[3830] SS CW VA7ST Single Op HP

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                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW

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

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: BC
Operating Time (hrs): 22

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
------------
  160:     
   80:   84
   40:  120
   20:  472
   15:  113
   10:   52
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Total:  841  Sections = 82  Total Score = 137,924

Club: Orca DX and Contest Club

Comments:

Tried hard to find AB but missed it by *that much* -- the sweep was not to be.
VE6BBP heard on 20M Saturday afternoon was almost inaudible and under so much
traffic I couldn't get through and didn't stay around for long. Never heard
VE6EX at all but heard guys working him.

Got out of the gate on 10M with 50 or so Qs, but the band didn't last long
here. Messed up the exchange on the first two QSOs (forgot to change the N1MM
default string). Logged what I sent, though, before I got things corrected. 

Ended the first night at 12:30 a.m. (0830z) with 412 Qs, 77 mults and 63,448
points, still needing: WY, AB, MB, NL, NT, SK. 

Back on at 4:30 a.m. (1230z) but the low bands were not playing from west to
east, though I could hear a lot of eastern and midwest stations. Just 8
contacts in the first hour back on -- five of them on 80M. Bleak time until 20M
popped open.

Once the high bands opened Sunday, I ended up working three SK, three MB, two
WY, one NL (thanks VO1HP for hanging in there while the masses waited), and
VE8EV found me as usual calling due north at the bottom of 20M late on Sunday
afternoon. He was among the biggest signals I heard all weekend, booming into
BC. But no sign of the VE6s on Sunday. Sniff. No sweep.

Had lofty goals contingent upon high bands working well. 10M didn't, and 15M
was so-so on Saturday and dead all day Sunday. Welcome to the slide to Cycle
25. 

Fourth-best SS CW for me -- did better than this with low power in 2013, and
didn't do much worst than this last year or 2012 with low power. Really
disappointed to miss the sweep.
 
Year   QSOs   Pts  Sec    Score
-------------------------------
2015   841   1682   82  137,924    HP 22 hrs
2014   748   1496   83  124,168       18 hrs
2013   889   1778   83  147,574       20.5 hrs
2012   778   1556   80  124,480       19 hrs
2011   913   1826   79  144,254    HP 19 hrs
2010   758   1516   78  118,248       17 hrs
2009   775   1550   78  120,900       20 hrs
2008   902   1804   80  144,320    HP 19 hrs
2007   837   1674   78  130,572    HP 21 hrs
2006   648   1296   79  102,384
2005   527   1054   73   76,942
2004   580   1160   80   92,800
2003   182     --   52   18,928
2002   370    740   72   53,280


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