[3830] CQWW CW VA7ST SOAB HP

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Sun Nov 29 19:32:02 EST 2020


                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW - 2020

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

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

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:   39     5        4
   80:  434    11       10
   40:  409    22       27
   20:  687    21       35
   15:  637    16       27
   10:   35     5        6
------------------------------
Total: 2241    80      109  Total Score = 924,210

Club: Orca DX and Contest Club

Comments:

IC7610 + Acom 1000 + Steppir 3 el./40 / 80M verticals

Tried to put in an iron-butt effort and ended with 31 hours in the chair, and
all were busy. 

Couldn't work Europe through the hyperactive auroral zone, so had to do what I
could with what I had this weekend -- and that was capitalize on unfettered
access to the rest of North America. Ran and ran and ran, with brief forays to
search for mults that just weren't there from here. Conditions were good within
the hemisphere and to Asia but not good over the pole on any band.

Had a very good time with the online scoreboard
(https://contestonlinescore.com/) and also used the history tool on the
scoreboard to view my 2019 rates on the screen to compare with current progress
in real time throughout the weekend. Adds a nice extra dimension to the
competition with myself.

Second best-ever QSO total (about 130 shy of 2014's peak performance, but back
then 10M was a stellar run band unlike 2020). Just 189 mults spelled disaster
for a competitive score. Heard EU on 20M Saturday morning on a major skew to the
southeast rather than northeast. They couldn't hear me when I pointed at the
signal peaks, and there was absolutely nothing on the band when I aimed at 30
degrees where they should have been.

10M opened up for 35 Qs and 11 mults Sunday, so that's a good sign, even though
it occurred during a very energetic M-class flare.

80M was terrific, and so was 40M once it went a bit long mid-evening. Just
nothing from Europe workable on 40M with this setup. Sure had a lot of fun on
15M Saturday where I spent most of the day, and then bouncing back and forth
between 15M and 20M most of the day Sunday.

Now some sleep and let the CW in my ears fade away.

Thank you to all for such a great weekend. 

-- Bud VA7ST

       QSOs  Ctry   Zn  Score
2020: 2,241   109   80    924,210 HP 31 hrs
2019: 1,164   112   61    425,407 HP 26 hrs
2018: 1,644   163   75    878,458 HP 32 hrs
2017: 1,989   154   74    970,368 HP 37 hrs
2016: 1,226   122   61    478,179 HP 23 hrs
2015: 2,170   239  111  1,750,700 HP 34.5 hrs
2014: 2,372   264  113  2,099,136 HP 34 hrs
2013: 2,075   246  118  1,798,160 HP 31 hrs
2012: 2,365   249  104  1,888,550 HP 36 hrs
2011: 2,114   248  109  1,725,024 HP 32 hrs
2010: 1,721   180   92  1,033,056 HP 32 hrs 
2009: 1,777   158   92    950,750 HP 31 hrs
2008: 1,580   129   71    670,600 HP 25 hrs
2007  1,470   129   69    615,582 HP 32 hrs
2006  1,476   163   78    775,297    35 hrs
2005  1,014   126   61    411,587
2004  1,421   146   79    697,500
2003    865   115   73    351,936
2002    675   147   63    313,740


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