CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: VE3BR
Operator(s): VE3BR
Station: VE3BR
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: Brampton, ON
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 104 6 4
80: 264 21 56
40: 315 25 77
20: 422 33 101
15: 359 28 96
10: 327 25 90
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Total: 1791 138 424 Total Score = 2,550,918
Club: Contest Club Ontario
Comments:
Radio: Ten-Tec Jupiter
Antennas: 5 band hexbeam @ 40ft &
DX-Eng 80/40 Thunderbolt 55ft Dual Band Vertical
Software: N1MM
Being introduced to radio before personal computers, I have always done
Unassisted (LP) and always wondered how much of a difference going Assisted
would make to a "small pistol" (or, in my case, to a "BB gun".) Late on Friday
I made the last minute decision and this weekend for the first time ever I used
cluster spotting in a contest. I was not very good at it, learning along the
way. (I suggest reading N1MM manual before, not during, a contest.) I agree
that it may be useful for DXing "21-st century style", but for me (no SO2R here
and my only radio is Ten-Tec Jupiter which does not do easy SO2V either) it
provides more of a distraction than an advantage in a contest. And most
importantly: it makes for an entirely different game. Contesting "Unassisted"
is like a game of chess; with spotting built into your logger it is a
"whack-a-mole" at a country fair. To each his own, but next year I am back to
Unassisted and REAL fun!
Apart from the Assisted disappointment I have one further regret: I totally
overslept what appeared to be an excellent grey line opening at Sunday sunrise.
I still managed KH2/JA/UA9-0 on 80 and a bit better on 40, but can only imagine
what "could've been"...
Ã? la prochaine fois.
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