[3830] Commonwealth VE3BR SO-Restricted24 LP

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                    RSGB Commonwealth Contest

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

Class: SO-Restricted24 LP
QTH: FN03es
Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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   80:  15
   40:  35
   20:  31
   15:    
   10:    
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Total:  81  Total Score = 1,645

Club: Contest Club Ontario

Comments:

Radio: Ten-Tec Orion
Antenna: DX-Eng 80/40 Thunderbolt 55ft Dual Band Vertical
Software: N1MM Logger+ 1.0.7099.0

I quickly knew it was not going to end well: full daylight on Saturday morning
had me with no ZLs or VKs in the log. Much worse than that: I had heard none. In
my previous 2 appearances in BERU I would have about a dozen on 40 at this
stage. Numbers were not that much worse than last year, maybe a little noisier
(SSN:0 SFI:68 A:12 K:4), yet my trusty vertical refused to hear most anything
but noise; on 15 I heard one station, ZF2CA, and worked none. And yes, I did
check every inch from the radio to the feed point during the day (twice, because
I refused to believe the "no faults" picture that my analyzer was
painting for me). You cannot work them, if you don't hear them. And I didn't, to
the point that I almost didn't run because of the "ESP level" callers
that would come back; I knew they were there, but couldn't quite get them. As
frustrating for me as it must have been for them. All this frustration for about
a third of the Qs and a much reduced score. Still love the contest...


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