ARRL RTTY Roundup
Call: VA7ST
Operator(s): VA7ST
Station: VA7ST
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: BC
Operating Time (hrs): 9.5
Summary:
Band QSOs
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80: 34
40: 76
20: 260
15: 68
10:
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Total: 438 State/Prov = 48 Countries = 21 Total Score = 30,222
Club: Orca DX and Contest Club
Comments:
Gear:
* FT-2000
* N1MM + MMTTY
* 80M phased elevated verticals x 2
* 40M Steppir dipole at 27'
* 3 ele. Steppir at 27'
2011: Flux: 85 | Ap: 5 | Kp: 5
2010: Flux: 78 | Ap: 0 | Kp: 1
2009: Flux: 70 | Ap: 10 | Kp: 1
2008: Flux: 79 | Ap: 14 | Kp: 3
Concentrated on NAQP CW for the first 12 hours, and got on after the first 13
hours of Roundup. Ended up with about half the Qs and score I would have aimed
for if I'd run RTTY full-time. Not so bad, considering I only managed 9.5 hours
for Roundup.
10M: Dead here.
15m: Pretty good to more than just W4. South America offered a few DX mults,
too. VP8NO is always a great surprise.
20M: European opening on Sunday morning was very poor when I got on at 1600z
Sunday. Hoped it would firm up, but it never did so I went to uncrowded 15M and
ran domestic Qs for 1.5 hours before getting stuck into 20M mode (i.e. tight
filtering, parked up in the nosebleed section above 14.110).
Sunday afternoon I ventured into kilowatt alley and found a spot to run. Found
the Steppir bi-directional mode worked well to keep rate going with JAs and Ws
at the same time. With only about 50W in either direction, I had a few
attempted hijackings (nary a no-QRL?), but flipping the beam back to 110
degrees soon reclaimed the slot. I wasn't loud enough to keep the slot clear,
but the steady run of big signals calling in sure were :)
40M: Good on Sunday afternoon. Not very busy late Saturday night.
80M: Good conditions, but not many on by the time I got going at 0715z.
Very great fun -- thanks to everyone for the contacts.
-- Bud VA7ST
http://www.orcadxcc.org
http://www3.telus.net
Band QSOs Pts Sec Cty
3.5 34 34 21 0
7 76 76 6 1
14 260 260 14 11
21 68 68 7 9
Total 438 438 48 21
Score : 30,222
Year-over-year performance review:
QSOs Sec Cty Score
2011 438 48 21 30,222
2010 810 56 25 65,610
2009 667 56 17 48,691
2008 802 55 21 60,952 HP
2007 783 53 19 56,376 HP
2006 826 54 30 69,384
Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
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