[3830] ARRL June VHF W7CE Single Op HP

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                    ARRL June VHF QSO Party

Call: W7CE
Operator(s): W7CE
Station: W7CE

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: CN87oa
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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    6:  383   134
    2:   76    20
  222:   21    10
  432:   35    12
  903:           
  1.2:   14     6
  2.3:           
  3.4:           
  5.7:           
  10G:           
  24G:           
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Total:  529   182  Total Score = 111,566

Club: 

Comments:

Conditions were great here and the contest was definitely a lot of fun.  By far,
ths is my best score ever for this contest.

Station improvements this year include using a Flex 5000A on 6M (replacing 
my 756ProIII), upgrading from a 6M7JHV to a 6M9KHW 9 element 6M yagi, 
increasing the height of the 6M through 432 antennas by about 10 feet, and 
reducing the 1296 feedline loss by 1.4 dB while increasing transmit power 
from 10 watts to 150 watts.  I had also planned on a mast mounted preamp for 
1296, but it arrived DOA.  Hopefully, I'll have that working in a couple of 
weeks.  Moving all the antennas 10 feet higher doesn't sound like much, but 
now I can hear stations to the north of me that were in the noise before. 
In years past I could only copy a couple of the larger VE7 stations.  This 
year if I missed anyone up north it was because we weren't in the same place 
at the same time, not because I couldn't hear them.

I worked a lot of new grids this year also, including some relatively rare ones
that were activitated for the contest (DM18, DM31, DM36, DN37 and DN43).

Now it's time to start planning next year's antenna and station improvements.


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