[3830] CQ160 CW VA7ST Single Op LP

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                    CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW

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

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: BC
Operating Time (hrs): 5

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 127  State/Prov = 33  Countries = 6  Total Score = 23,829

Club: Orca DX and Contest Club

Comments:

100 watts to an inverted-L tied to 150' of chainlink fence. Worked mostly for
regional Qs -- didn't work a single W1. Managed to get a few W4s and ZF around
0900z early Sunday morning, and around 1400z Sunday worked JH4UYB and heard
several other JAs. Six countries (JA, ZF, 6Y, PJ2, KL, KH6) set a new personal
best DX total in this one.

VY2ZM was loud here when he called in, and was the only VE station I worked
east of AB.

Just 5 slow, slow hours. Not sure how I worked anyone (especially 6Y and PJ2)
on Friday night. Took me until late Saturday night, with a couple of sub-zero
trips with flashlight to the far reaches of the yard, to sort out some flakey
antenna tuning. 

Turned out to be a 160M tuner issue in the shack (some unnamed idiot connected
the rig and antenna cables backwards months ago... unlabeled ports on a
homebrew box that works wonders when in line the right way). But those
inverted-L feedpoint connections out there are rock-solid now, hi.

Once spring arrives, the antenna gets a significant upgrade (adding a set of
elevated radials).

Year              Qs  Mults    Score   Time on  avg/hr
------------------------------------  --------  ------
January-14 SOLP  127     39   23,829   5.1 hrs    24.9
January-13 SOLP  115     34   19,176   4.1 hrs    28.0
January-12 SOLP   74     20    7,329   2.5 hrs    29.6
January-11 SOLP   67     22    7,040   4.0 hrs    16.7
January-10 SOLP  247     52   60,528   9.5 hrs    26.0
January-09 SOLP  244     50   59,100   5.5 hrs    44.4
January-08 SOLP  240     49   55,762     -        
January-07 SOLP  145     39   27,027   8.5 hrs    28.2
January-06 SOLP  220     48   50,400   7.0 hrs    31.4
January-05 SOLP  342     54   88,182  10.6 hrs    32.3


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