[3830] ARRLDX CW VE3DZ SOAB HP

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                    ARRL DX Contest, CW - 2021

Call: VE3DZ
Operator(s): VE3DZ
Station: VE3DZ

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Niagara
Operating Time (hrs): 44
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:  147    49
   80:  304    68
   40:  559    76
   20: 1451    93
   15:  139    46
   10:   25    18
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Total: 2625   350  Total Score = 2,715,300

Club: Contest Club Ontario

Comments:

Well, usually I am on the beach this time of the year...
But not this year, thanks to COVID-19 and our government draconian travel
restrictions.
Anyway, it was kind of a crazy weekend. Couldn't complete my shack
re-arrangement in time, so lots of temporary things which caused inconveniences
and intermittent (thanks God - minor!) problems. Also going back and force
between my usual SO2R (2 x K3's) and borrowed Flex6600 (tnx VA3MW!) didn't
help.
N1MM shows 44 hours of operation, but there were plenty of 10...30 minutes
breaks.
Conditions were far from decent, and DX activity - in my opinion - is on
decline. Or maybe one was the cause of the other (or vice versa).
Last time I did this Contest from VE3 was 2 years ago, and my 2021 score is down
25%. The biggest disappointments were 40 and 15 meters.
About 20-30 ago the practice of calling "on a top" of somebody in the
pile-up was inherent only to certain EU ops. Now it became a "new
norm" for a lot of NA big guns and even well-respected contesters... Sad.
Big THANK YOU again to all who managed to travel for this one despite current
situation. My hat's off! You're a big part of fun in this Contest.
Hope everybody's safe and healthy, I wish that to all of us.
Now back to work and re-arrangement of my shack.


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