[3830] CQ WW RTTY VE3BR SOAB LP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: VE3BR
Operator(s): VE3BR
Station: VE3BR

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: FN03es
Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  State/Prov  DX   Zones
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   80:  128       38      23    12
   40:  211       40      46    20
   20:  380       35      63    22
   15:  412       25      67    26
   10:  109       10      38    19
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Total: 1240      148     237    99  Total Score = 1,541,540

Club: Contest Club Ontario

Comments:

Radio: Ten-Tec Jupiter
Antennas: 5 band hexbeam @ 40ft & DX-Eng 80/40 Thunderbolt 55ft Dual Band
Vertical
Software: N1MM 13.9.1 + MMTTY 1.68A

The goal was to improve my CQWW RTTY personal best and, at the same time, to do
better than before in every measure: Qs, Q points, countries, zones,
states/provinces. Mission accomplished. Conditions, when compared to last year,
were merely OK; nothing to write home about. Lower bands were slightly better
perhaps. 20m OK. 15m shined just like last year. But 10m was a major
disappointment - only marginally open; and a naïve schmuck like me, based on
last year, hoped for a miracle. The 24th cycle is not to be trusted. 

I was able to maintain a run on 20m (my RTTY contest first) only to have a
known "power plant" contest station move onto my frequency after I
was there 2+ hours (hey, I didn't say it was an effective run) and start
berating me in open text demanding that I QSY. Needless to say I became hopping
mad and refused. Two lessons learned: 1- my long standing assertion that good
manners are gone to hell is supported by evidence yet again, and 2- I am heard
well in Europe (Yippee!).


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