ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: VO1MP
Operator(s): VO1MP
Station: VO1MP
Class: SOAB HP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 17
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 104 49
80: 251 55
40: 567 70
20: 1033 90
15: 408 77
10: 3 2
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Total: 2366 343 Total Score = 2,434,614
Club: East Coast Canada Contest Club
Comments:
ARRL Section : NF
Club/Team : East Coast Canada Contest Club
Software: N1MM Logger V6.2.8
Band QSOs Pts Cty
1.8 104 312 49
3.5 251 753 55
7 567 1701 70
14 1033 3099 90
21 408 1224 77
28 3 9 2
Total 2366 7098 343
Score : 2,434,614
Rig : FT1000MP Field & Alpha 87a
Antennas :
10 meters 5 element OWA
15 meters 5 elemnt OWA
20 meters 2 element Loop array and dipole
40 meters 2-El Loop( SWITCHABLE NE/SW)
80 meters dipole
160meters shunt fed tower
Software: N1MM Contest logger
Antennas :
Soapbox :
Rearranged my operating times to allow for some sleep or is it
that I rearranged my sleep time to allow for some operating ?
Bands seemed to be pretty fair except 10 which was virtualy
non-existant and 15 is really starting to
show where we are in the sunspot cycle !
As some have already noted it is difficult to
find and hold a run frequency .... fortunately for us up here we can
establish a run frequency by having an open band earlier than most of
North America and SSB band allocations where we can hide hi !
There are exceptions of course .... 40 meters being the ZOO it is ..
it is getting to be more frustrating and difficult to either establish
or maintain a run frequency. The first evening it is usually out of the
question and one has to force themselves to leave 20 on day one to get to
40 early to start working Europe before the band is completely divided.
Kudos to those who are forced to operate above 7.1 ... have never played
that game , but then I guess you're listening down into a quieter band
segment or is it ? I sure wouldn't want to be listening up into all that
40 over broadcast qrm !!
Load of 5 banders again seems this batch of Caribean ops were much smoother
than the last bunch ,,, there did not seem to be an aversion to giving their
calls more often...
however I have to relate this as I observed it ...
Quite Obviously a Caribean Newbee... it goes like this ... hi !
DX = qrz?
us/can = calling
DX = aa?aaa ur 59 500
us/can tks ur 59 state/prov
DX = Thanks for calling in good luck and 73
DX = qrz? ( no call )
MY immediate observation is ..... he feels now since now he is
" Big time" he needs to speed up the operation
by only signing every 10 Q's or so .
H'mmmmm Good thinking
however the expression " thanks for calling in good luck and 73"
takes up more time than giving the call ....obviously he wants to be polite...hi
!
Unfortunately when he gets the hang of it he will drop the greetings and
still only ID every ten Q's or so .... oh well dem's da breaks..
Guess I'm getting crotchety ....
Here are some stats the software generates.....cheeeeeese how did we ever
operate/log with paper and pencil ?
ARRL DX SSB VO1MP
Off Times >= Minimum 30 Minutes
03/04/06 02:02Z - 03/04/06 03:05Z 63 mins
03/04/06 04:10Z - 03/04/06 09:41Z 331 mins
03/04/06 13:55Z - 03/04/06 14:25Z 30 mins
03/04/06 15:07Z - 03/04/06 16:38Z 91 mins
03/04/06 22:44Z - 03/05/06 05:17Z 393 mins
03/05/06 07:53Z - 03/05/06 08:56Z 63 mins
03/05/06 08:57Z - 03/05/06 10:05Z 68 mins
Total Time Off 17.32 hours
Total Time On 30.68 hours
ARRL DX SSB -
Max Rate time : 10:00 to 12:30
2006-03-04 1051Z - 7.0 per minute (1 minute), 420 p/h
2006-03-04 1100Z - 4.3 per minute (10 minutes), 258 p/h
2006-03-04 1132Z - 3.3 per minute (60 minutes), 199 p/h
Had a few good dx stations call in on 20 a couple of VK6's , 9M2 ,8Q7
who were all well over the nine mark on my high hilltop dipole...which seemed
to outplay the lower loop array most of the time.
100 Centimeters of snow earlier this week
made any additional antenna work impossible.
Should have been no shortage of VO mults for this contest ... heard VO's VO1HE
VO1BC
VO1TA AND vo1mx at VO1AU
Look forward to the ssb wpx when we plan to operate a multi two here for the
first time.
73 es thanks for all the QSOs
C'Y'All Next One
GLWCDR
Gus VO1MP
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