[3830] RAC Winter VA7ST SO CW HP

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                    RAC Winter Contest - 2020

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

Class: SO CW HP
QTH: BC
Operating Time (hrs): 10.5

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  CW Mults  Ph Mults
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  160:   20              3          
   80:   63              7          
   40:  266             11          
   20:  218             11          
   15:  190              6          
   10:                              
    6:                              
    2:                              
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Total:  757     0       38         0  Total Score = 127,604

Club: Orca DX and Contest Club

Comments:

Without 10M in the mix, score was off by a bit from my stretch target of
140,000. Beat my 2010 score in 4.5 fewer hours thanks to strong 15M, 20M and 40M
bands.

Realistically, I think the bands were in better shape than expected. 15M was
pretty great, and while I left 40M until Sunday, it turned out to be the
high-performing band for me, producing lots of Qs and mults on Sunday afternoon
(went there at 2100z which is at least an hour earlier than I usually leave the
high bands). Added mults NL, NB and PE in the final 10 minutes by doing what I
need to do more of -- tuning occasionally instead of running all the time.

80M was okay but not super good here. The single vertical has been in use for a
year and while it's easier to maintain, results haven't been as strong as the
steerable triangle of verticals I was running. In the spring I will rework the
three-element array to get it back in action for next season.

Thanks for playing in the RAC Winter. Now for the Stew, the RTTY Roundup to kick
off a whole new (and better) year! Merry Christmas, happy holidays and let's go
get 'em in 2021.

-- Bud VA7ST
   http://va7st.ca


       QSOs   Sec  Pts   Score
2020:  757     38  3358  127,604  10.5   HP
2019:  421     20  1424   28,480   7.5   HP
2018:  553     28  2060   47,600  12 hrs HP
2017:  620     30  2506   75,180   9 hrs HP
2016:  318     25  1302   32,550         HP
2015:  805     42  3348  140,616  10 hrs HP
2014:  532     33  2316   76,428  12 hrs HP
2013:  809     48  3622  173,856  16 hrs HP
2012: 1031     43  4422  190,146  18 hrs HP
2011:  901     44  3920  172,480  15 hrs HP
2010:  759     37  3400  125,800  15 hrs HP
2009:  887     38  3676  139,688  18 hrs HP
2008:  453     29  1912   55,448   9 hrs HP
2007:  500     30  2184   65,520  16 hrs HP
2006:  682     30  3202   96,060  16 hrs HP
2005:  424     32  2202   70,464  11 hrs LP


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