Sunday, March 6, 2016

ARRLDX SSB VE8EV SOSB/20 HP

                    ARRL DX Contest, SSB

Call: VE8EV
Operator(s): VE8EV
Station: VE8EV

Class: SOSB/20 HP
QTH: Inuvik, NT
Operating Time (hrs): 34

Summary:
Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:          
   80:          
   40:          
   20: 1393   105
   15:          
   10:          
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Total: 1393   105  Total Score = 433,440

Club:

Comments:

The forecast said that it was coming and, oh boy, did it ever hit me hard!  Sunday its usually difficult enough to find new guys to work when you're doing SOSB but from up here, with the K-index at 7, it's excruciating!  I CQ'd endlessly in every direction and regularly S&P'd the band but to no avail.  The last four hours had only two dozen Q's and a third of those were dupes and VE's.

The band was mostly ok on Friday and Saturday before the aurora hit and I'm glad I took the opportunity to make hay while the sun shined.  As always in this contest there were lots of zero-pointers and an astounding number of dupes but it was still lots of fun.  The station is really starting to come together now and next contest season is going to be even better!

73
John VE8EV

2 comments:

KL2R said...

20M was definitely THE band for action, John. Looks like you made the most of it. Well done!

John Boudreau - VE8EV said...

It always amuses me how this particular contest is so completely different for each of us even though we're only a few hundred miles apart! Thanks for the QSO (and the multiplier ;)
73
John VE8EV