CQWW WPX Contest, CW
Call: VA7ST
Operator(s): VA7ST
Station: VA7ST
Class: SOAB LP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 25
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 24
40: 161
20: 256
15: 122
10: 9
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Total: 572 Prefixes = 257 Total Score = 401,177
Club: Orca DX and Contest Club
Comments:
* Unassisted -- FT-2000 + N1MM Logger
* 3 ele. SteppIR
* 1 x 40M SteppIR dipole
* 2-element 40M diamond quad, apex 50'
* 2 x 80M elevated verticals (JA or US/VE)
* 1 x 270' bi-directional Beverage
2013: SFI=120 A=20 K=3, SSN= 99
2012: SFI=110 A= 4 K=1, SSN= 70
2011: SFI=135 A= 4 K=1, SSN=139
2010: SFI= 78 A= 2 K=1, SSN= 22
2009: SFI= 73 A= 2 K=1, no sunspots
2008: SFI= 68 A= 2 K=0, no sunspots
Hello? Hello? Is this thing on?
For most of the 25 hours I was on, it seemed the coax might not be hooked up to
the yagi. Conditions were beyond bad here. Didn't work EU until Sunday when 20M
cracked open just a smidge, and even then only a handful of the strongest
signals replied when called. Nothing over the pole on 15M.
Very disappointed in the entire weekend. Felt like a waste of a perfectly good
contest. Just 16% of last year's points, 44% of the QSOs and 38% of the mults
-- I expected a lot more despite running low power this year. Worst showing
since 2003. Was happy for the folks further south and east when I saw they had
double and triple the QSO counts, but those numbers were not achievable from
this QTH with 100W.
There's always next year. But I think performance-wise, the bands must have
peaked in 2012. They haven't done much for us since. Maybe June VHF will be
more fun -- probably better DX than I heard this weekend.
CQWW season seems a long way off through the flares.
Thanks for the Qs and the patience this weekend.
-- Bud VA7ST
Year QSO WPX Score
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May-13 SOABLP 572 257 401,177
May-12 SOABHP 1287 675 2,515,050
May-11 SO(A)ABLP 813 400 989,200
May-10 SOABHP 1050 409 1,220,456
May-08 SOABHP 1171 492 1,697,892
May-07 SO(A)ABHP 948 409 1,135,384
May-06 SOABLP 941 515 1,445,605
May-05 SOABLP 694 378 712,908
May-03 SOABLP 412 233 269,348
May-02 SOABLP 63 45 9,000
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