ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: VE3AGC
Operator(s): VE3AGC
Station: VE3AGC
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: Toronto
Operating Time (hrs): 21
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 0 0
80: 24 21
40: 55 40
20: 124 60
15: 151 55
10: 116 44
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Total: 470 220 Total Score = 310,200
Club: Contest Club Ontario
Comments:
External engagements were a known drag so expectations were low-300 q's. A few
hours late Friday night were productive but no 160 contacts although several
tried. A half hour surfing Saturday morning. Then the snow started. I managed a
couple of hours Saturday evening before the neighbour complained of tvi (band
was good) so I went to bed. The European sunrise Sunday was dead (9 contacts in
2 hrs) and little more activity until our sunrise when the bands started slowly.
I reached the target by 1 pm and continued. The last 2 hours were quite slow as
people gave up early. Heard lots and got stepped on many times operating LP.
Again stations don't identify for 10-20 qsos and waste LP ops' time. Even the
last half hour identification was lax.
Skip conditions were strange Sunday mid-day when I could work Spain and a 4L but
Italy, Greece and old Macedonia were loud here and couldn't hear me. Tnx to LY5A
for trying to pull me out in the last 5 minutes with no success.
Working conditions 1000MP MkV, DXLB+ inverted V @ 13 meters, all S&P. Even 50W
gave tvi and rf feedback in the snow Saturday night as antenna detuned. Noise
was S9 with static in local power lines. Sunday was quiet.
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