ARRL DX Contest, CW
Call: VA7ST
Operator(s): VA7ST
Station: VA7ST
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: BC
Operating Time (hrs): 26
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160:
80: 52 16
40: 160 54
20: 519 80
15: 600 73
10: 180 34
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Total: 1511 257 Total Score = 1,164,981
Club: Orca DX and Contest Club
Comments:
Great conditions Saturday, and still pretty good Sunday (but not as good). Aimed
to beat my previous best high-power score from 2010 and managed that by 0148z
Sunday with almost half the contest remaining.
As the solar cycle progressed, low-power entries since 2010 were generally
better than all previous high-power attempts. I wanted to see what would happen
with a little power before conditions entirely fall apart. Glad I did, as this
was a fun weekend.
Some gems in the log -- found a lonely GJ2 running 5W way up high on 20M, and
ZS6/VA7DX provided the surprise South African mult on a couple of bands, under
big pileups and strong enough to sound like he was stateside.
Only a handful of EU on 10M, and mostly EA/G activity on a pronounced skew of
90 or 100 degrees (rather than the normal 30 degrees).
15M was hopping in all directions, as was 20M. 15M was definitely the stronger
of the two for rate (thanks to lovely long JA runs), while 20M provided more
multipliers.
40M was unbelievable for several hours Friday evening to Europe on the quad.
Not the same on Saturday evening.
80M opened very nicely to JA on Saturday morning before dawn. Wasn't very good
to the Caribbean, and unlike last year I didn't hear a single European signal
on the band this year. I'm sure they were there under the noise.
Thanks for the DX contacts.
-- Bud VA7ST
Year QSOs Mults Score
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2015 1511 257 1,164,981 HP
2014 928 231 643,104
2013 750 224 504,000
2012 917 245 673,995
2011 658 208 410,592
2010 908 201 547,524 HP
2009 688 163 332,031 HP
2008 504 156 235,872 HP
2007 609 157 286,839 HP
2006 571 176 301,488
2005 444 167 222,444
2004 307 132 121,572
2003 235 122 86,010
Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/
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