[3830] SS CW VA7ST Single Op HP

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                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW

Call: VA7ST
Operator(s): VA7ST
Station: VA7ST

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: BC
Operating Time (hrs): 19

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
------------
  160:     
   80:   65
   40:  200
   20:  182
   15:  410
   10:   56
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Total:  913  Sections = 79  Total Score = 144,254

Club: Orca DXCC

Comments:

Started Sunday morning needing VT, KY, AR and NL. Had all but AR within an hour
or two, but never did find Arkansas. One more time with 79. Had AR five times
last year.

Advanced my personal best for Qs by a dozen or so, but fell 66 points shy of my
best-ever (thanks to a phone call with six minutes to go. I asked my son to take
a message, but by then I'd blown a QSO).

Expected to do much better than I did. No excuses, except Saturday morning
antenna work in the cold completely wore me out -- rushed in for a late start
at 2239z. First dozen QSOs were made with frozen hands, and I never did feel
like I got into the groove. Well, other than a nice 210-Q run on 15M Saturday
afternoon.

Figured with 10M and 15M taking a lot of pressure off 20M, there'd be some room
to run. But there wasn't much. AC0C filter for the FT-2000 was a pleasure.

Didn't get the local powerline noise suppression for 20M and 15M figured out
until late Sunday afternoon, and by then it was time to go to 40M where noise
wasn't an issue. Once cured, the QRP stations were finally workable.

40M was pretty good Sunday evening, though after 0100z things sure thinned out.
200 Qs is a good improvement over 160 last year.

80M wasn't strong for me on Saturday night. Just 65 Qs there, down from 141
last year. The new full-size 40M 2-element quad for Europe is near the east
element of my 80M vertical array, and some detuning may be responsible for the
vertical array's downgraded performance to the east. 

Had a lot of fun. Will get on for some of the SSB leg, but that'll be a more
casual effort. Can hardly wait for CQWW CW. 

Thanks for the contacts and staying in there to get the Qs through.

-- Bud VA7ST

http://va7st.ca/home.html
http://orcadxcc.org

Year   QSOs   Pts  Sec    Score
-------------------------------
2011   913   1826   79  144,254 <- HP 19 hrs
2010   758   1516   78  118,248    LP 17 hrs
2009   775   1550   78  120,900    LP 20 hrs
2008   902   1804   80  144,320 <- HP 19 hrs
2007   837   1674   78  130,572 <- HP 21 hrs
2006   648   1296   79  102,384
2005   527   1054   73   76,942
2004   580   1160   80   92,800
2003   182     --   52   18,928
2002   370    740   72   53,280


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