[3830] WAE RTTY VA7ST Single Op LP

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                    WAE DX Contest, RTTY

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

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: BC
Operating Time (hrs): 24

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts  QTCs  Mults
------------------------------
   80:   28   28     0    48
   40:   61   61     0    75
   20:  254  254   150   120
   15:  278  278   122   112
   10:   47   47    28    38
------------------------------
Total:  668  668   300   393  Total Score = 380,424

Club: Orca DX and Contest Club

Comments:

* FT-2000 and FT-920, DX Doubler
* N1MM Logger + MMTTY
* 3-ele. Steppir at 27'
* 40M Steppir dipole at 27'
* 40M 2-element quad (N-S)
* 80M 2 x elevated verticals (E-W)
* Short beverage -- 270' (E-W)
* All-band 18AVT/WB vertical

Just over half of last year's score. Down due to 10M not working very well, and
15M not providing as much access to Europe as last year's SFI=168 weekend.
Disappointing. Mults were down a lot on all bands, as were QTCs with the noisy
conditions here.

Ran SO2R as hard as I could, and it helped make up some of the shortfall, but
not nearly as much as I expected. Second-radio antenna is an all-band vertical,
and it worked very nicely for picking up mults and a few slow runs. About
one-third of all Qs were on the vertical -- and it nabbed some good DX
surprises, too.

After working a lot of 15M contacts on Saturday, for Sunday the vertical was on
15M almost all day, with the yagi on 10M early then 20M for most of the day.

Definitely need to spruce up the 80M vertical array -- have one elevated radial
missing to the East, and that's where the shortfall seemed to be this time out.
Will spend a few hours Monday in the snow checking things over.

40M was nothing like last year. Hope for better in CQWW CW in two weeks. 

Thanks for the contacts. Be back for more in 2013.

-- Bud VA7ST

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

        Band   Q/QTC  QSOs    Pts  Mlt
         3.5    QSO    28      28   48
           7    QSO    61      61   75
          14    QSO   254     254  120
          14   RQTC    60      60    0
          14   SQTC    90      90    0
          21    QSO   278     278  112
          21   RQTC    82      82    0
          21   SQTC    40      40    0
          28    QSO    47      47   38
          28   RQTC    18      18    0
          28   SQTC    10      10    0
       Total    All   968     968  393

Year   QSO  QTC  Mults      Score
---------------------------------
2012:  668  300    393    380,424      24 hrs
2011:  858  490    542    730,616      31 hrs
2010:  390  150    299    161,161      16 hrs
2009:  584  190    347    268,578      24 hrs
2008:  346  120    215    100,190 < HP 11 hrs
2007:  511  170    318    216,876 < HP 19 hrs
2006:  431   70    218     93,958
2005:  452  159    259    158,249
2004:  311  117    198     84,744
2003:  113  109    120     26,640
2002:  251   40    186     54,126


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