CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: VY2SS
Operator(s): VY2SS
Station: VY2SS
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: PEI
Operating Time (hrs): 16
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 27 5 8
80: 310 16 43
40: 153 16 50
20: 347 18 60
15: 144 20 57
10: 1 1 1
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Total: 982 76 219 Total Score = 725,110
Club: Maritime Contest Club
Comments:
One radio (K3) Tribander and verticals.
I had a fairly good start on the low bands Friday evening but I had to quit at
midnight.
Then Saturday happened. I got up early and picked up some mults on the low
bands then went to 20M for the first time. No antenna. High SWR both through
the amp and barefoot. I proceeded to 15M and slowly picked up a few contacts
while I waited for it to open rechecking the 20M antenna from time to tome. 15M
finally did open and I had some nice runs on there for most of the day. Then the
amp quit about 4PM. I worked on that for 2 hours and finally decided I could
have more fun reading a book.
Then Sunday happened. I turned on the rig and tried 20M. Still no good. The K3
kept showing me a message that said 6M and an antenna symbol. Very slowly it
dawned on me. I am trying to contest on my 6M beam. I hit the ANT button and
20M was fixed! My K3 was trying to tell me what was wrong all day Saturday but
I was not listining. I did the rest of the contest mostly on 20 barefoot.
See you all next year!
-Robby
VY2SS
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