2011 ARRL DX Contest, Phone
Band QSO Mult
160 220 35
80 504 49
40 1097 58
20 1627 58
15 867 46
10 222 25
Totals: 4537 / 271 Total Score = 3,688,581 in 40.5 hours
2011 ARRL DX Contest, CW
Call: VP9/W6PH | Operator(s): W6PH | Station: VP9GE
Class: SOAB LP | QTH: Bermuda | Operating Time (hrs): 39.7
Summary:
Band QSOs Mult
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160: 345 54
80: 626 55
40: 899 56
20: 1090 58
15: 837 50
10: 53 15
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Totals: 3850 / 288 Total Score = 3,326,400
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments: IC-7000 CT9.92 | Antennas: 160m Inv L (50 feet vertical) | 80m Dipole at 25 feet | 40m Dipole at 25 feet
20-10m A4S (A2S) at 25 feet
This is my eleventh year of operating the ARRL DX Contests from
VP9GE. I'm still enjoying it.
Lowlights: Gales all weekend with winds continuously 40 to 50
mph. One extreme gust on Sunday took out electricity and turned the A4S
into an A2S when
the reflector half of the boom broke. I didn't notice any
change in performance though. The commercial power went out for about three hours.
Ed and I pulled a generator out but I missed an hour of a great run on 15 metres.
Highlights: Working many of the people that I have met over the
years. One of my favorites is Vic, N4XR, who was contesting as
W1EOB before WW2 and is still an active contester in his 90's. For the
first time in at least five years I had several six band contacts.
N5AW, N4KG, NR5M, K0RF and K0SR come to mind. 10 metres was not very
strong as compared to the Caribbean, just a few good signals from Texas
and the west. Fifteen metres was much improved from the past few
years. I didn't hit 40 metres until the European
sunlight. There just wasn't any frequency available from 7.0 to
7.1 before then.
I missed a couple easy multipliers which I couldn't move at the
right time. Analyzing the cost per contact, it comes out to be about 16
cents per contact not including the cost of a QSL. I will be back in VP9 for the Phone contest. Special thanks to
Ed, VP9GE, for his great hospitality and friendship.
ARRL CW, 2015
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 354 54
80: 360 58
40: 836 58
20: 1175 60
15: 954 59
10: 555 51
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Total: 4233 335 Total Score = 4,254,165
73, Kurt, W6PH
