ARRL RTTY Roundup
Call: VA7ST
Operator(s): VA7ST
Station: VA7ST
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: BC
Operating Time (hrs): 22
Summary:
Band QSOs
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80: 100
40: 103
20: 352
15: 304
10: 150
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Total: 1009 State/Prov = 57 Countries = 41 Total Score = 98,882
Club:
Comments:
Gear:
* FT-2000 + FT920 + DX Doubler
* N1MM + MMTTY
* 80M phased elevated verticals x 2
* 40M wire quad 2 ele
* 40M Steppir dipole at 27'
* 3 ele. Steppir at 27'
* 18AVT/WB all-band vertical with 6 radials
2013: Flux: 145 | Ap: 2 | Kp: 1
2012: Flux: 136 | Ap: 5 | Kp: 1
2011: Flux: 85 | Ap: 5 | Kp: 5
2010: Flux: 78 | Ap: 0 | Kp: 1
2009: Flux: 70 | Ap: 10 | Kp: 1
2008: Flux: 79 | Ap: 14 | Kp: 3
Lost most of an hour Sunday early afternoon to Murphy (computer needed many
restarts after someone did something wrong while swapping ICE filters. No
names, but it was the single-operator). Also had a few less-than-30-minute
breaks that count as op time. Real time on the air was about 20 hours.
High bands were in great shape. The piddly vertical on the second radio found
some great mults, but I should have done a lot more hunting instead of running
on two bands. SO2R newbie mistake. Second radio accounted for about 1/3 of Qs,
most of those using the all-band vertical.
Did anyone else from the West Coast get shut out by 40M? Hundreds of stations
cramming the band, and only a handful could hear me on the full-size 2-element
quad, the vertical or the rotary dipole. Nothing seemed to get out beyond WA
from BC. At least from this QTH. European signals were whopping big, but with
100W I only managed to be heard by a few.
In the final hour, I tried CQing on a jam-packed 40M and landed only a handful
of close-in stations. Jumping on CQers produced virtually no response, even
when they were 40-over here. Truly one-way propagation (east to west).
Glad I didn't go high power this year -- aside from frustration on 40M, I had a
ton of fun with 100 watts.
Thanks for the contacts!
-- Bud VA7ST
Year-over-year performance review:
QSOs Sec Cty Score
2013 1009 57 41 98,882
2012 535 52 18 37,450
2011 438 48 21 30,222
2010 810 56 25 65,610
2009 667 56 17 48,691
2008 802 55 21 60,952 HP
2007 783 53 19 56,376 HP
2006 826 54 30 69,384
Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
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