[3830] WPX CW VE3JM(@VE3RM) SOAB HP

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                    CQWW WPX Contest, CW

Call: VE3JM
Operator(s): VE3JM
Station: VE3RM

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: ON
Operating Time (hrs): 35

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:    0
   80:   52
   40:  768
   20: 1070
   15:  630
   10:    7
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Total: 2527  Prefixes = 794  Total Score = 6,876,834

Club: Contest Club Ontario

Comments:

Surprisingly nice conditions in the first 24 hours or so.
The contest didn’t start as planned. I came to Don’s 2 hours before the start
and was hoping that I would be able to set WriteLog and two radios. My home made
SO2R box required more COM ports than available on Don’s PC. Then I decided to
switch to another logging program. The computer setup didn’t go well, the
contest already started and I was thinking of not doing the contest at all.

Finally started 30 minutes later with one radio and logging software that I am
not very familiar with. Was very depressed with a lousy start, but by Saturday
morning when 15 opened to Europe, I almost forgot about all the trouble.

I lost at least another 30 minutes during the contest due to computer problems.
Hope to learn something from this so next time I would prepare better and fix at
least one of the errors that I made.

But thanks to good conditions, finished the contest with higher numbers than
expected. Actually, after seeing other scores and that I am not much behind EJ,
I am very pleased :-)

I would like to thank Don for letting me use his station and having a great
time. He doesn’t have stacks or monobanders for higher bands, but apparently
nice scores can be made from there. Hope to see you in IARU.


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