CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY
Call: VE3BR
Operator(s): VE3BR
Station: VE3BR
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: FN03es
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band QSOs State/Prov DX Zones
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80: 128 38 23 12
40: 211 40 46 20
20: 380 35 63 22
15: 412 25 67 26
10: 109 10 38 19
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Total: 1240 148 237 99 Total Score = 1,541,540
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 13.9.1 + MMTTY 1.68A
The goal was to improve my CQWW RTTY personal best and, at the same time, to do
better than before in every measure: Qs, Q points, countries, zones,
states/provinces. Mission accomplished. Conditions, when compared to last year,
were merely OK; nothing to write home about. Lower bands were slightly better
perhaps. 20m OK. 15m shined just like last year. But 10m was a major
disappointment - only marginally open; and a naïve schmuck like me, based on
last year, hoped for a miracle. The 24th cycle is not to be trusted.
I was able to maintain a run on 20m (my RTTY contest first) only to have a
known "power plant" contest station move onto my frequency after I
was there 2+ hours (hey, I didn't say it was an effective run) and start
berating me in open text demanding that I QSY. Needless to say I became hopping
mad and refused. Two lessons learned: 1- my long standing assertion that good
manners are gone to hell is supported by evidence yet again, and 2- I am heard
well in Europe (Yippee!).
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