Volta RTTY DX Contest
Call: VA7ST
Operator(s): VA7ST
Station: VA7ST
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: BC
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Summary:
Band QSOs Pts Mults
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80:
40: 57 579 20
20: 179 3572 57
15: 41 723 28
10:
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Total: 277 4874 105 Total Score = 141,760,290
Club: Orca DX and Contest Club
Comments:
2011: SFI=92 A= 4>3 K=2
2010: --
2009: SFI=72 A=13>7 K=3>2
That was tremendous fun! The bands weren't in great shape, but good enough to
propel my score far beyond any previous Volta outing here -- more than double
any previous score since that first try in 2003. 15M production was the biggest
difference: there was some.
Managed to put in 10 hours and thoroughly enjoyed working Europe while the
teenagers looked after the lawn outside late Saturday afternoon.
Spent a lot more time than I should have on 15M (1800z to 2130z) trying to land
a few more European mults, but could probably have had a much higher rate if I'd
returned to 20M earlier in the day.
Many highlights, such as the awesome 20M opening to Europe Saturday night, and
finding ZM2B and VK3TXD ON 20m and then both calling in on 40M a few minutes
later, just before midnight local. ZL/VK are uphill from here :).
Disappointments: the wasteland of dead air on 80M (though it seemed PSK signals
were strong), and the shortage of JA operators except on 15M, where I landed
five call areas (but just three on 20M -- though they had big signals).
I've been tracking the two money bands recently to see how antenna changes and
prop have affected my score.
20M tallies in recent years:
Qs Pts Cty Sec Mults Antenna
2011 179 3572 38 19 57 SteppIR HP
2010 81 1035 11 14 25 SteppIR HP
2009 141 1868 24 17 41 SteppIR HP
2008 115 1385 16 15 31 CL-33 HP
2007 165 3131 40 13 53 CL-33 HP
2006 98 1311 18 17 35 CL-33 LP
40M tallies in recent years:
Qs Pts Cty Sec Mults
2011 57 579 4 16 20 SteppIR dipole at 27'
2010 60 531 4 12 16 SteppIR dipole at 27'
2009 81 804 5 18 18 SteppIR dipole at 47'
2008 61 517 2 13 13 Half-square/phased verts
2007 48 476 3 14 17 Half-square
2006 26 259 1 11 12 Inverted-V beams (2 and 3 el.)
Still haven't got the 40M Europe 2-el wire quad working any better than the
rotary dipole at 27'. One of these days, I'll figure that out.
Year-over-year Qs Mult Pts Score
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May-11 SOABHP 277 105 4,874 141,760,290
May-10 SOABHP 149 48 1,638 11,714,976
May-09 SOABHP 232 72 2,777 46,387,008
May-08 SOABHP 179 48 1,908 16,393,536
May-07 SOABHP 216 73 3,634 57,300,912
May-06 SOABLP 150 60 1,825 16,452,000
May-05 SOABLP 71 33 536 1,255,848
May-03 SOABLP 25 16 228 81,600
Thanks for the contacts.
-- Bud VA7ST
http://www.orcadxcc.org
http://www3.telus.net/va7st
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