[3830] WPX CW VA7ST SOAB HP

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                    CQWW WPX Contest, CW

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

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: BC
Operating Time (hrs): 25

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
------------
  160:    1
   80:   22
   40:  217
   20:  650
   15:  392
   10:    1
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Total: 1283  Prefixes = 606  Total Score = 2,155,542

Club: Orca DX and Contest Club

Comments:

Bands were tough here -- didn't get much action when running, and ended up with
a third-rate outing. I took breaks when I shouldn't have, but rate was so slow
at times I got sleepy and opted for naps instead of pushing through. 

Stayed in at the end just to get the QSO count past my previous second-best
attempt in 2012. Got one more (well, counting dupes), then pulled the plug with
15 minutes remaining and nothing left in the tank.

Some decent EU openings on 20 and 15, but they weren't the best. 20M was quite
noisy over the pole on Sunday and low-power stations were hard to pull through.


15M was only about two-thirds as good as last year rate-wise and otherwise-wise
, and EU wasn't nearly as good as 20M.

10M was dead the whole time -- ZF1A the only station worked there. 

Really missed the JAs -- worked only 10 Qs all weekend.

Year                   QSO    WPX    Score
==============================================
May-15    SOABHP      1288    606    2,155,542  25 hrs
May-14    SOABHP      1443    663    2,724,267  31 hrs
May-13    SOABLP       572    257      401,177  25 hrs
May-12    SOABHP      1287    675    2,515,050  26 hrs
May-11    SO(A)ABLP    813    400      989,200  26 hrs
May-10    SOABHP      1050    409    1,220,456  27 hrs
May-08    SOABHP      1171    492    1,697,892  32 hrs
May-07    SO(A)ABHP    948    409    1,135,384  31 hrs
May-06    SOABLP       941    515    1,445,605  31 hrs
May-05    SOABLP       694    378      712,908  24 hrs
May-03    SOABLP       412    233      269,348  21 hrs
May-02    SOABLP        63     45        9,000


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