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Subject: [3830] ARRLDX CW VA7ST SOAB LP
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Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 20:19:28 -0800
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                    ARRL DX Contest, CW

Call: VA7ST
Operator(s): VA7ST
Station: VA7ST

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: BC
Operating Time (hrs): 29

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  160:    9     5
   80:   85    32
   40:  121    57
   20:  289    70
   15:  143    39
   10:   11     5
-------------------
Total:  658   208  Total Score = 410,592

Club: Orca DX and Contest Club

Comments:

Gear:
* FT-2000
* N1MM Logger, no telnet
* 3 ele. Steppir @ 27'
* 40M Steppir diple @ 27'
* 80M 2-el. vertical array, E or W
* 160M inverted-L 75' vert, 65' horizontal
* 260' short Beverage due east

* 2011 -- SFI=114, A=8, K=1 (flux slipped to 105 by the end)
* 2010 -- SFI= 84, A=2, K=1
* 2009 -- SFI= 70, A=4, K=1

Only had one goal: beat my previous-best for low power. Done.

Finished with 7 more mults than I have ever landed -- including my high-power
best from last year. It could have been far better with something to work over
the pole on 15M. 

Things were pretty good on 15M in the final couple of hours, but no EU opening
at all. Unlike last year's phenomenal European opening that added at least 100
more Qs and 25 mults to the 2010 score.

20M was not in great shape. There were good hours but the European openings
were not really strong. Sunday morning from 1700 to 1800z I at last had a short
20M run into Europe, but it ended after 57 Qs. Some good signals in the mix,
including a few 5-watt callers. Was a wall of sound for a while as spot-chasers
all tried to get me at once. Worked the pile down to nothing, and it stayed at
nothing after that. Overall, I was disappointed with how 20M played,
considering solar numbers.

40M was very good. Wish I had the antennas to make use of it. The dipole at 27'
did an admirable job of landing the big guns, but is just a dipole at 27' (with
a wire reflector). 57 mults is the most I've had on 40M in this contest.

80M was is amazing condition overnight Saturday/Sunday morning. The JAs were
strong and plentiful, and Caribbean stations were all there for the taking.
Nice to have the 2-element vertical array working well in either direction.

Managed 9 Qs and 5 mults on 160M with KL7, KH6, XE, JA and UA0, all on Saturday
night.

Worked T30YA on 40M and 15M. Happy happy! Was great to run into the Locust at
KP2CW on 20M and 80M. Sure appreciated the dits (and mults) Rick. Kudos to XE7S
for being there "just when I thought I'd never get another mult on that band."
Happened several times.

JAs are the ops that keep things going for me, helping to partly offset poor
access to Europe. Best band for Japan was 15M, but was very pleased to work 43
on 80M and a couple on 160M.

Japan    160M   80M   40M   20M   15M   10M
Worked     2    43    28    57    77     0

Thanks to all the DX for the Qs, and ARRL for the contest!

-- Bud, VA7ST
http://www3.telus.net/va7st
http://www.orcadxcc.org


Comparison by band from previous years:

             LP       HP       HP       HP       HP       LP       LP
Band       2011     2010     2009     2008     2007     2006     2005
====    =======  =======  =======  =======  =======  =======  =======
160M      9/  5    2/  2    5/  4   10/  7    0/  0    1/  1    2/  2    
 80M     85/ 32   40/ 20   69/ 35   53/ 25   28/ 20   30/ 24   19/ 17
 40M    121/ 57  136/ 54   86/ 31   72/ 37   73/ 40   84/ 46   69/ 38
 20M    289/ 70  517/ 68  489/ 75  342/ 74  453/ 73  344/ 64  213/ 59
 15M    143/ 39  210/ 55   39/ 18   27/ 13   50/ 22  112/ 41  123/ 40
 10M     11/  5    3/  2        -        -        -        -   22/  8
-----   -------  -------  -------  -------  -------  -------  -------
Total   658/208  908/201  688/163  504/156  609/157  571/176  444/167


Year   QSOs  Mults   Score
----   ----  -----   -------
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


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