[3830] CQ WW RTTY VA7ST SOAB LP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

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

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: BC
Operating Time (hrs): 18

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts   State/Prov  DX   Zones
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   80:   78   151       37       5     5
   40:   92   201       30      25    14
   20:  144   302       43      21    16
   15:  179   404       37      32    18
   10:  126   287       24      27    14
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Total:  619  1345      171     110    67  Total Score = 468,060

Club: Orca DXCC

Comments:

* FT-2000, N1MM Logger + MMTTY
* 3-ele SteppIR at 27'
* 40M SteppIR dipole at 27'
* 80M two-vertical array (SE-NW, broadside NE-SW)
* Beverage 270' aimed due east
* No spotting network

Flux 190? I had to look at the propagation dashboard twice to make sure I
wasn't imaging that.

Just when the bands light up, I had to work for one of the two days of CQWW
RTTY. Missed all of Saturday daylight, and ended up with only 18 hours in the
chair, down from 29 last year. Still, managed to bag more mults than last year
(way more sections and a few more zones) and fell just 180 Qs behind 2010's PB.
If I'd had that extra 11 hours, I would have been over the top by a wide margin.
Despite conditions hitting a high note, this is only my 5th-best (4th-best with
low power).

 Band     QSOs     Pts  DXC   Zn  Sec
   3.5      78     151    5    5   37
     7      92     201   25   14   30
    14     144     302   21   16   43
    21     179     404   32   18   37
    28     126     287   27   14   24
 Total     619    1345  110   67  171
Score: 468,060

TOTALS         QSOs     Pts  Cty   ZN  Sec  Score
2011 Total >>   619    1345  110   67  171  468,060  18.0 hrs
2010 Total >>   799    1846  128   63  155  638,716  29.0 hrs
2009 Total >>   703    1643  107   55  126  473,184  26.5 hrs
2008 Total >>   784    1750  111   55  135  526,750  29.0 hrs HP
2007 Total >>   599    1295   74   46  119  309,505  23.0 hrs HP

Highlights: finding 6V7X for a double-mult on 15M after failing to work Enrico
through a wall of east-coast RF on 20M.

I beat last year on 10, 15 and 80, but for some reason 20M was extremely poor
here. I was down by more than half on Qs there (376 vs. 144), and only landed
21 countries vs. 61 last year.

Almost fired up the second radio on Saturday night -- this test is ideal for it
-- but I was already tired and figured I should keep things as simple as
possible. 

N1MM Logger and MMTTY were great, though I noticed a persistent lag when using
the INS key to grab a call when CQing (not helped by turning off call history
lookup, or setting process priority to High). Still, what a pleasure to operate
with such great software.

Thanks for the contacts.

-- Bud VA7ST

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


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