CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: VE3JM
Operator(s): VE3JM
Station: VE3JM
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Vankleek Hill
Operating Time (hrs): 42:20
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 102 9 12
80: 508 15 55
40: 846 24 84
20: 1014 27 81
15: 1115 31 92
10: 1501 22 92
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Total: 5086 128 416 Total Score = 7,484,352
Club: Contest Club Ontario
Comments:
I had a major addition to my station this year with the second tower erected.
Still my score is about 10 percent lower compared to last year.
Probably the main reason were terrible conditions on 160 from here, and 80 was
not very good. I also rarely operate SSB and the last SSB contest I did was a
year ago. I was running more this time, hoping to beat the last year score by
logging more QSOs.
I could not produce the rates I was expecting on 15. I had trouble with QRM and
I regret that I chose K3 as the run radio over FT1000 since I am so much used to
Yaesu.
On the positive side, there were no major technical issues. New antennas for 15
and 20 worked really well, I just need to learn how to use them more
effectively.
See you in four weeks. Thanks everybody for a great weekend.
Radio 1: K3, AL1200
Radio 2: FT1000 Mark V Field, SB220
Antennas:
Tower 1 (only the top antennas are rotatable):
15: 5/5/5 @ 168/125/82 feet
20: 4/4 @ 160/110 feet
Tower 2:
Skyhawk tribander @ 72 feet
XM240 @ 80 feet
80: 50 feet T vertical
160: full size wire vertical, wire hanging from Tower 1.
See the pics of the antennas and towers here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/107748476370502651571/NewTower?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCNT16uma2u_r7AE&feat=directlink
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