[RSM] K3KU SS CW quick report for MB and environs

[Gerry Hull]

Hi Art,

Time-of-Day and day make a huge difference.

For the first 6 hours of the contest, I had one QSO
with the west coast.

K-index was 3-4 on Friday into Saturday.
Sunday K was 1.

Band opened to the US about 1700z Sunday, but was very good
to PVRC territory around sunset your time.   Same to
folks in YCCC.  I monitored my sigs from K2LE on
20 (stacked 4L yagis) and was peaking S7 at sunset
in VT.

More PVRC than YCCC in the log!  You guys rock.

J enthused by the whole operation, and plans for
better antennas and power in the works for next
year.

Thanks for trying!

73,

VY1AAA at VY1JA
Gerry Hull, *W1VE  *Hancock, NH USA
VA1CWO | VO1WIN | VY2CDX | VE9XDX | VE2NEN
VE3AII | VE4CDX | VY1AAA | NS1DX | VE1RM
CWOps #191 | YCCC | CanAm Contest Coalition | Maritime Contest Club
RadioSport Manitoba | ARRL | RAC | QCWA




On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 1:27 PM Art Boyars <artboyars at gmail.com> wrote:

> 24 hours, SOLP -- no spots, no spectrum display, not even a band map.
>
> 698 QSOs x 82 Sections; 114,472
>
> Great activity from RSM.  Worked VE4EA on 20M about30 minutes after my
> 2330Z start.  Later, worked VE4XT and VE4VT on 15M, just 14 minutes apart.
> Heard VE4GV on 20M (I think), but he seemed to be having noise problems; he
> even CQed in my face a couple of times.
>
> Heard VE3RUA on 20M (I think) early on, but did not nab him.  Then he
> called in during a run on 80M around 05Z.  Thank you, Jack!  (VE3ZI called
> in toward the end.)
>
> Other Canadian plainsmen were VE5SF (very active) and VE5ZX (not
> encountered in many recent contests).
>
> Could not break the pileup on VE6KC, even though I kept leaving for a while
> and then coming back.  I twice heard him QRT when the crowd got too unruly
> -- and I don't blame him.  Later I found VA6RCN, much weaker, but with a
> similar unruly pileup.  Again I left and came back, but this time the
> competition was much smaller and I got him pretty easily.  (He was also
> weaker the second time. From here, I have to be aware of propagation
> windows to work the western mult's, and to figure out if they are going to
> get stronger or weaker.  But I usually just spend a lot of time when they
> first show up.)
>
> I never heard VY1AAA or VY0ERC, though other people down here report
> working them.  You'd think that big antennas and high power would be the
> key, but one local worked 'AAA with 80W and a dipole.  OTOH, when I found
> KL7SB on 15M around 2000Z, I got him on one call; go figure.
>
> In one of my 80M runs with two hours to go, I got called by "(QRM/QRN
> garble)-E4EA."  I said "VE4EA QSO B4", while thinking "Cary knows that; why
> is he calling?"  Then my quick CQ brought NE4EA.  Oh.
>
> If anybody wants to join in, my PVRC Chapter has a GoToMeeting this
> evening, 6PM CST.  We'll be talking about SS, for sure.  Link is below.
>
> 73, and thanks for the QSOs.  More write-up will be on 3830scores.com
>
> Art K3KU/VE4VTR
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