ARRL DX Contest, CW - 2022
Call: VE3NNT
Operator(s): VE3NNT
Station: VE3NNT
Class: SOUAB HP
QTH: FN14cm
Operating Time (hrs): 33
Remote Operation
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 43 30
80: 255 63
40: 590 80
20: 755 77
15: 513 81
10: 70 32
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Total: 2226 363 Total Score = 2,424,114
Club: Contest Club Ontario
Comments:
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
I've been having problems with the internet access at the cottage station
recently. It used to be a problem of dropped packets, but since the service
provider made some changes last summer it has become a problem of delay
variation. Imagine trying to carry on CW exchanges with a random delay from the
time you press the send button in N1MM and the actual time transmission starts.
Now try to imagine the magnitude of this delay, between a few hundred ms and
more than 7 seconds, randomly changing from one moment to the next. This was the
case this weekend, but was at its worst Sunday. I must have sounded like a LID
to those calling me in pileups.
There were a few moments of excitement an joy when the internet worked well and
I could run stations efficiently, but then the despair set in as the link
suddenly degraded.
I had planned to put in more hours this year to try to reach 3000 QSOs, but I
just couldn't deal with it. By Sunday afternoon I through in the towel.
The final result was about the same as the past 2 years, but should have been
much better given the good band conditions. I probably lost a good 500 QSOs with
this problem.
I think I should find a way to operate the station locally next year if I can't
get the internet fixed.
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