Now that was an experience. I was able to participate in a multi-single operation for this 48 hour contest. I have worked this contest before, but only for a bit from my own QTH with limited setup. Cary VE4EA’s location has a good antenna and running 500watts (or thereabouts). Ops in this contest were Cary VE4EA, Kelly VE4XT and myself.
I saw some incredible operating by these guys and learned a few things here and there – -just have to make it all ‘stick’. That comes with more practice me thinks …
Our score on paper is good. For the Manitoba multi-single category, we should have beat the last record – but with the error count still to be applied, we will see – it’s close.
I’d like to thank Cary VE4EA for hosting the setup, and both Cary and Kelly for showing a newbie how things are done. Seems I have to re-learn my code to do more contesting.
oh – and here are the submitted 3830 scores:
Call: VE4EA
Operator(s): VE4DRK VE4EA VE4XT
Station: VE4EA
Class: M/S HP
QTH: Winnipeg
Operating Time (hrs): 37.3
Location: Canada
| Summary: Compare Scores | |||||
| Band | QSOs | Zones | Countries | ||
| 160: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 80: | 18 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 40: | 242 | 18 | 39 | ||
| 20: | 721 | 31 | 75 | ||
| 15: | 578 | 30 | 92 | ||
| 10: | 1183 | 32 | 89 | ||
| Total: | 2742 | 115 | 298 | Total Score | 2,539,537 |
Club: Radiosport Manitoba
73, Dan ve4drk
