
2008: 1,580 129 71 670,600 HP 25 hrs
2007 1,470 129 69 615,582 HP 32 hrs
2006 1,476 163 78 775,297 35 hrs
2005 1,014 126 61 411,587
2004 1,421 146 79 697,500
2003 865 115 73 351,936
2002 675 147 63 313,740
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