[3830] WPX SSB VE4VT SOAB LP

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                    CQWW WPX Contest, SSB - 2022

Call: VE4VT
Operator(s): VE4VT
Station: VE4VT

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: 
Operating Time (hrs): 34:30
OpMode: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:    0
   80:  138
   40:  808
   20:  635
   15:  325
   10:   69
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Total: 1975  Prefixes = 721  Total Score = 4,310,859

Club: Radiosport Manitoba

Comments:

Living in the black hole for NA propagation, my strategy for the WPX contest is
to focus a lot of energy on working stateside, especially 40m. If the
propagation gods favour us with an opening to Europe or Asia, then that is a
bonus.

Friday night the conditions on 40m were outstanding. I was able to find a run
frequency and hold it for over 3 hours. with decent rates. When I finally lost
the frequency, I moved to 80m and the conditions were equally good (if you can
ever use good and 80m in the same sentence). Both bands were relatively low
noise and I had decent runs all over NA.  The europeeans CQ'ed in my face for
the most part on 40.

Saturday turned pretty dismal quickly. Firts it was difficult to hold a
frequency on 20m. If I pointed stateside, a EU station wopould move in and soon
he had control of the frequency. If I pointed at EU, well the NA stations would
move in.  Conditions to EU wer very disturbed and never really opened strong. 
Only worked about half of what I could hear with the 100 W. If was much the same
except the North /South path was very weak. From VE4, I could hear only esp
level images of NA stations and even South Americans were very weak. 
Absolutetely no Asians werwe heard.  I was holding my own against CF2Z and WP3C
on the live scoreboard up until about noon Saturday.  They then clearly found
openings I was only wishing for and the three way race became a two station race
after that.  I could never hope to reel in the 200 additional multipliers they
found.

I had to take 4.6 hours off to attend a family function, and that made things
even worse.

Sunday conditions were much much better. 20m opened to Europe nicely but Just
couldnt hold a run frequency. South America was strong on 10 and 15 and unlike
Saturday, 15m opened to the United States.

A lot of CQ'ing, A lot of lost frequency battle,  A lot of calls that went
unanswered. Such is the fate of a 100W black hole station.  But it was still
fun...right?

Thanks for the Q's and your patience!

73 Ed VE4VT


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