[3830] Canada Day Contest - VE5CPU - SO-AB-HP-Mixed

[Bart Ritchie]

                        CANADA DAY CONTEST -- 2000

       Call:      VE5CPU
       Category:  Single Op / All Band / Mixed (CW/PH) /High Power
       Country:   Canada

       BAND   CW QSO  CW QSO PTS   SSB QSO  SSB QSO PTS
       160        7      70             9     100
        80        9     100            64     622
        40       11      94            72     746
        20       27     266           231    2040
        15        9      82            75     390
        10        7      62            10      92
         6        1      10             1      10
         2        1      10            19     190
      --------------------------------------------
                 72            +       481     =    553 Total QSO
Score:
(694 CW QSO PTS + 4190 SSB QSO PTS) X (22 CW MULTS + 39 SSB MULTS)
  = 297,924

Soapbox:
  Hope everyone enjoyed Canada Day!  As always, nice to see the VEs across 
Canada take some of their holiday time to drop by and exchange QSOs.

  I see Todd, VE5MX has piloted the VE6JY station to a new Canadian record 
- GREAT JOB Todd!

  Given we are at the top of the sun spot cycle, conditions were somewhat 
disappointing. 10m was pretty much a no show, only the local guys I 
persuaded to QSY.  15m was not much better, but was at least open for a 
short time.  20m was the bread and butter band this year with a noticeable 
number of DX stations participating in the Contest.  40m and 80m were their 
typical noisy summer bands, but propagation was better than average. I 
think some people missed some opportunities by going to bed early.  160 is 
tough on a city lot but thanks to those that dug out my weak signal.

  As always, great fun!  Thanks to those who dropped by for a quick chat... 
see you all in the next one.

73, Bart - VE5CPU
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. B.R. (Bart) Ritchie       	Internet: ve5cpu at sk.sympatico.ca .
. Regina, SK Canada              .                              .
. Amateur Radio Call:VE5CPU	Ampr-Org: ve5cpu at ve5us.ampr.org  .
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