CQWW WPX Contest, CW
Call: VY2TT
Operator(s): K6LA
Station: VY2TT
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: PEI
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 229
40: 854
20: 1561
15: 390
10: 19
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Total: 3053 Prefixes = 924 Total Score = 9,610,524
Club: Southern California Contest Club
Comments:
The ice storms broke virtually every antenna this past winter. Unfortunately,
the WX didn't cooperate the week before the contest when things were supposed
to be fixed.
The 40m yagi was pointed due North without a rotator, and EU is at 60 degrees
from PEI. Only the lower 20m & 15m 4 element yagis were working, and the 20m
yagi is fixed at 30 degrees. And the afternoon of the contest, those antennas
seemed to stop working and then start working again. Never had a problem during
the contest though. But just before the contest the PRO III's RX broke. And
during the contest, both 87As acted up. I had to flip one out of fault mode
every 2 or 3 transmissions, and the other just powered off every few minutes.
During my first break I substituted in the backup 91b.
The rate was never particularly high, but they just kept coming. Sunday near
the end of the contest on 20m was great with a lot of low number new mults.
Despite the lack of the big antennas, high in the sky, I had more fun than I
anticipated.
73, Ken, K6LA / VY2TT
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