WAE DX Contest, CW
Call: VP5M
Operator(s): K4QPL
Station: VP5M
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: vp5
Operating Time (hrs): 18.5
Summary:
Band QSOs QTCs Mults
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80: 36 0 64
40: 181 159 111
20: 383 443 92
15: 114 60 66
10: 0 0 0
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Total: 714 662 333 Total Score = 457,209
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
A single op part time effort. BIC faced severe competition from beautiful
weather, grandkids, swimming pool outside the door--not to mention margaritas
and cuba-libres. As Jimmy Buffett says, "It's 5 o'clock somewhere..."
Didn't expect much out of 80M in Summer and my expectations were met. Maybe I
didn't stay up late enough. 40M wasn't great but better than expected although
noisy. 20M was the money band being open most of the time although it also had
some noise which made repeats frequent to minimize errors. 15M was
disappointing with weak signals and QSB. NE US seemed to do a lot better than
down here. 10M was a non-starter. By the time I discovered the sporadic-E
opening there wasn't enough in it for low power. The stations I heard were
working the louder US so I just concentrated on keeping busy with Q's and
QTC's.
N1MM+ is absolutely great for QTC's. Congratulations to the team for making it
a joy. The 1-2-3 fills system is perfect.
I'm always amazed at the cw skills of the EU ops who seldom need fills and
occasionally just say "QRQ" to not waste their time.
Thanks for another fun one in the log.
73,
Jim
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