[3830] ARRLDX CW VA7ST SOAB LP

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                    ARRL DX Contest, CW

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

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: 
Operating Time (hrs): 25:40

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:    1     1
   80:   25    19
   40:  101    57
   20:  357    71
   15:  332    66
   10:  101    31
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Total:  917   245  Total Score = 673,995

Club: Orca DX and Contest Club

Comments:

Gear:
* FT-2000
* N1MM Logger, unassisted
* 3 ele. Steppir @ 27'
* 40M 2-el. quad, NE or SW
* 40M Steppir diple @ 27'
* 80M 2-el. vertical array, E or W
* 160M inverted-L 75' vert, 65' horizontal
* 260' short Beverage due east
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* 2012 -- SFI=104, A=15, K=2 
* 2011 -- SFI=114, A= 8, K=1 
* 2010 -- SFI= 84, A= 2, K=1
* 2009 -- SFI= 70, A= 4, K=1

Hey, runners: send your callsign after every few Qs. 

Had a lot of fun for most of the 26 hours I was on. High bands were wide open
around the world,  except on the 10M polar path.

Even with just 100W I blew past my previous best-ever (high power in 2010) --
beat that in every category, including pushing the score by more than 100K and
best-ever mults (last year LP) by 37.

Best "get" was the last Q of the contest at 2358z when I was CQing to Japan
with no replies. I heard a V25 Antigua off the back of the beam. I just flipped
the Steppir and Bam! In the log with mult 71 on 20M and about 3,000 points.
Cool.

The new 40M quad was down 20 Qs vs. last year with the dipole, but netted the
same 57 mults -- and that's with only one night of Europe workable on 40M.

Happy with the result, but wish the lower bands had been much better on
Saturday night/Sunday morning. They really were poor here.

-- Bud VA7ST

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

Year   QSOs  Mults   Score
----   ----  -----   -------
2012   917   245     673,995
2011   658   208     410,592 
2010   908   201     547,524 HP
2009   688   163     332,031 HP
2008   504   156     235,872 HP
2007   609   157     286,839 HP
2006   571   176     301,488
2005   444   167     222,444
2004   307   132     121,572
2003   235   122      86,010


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