ARRL RTTY Roundup
Call: VA7ST
Operator(s): VA7ST
Station: VA7ST
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: BC
Operating Time (hrs): 22
Summary:
Band QSOs
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80: 117
40: 134
20: 311
15: 340
10: 59
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Total: 961 State/Prov = 57 Countries = 38 Total Score = 91,295
Club: Orca DX and Contest Club
Comments:
Well, the bands were not good despite SFI of 218. A pair of back-to-back M-class
flares ruined Saturday and conditions felt punky throughout the weekend here.
Not sure if I enjoyed it or loathed it. Probably a bit of both.
Ended up with 48 fewer Qs and 3 fewer countries than last year, for a raw score
that's down about 7,500 points. I'm happy with that, given the loss of several
hours to intense flaring on Saturday.
Thanks to VY0/VE3VID for the surprise mult, and for hanging in for many repeats
over a really lousy path.
20M was junk -- noisy and even domestic signals were down in that noise. The
20M opening EU on Sunday morning wasn't very strong, but was glad to land the
few extra countries I managed to find. 15M was quiet and held the most Qs. 10M
was very poor -- had hoped for big openings but it was a slog just working
North America.
The second-radio antenna was about as good as a short rain gutter and didn't
work worth a damn, so I ran almost all SO1R. The vertical dipole (trapped
driven from a CL-33, suspended in a tree) goes back on the pile and I'll return
to the all-band vertical with a bunch of radials on ground.
Had a tough time holding a frequency with 100W. Every time I found a gap,
within a few minutes I was surrounded by folks with wider signals than RX
filters. Fortunately, enough loud callers looking for the mult seem to do a
fine job clearing out interlopers.
Back to work after two weeks of R and R. What a fine way to finish the
holidays. Thanks for the contacts and see you in the next one.
-- Bud VA7ST
Band QSOs Pts Sec DXC
3.5 117 117 0 0
7 134 134 4 4
14 311 311 22 24
21 340 340 21 7
28 59 59 10 3
Total 961 961 57 38
Score : 91,295
Year-over-year performance review:
QSOs Sec Cty Score
2014 961 57 38 91,295
2013 1009 57 41 98,882
2012 535 52 18 37,450
2011 438 48 21 30,222
2010 810 56 25 65,610
2009 667 56 17 48,691
2008 802 55 21 60,952 HP
2007 783 53 19 56,376 HP
2006 826 54 30 69,384
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