NA Sprint RTTY Contest
Call: VE7FO
Operator(s): VE7FO
Station: VE7FO
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Vancouver
Operating Time (hrs): 4
Summary:
Band QSOs Op Time
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80: 4 :30
40: 68 1:40
20: 84 1:50
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Total: 156 Mults = 33 Total Score = 5,148
Club: British Columbia DX Club
Team:
Comments:
Well, that was fun.
2001 2003 2004 2005
QSOs 18 127 132 156
Mults 14 35 27 33
Score 252 4445 3564 5148
For a change I didn't get beat out most of the time when calling someone, and
after I finished an S&P Q I quite often had someone call me. I actually felt
loud. I take this to mean that the number of participants was low. Sure glad
you can work people more than once on a band. Gave me 49 Qs I wouldn't have
otherwise had. Would have been pretty slow. I think there were less than 5
calls I heard but didn't work.
As usual, got off to a rocky start but soon got into the swing of things.
Worked K6LL a minute before the start. Figured I'd just sit there, wait for him
to call CQ at the start, and work him. By the time I remembered which key to
push (don't want to CQ in Dave's face, after all), I think 5 guys had come and
gone.
20 is the best band for me, at least until everyone deserts it for 40. Stayed
on 20 as long as I could as I have a tough time being heard on 40 when it's just
opening up. Made a few Qs on 80 in the last hour but not many heard there.
Basic strategy was to start at the bottom of the activity and work my way up the
band. One of these times I'm going to try putting VFO A on one freq and VFO B 7
or 8 kHz away and see if I can just alternate between the two of them.
Score might have been better if I hadn't fallen asleep for a few minutes. Not a
good contest to fall asleep in.
73 and tnx for the Qs everyone.
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