CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
Call: VA7ST
Operator(s): VA7ST
Station: VA7ST
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: BC
Operating Time (hrs): 5.5
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 244 State/Prov = 44 Countries = 6 Total Score = 59,100
Club: British Columbia DX Club
Comments:
* FT-2000 and 160M inverted-L
Really quiet band this weekend, especially Saturday night. Must not have been
as quiet in some other areas, as many stations couldn't hear me at all. Felt
like more than 5.5 hours on, but that's what the clock tells me.
Hit my goal of beating last year's score, but Qs were only 4 more and found
just one extra country than 2008. Enjoyed myself a lot, even though rates were
often down around 15/hour. Had a few great flurries of activity and that made
up for the long doldrums.
Used the inverted-L tied into the toprail of a 4'-high, 250' chainlink fence.
Added a couple of 130' radials that were mostly on the ground. Top of the wire
was at about 70', with the horizontal section sloping down to a fir tree -- far
end about 35' lower than the turn in the L.
The FT-2000 is stunning on receive with the new PEP firmware and EDSP upgrades
this month. Simply beautiful to use on a packed CW band. Yaesu gets a big, warm
"thank you" for the enhancements.
Found that the tuner isn't as quick but it was able to match things flat at the
rig-end better than the older FT-920's tuner in previous years. I didn't have to
worry about where in the band I was playing. That's a good thing, because this
FT-2000 starts to reduce output power even when SWR approaches a timid 1.5:1.
Year QSOs W/VE DX Score
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2009 244 44 6 59,100 5.5 hr
2008 240 44 5 55,762 -
2007 145 37 2 27,027 8.5 hr
2006 220 45 3 50,400 7.0 hr
2005 342 52 2 88,182 10.6 hr
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