CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY
Call: W7VO
Operator(s): W7VO K5ZM KG7ASQ
Station: W7VO
Class: M/S HP
QTH: OR
Operating Time (hrs): 42
Summary:
Band QSOs State/Prov DX Zones
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80: 40 21 3 4
40: 227 37 28 20
20: 370 46 71 26
15: 152 20 28 17
10: 0 0 0 0
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Total: 789 124 130 67 Total Score = 483,426
Club: Willamette Valley DX Club
Comments:
Well, except for destroying the 15 meter traps on my TH6DXX due to overheating,
and losing an expensive 3CX1500A7 right before the start in the afternoon
"pre-test", the contest went better than I could have dreamed. Band
conditions were much better than expected (15M was back!), the lowbands were
very quiet for here, (which was a NICE change). I've been adding multiple
ferrite common mode chokes to all the low band antenna feeds in recent weeks,
maybe they are working!
In retrospect, we spent a LOT of time in mult hunting today rather than
running, and that might have cost us. The goal we set was 500K points from this
"tribander and wires" station, so we came in pretty close. We might
had made it, except the 15M antenna trap failed for good with just under 1/2
hour to go, so we went to low power (80W) for the end and lived with the 6:1
SWR.
Thanks to all the operators at the other end. It was a first class test in
every way.
73;
Mike
W7VO
Scappoose, OR
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