CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Call: VA3UZ
Operator(s): VA3UZ
Station: VE3OI
Class: SO HP
QTH: ON
Operating Time (hrs): 26
QSOs: 907 States/Provinces: 57 Countries: 35 Score: 425,500
Comments:
Oh! for receiving antennas. Used 1/4 wave sloper for both receiving and
transmitting. 80 m loop helped a bit to dig out some West Coast signals
though... Spent lot of time S&P which, of course, did hurt my score too.
Worked 3 times less Europeans than I did in Stew Perry a month ago with the
same setup.
Spent too much time calling EA9LZ, IV3YYK, OK5W, UU7J, SM3EVR, UA2FZ. Nobody
answered. AL7DJ, CT1CJJ, LZ8T, YV1DIG, YV1NX, GI3OQR, GI0KOW, XE1V and VE9WH
answered my CQ. Managed to break pile-up on 4X3A, C4A and LX1NO. RU1A was
prbably the best DX (worked it on WB9CIF's frequency who definitely didn't hear
RU1A's CQ calls).
Never heard K3VOA (DC) or VY1JA.
Lost amplifier at 08:30 UTC on Sunday. Was thinking even to give up, but after
some time decided to continue with 100 watts and was rewarded by getting my
last multiplier - VO1MP (Thanks for the call, Gus!).
Big thanks to Dave, VE3OI whose station becoming a second home for me. I owe
him big time.
Amazing how many well-known guys were trying to steal my CQ frequency without
even asking "QRL?" pretending they don't hear me. Is that a common practice on
160? C'mon guys, I had almost a KW output!
Anyway, congratulations to everybody on great scores and especially to John,
VE3EJ. Hope my "bell" helped him to stay awake and achieve such a great score!
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