ARRL International DX Contest CW 2009 - 2009/02/20 13:20The ARRL International DX Contest (CW) is starting tonight. I've seen a number DX-peditions have been prepared for the test.
I'll be working as SOAB HP. Unfortunately I can't work in the test full time. I have recently changed my job. The old one company has gone due crisis losses. And almost everybody has been fired right before the Xmass. Hopefully I'm a senior sysadmin now in the new one company. And I have to do a lot of things during the weekend besides contesting.
So I wish good luck to everyone who will join the show)))
73!
Victor
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Re:ARRL International DX Contest CW 2009 - 2009/02/20 13:38GL with the new job Victor. I will be around partly. 73, claude VE2FK
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Re:ARRL International DX Contest CW 2009 - 2009/02/22 19:21Bonjour à tous
Voici donc mes résultats pour l'ARRL DX CW.
Indicatif: VE2EZD SOAB LP Ant: dipoles 20m et 40m Tuner: LDG Z-11 pro Rigs: FT-950, FT-847 (+Inrad filters) but still SO1R Key/Keyer: TT1, CMOS-4, Winkeyer USB Logiciel: N1MM
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Re:ARRL International DX Contest CW 2009 - 2009/02/22 19:39Salut Louis Claude et bravo
J'étais au Mont Ste Anne pour fin de semaine de ski, je suis arrivé cet après midi, mais asser de temps pour une trentaine de QSO, QRP, 5W, 2400 points.
Juste le contact avec JA7COI valait la peine!
73 de JP VA2SG
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Re:ARRL International DX Contest CW 2009 - 2009/02/22 20:16Ohh man! What was a nice contest! That was real joy to work JA, AU-OC, EU, SA and AF in the same time! I'm really sorry I couldn't be all 48 hours up!
ARRLDXCW Score Summary Sheet
Start Date : 2009-02-21
CallSign Used : VA2WDQ Operator(s) : VA2WDQ
Operator Category : SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED Band : ALL Power : HIGH Mode : CW Overlay Category : TB-WIRES Default Exchange : QC
ARRL Section : QC Club/Team : Contest Group du Quebec Software : N1MM Logger V8.11.0
I heard during the contest : VE2TZT, VE2FK, VE2AXO, VA2AM and VE2XAA.
After uploading the contest log to my main logging program (DX-Base) I found that I worked 100 DXCC on 160m! The DXCC D4 and IS0 became #99 and #100 accordingly)))) The 160m was exceptional! DX stations were loud and clear. And it was so easy to work almost every DX I've heard even with my modest setup. Unfortunately 10m band was dead here in snowy Montreal . The 15m band was opened only to south NA, SA and western AF except 2 small openings to south EU.
73!
Victor
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Re:ARRL International DX Contest CW 2009 - 2009/02/22 21:46Bravo Victor. Over 1K QSO is always a big job. Too bad I did not had more time to do it seriously. Only S&P, no RUN this time. Signals from EUrope were so loud at time. Louis you are doing well with only dipoles, bravo.
73, Claude VE2FK
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Re:ARRL International DX Contest CW 2009 - 2009/02/23 11:41Bravo à tous pour votre courage, en particulier à VA2WDQ pour ses plus de 1000 qso, c'est toujours beaucoup du travail et également pour sont DXCC 160M.
Ici, faible participation : pour des raisons de SETUP, j'avais décidé d'essayer en LP SO2R. Résultats : de 0h00Z à 2H00Z, je faisais plus de qso avec la radio2 en S&P que avec la radio1 en run (que ce soit 160,80 ou 40M). Au bout de 2 heures, j'en ai eu marre, alors j'ai décidé de passer en HP mais le setup ne permet pas encore (contrôleur automatique d'antennes à réaliser) de faire du SO2R HP sur les deux radios avec mon seul ampli. Résultat : toujours très peu de qso en run malgrès le HP (et dans le peu de qso en run, 50% de stations US qui comptent 0 points...)et toujours de la difficulté en S&P sur les pile-up. Après de nombreuses pauses, j'ai commencé à franchement m'ennuyer alors j'ai arrété vers 7H00 Z en me disant que ce contest n'est pas ma tasse de thé.
En fait, à ces heures là, c'est la nuit en Europe et les stations DX ``casual contesters`` dorment. Les seules stations actives sont les participants sérieux qui eux font surtout du run. Donc impossible de runner puisque tous le monde runne, surtout les DX qui se savent ``rares`` et on est condamné à faire du S&P (la loi de l'offre et de la demande). Le S&P c'est amusant 20mn, au delà, ça me barbe franchement. Dès le levé du soleil, il y a surement moyen de faire du run sur 20m et 15m, mais faire du S&P toute la nuit en attendant, bof.
Décidemment, je n'aime pas ce contest, je n'ai jamais réussit à le faire sérieusement. Passer 48h à pas dormir pour faire quasiment autant de qso que dans un CQ160 en 30h, j'arrive pas à me faire à l'idée.
Donc félicitation pour leur détermination à ceux qui y arrivent.
QSO : 160M/71,80M/21,40M/24.20M/2,15M/4 TOTAL 122 QSO.
Nouveau DXCC sur 80m: T27A. Entendais bien VK6 (CQ 29)sur 160m dimanche matin, mais pas il a QSY trop vite.
73's
Gilles Post edited by: ve2tzt, at: 2009/02/23 11:48
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Re:ARRL International DX Contest CW 2009 - 2009/02/23 13:20Moi non plus je n'aime pas ce concours... Les américains prennent trop de place... Raison pour laquelle j'ai été 100% S&P. Mais tous les concours sont une bonne source de pratique et l'occasion d'expérimenter la station.
73
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Antennas: Inverted L (12 meter vertical, 26 horizontal) w/ 8 x 1/4 wave radials buried in three feet of snow
PC: Pentium 1 166 Mhz running CT 10.04 DOS.
Comments:
As it was to be a busy and very social weekend with only few hours for the radio, I've entered SO HP 160 (after the great cndx that we had in CQ 160 CW and as preparation for CQ 160 SSB next weekend) only part-time and I have a lot of fun indeed.
I spent 99% of my time operated S&P (turning the dial), because without RX antenna and with snow falling almost all the weekend, it was very difficult run stations (sorry to that ones I couldn't copy you answering my CQs but the static noise was very high at my location)
OM3GI was the loudest EU signal (great RX too) and I've copied him all night long, for the first time I've worked more than 15 G stations in a 160 meter contest. EA8ZS was very loud also, PJ2T & PV8AA (a new one for me) were the loudest SA, but I was very happy working my buddies @ CW5W for a mult, only 2 KH6 in the log but none AS. Very few stations with bad click, but a very loud K8.. was really bad. I've heard VA2AM and VE2TZT in the contest.
Quelques point pour CGQ..
73, Claudio VE2DWA
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Re:ARRL International DX Contest CW 2009 - 2009/02/23 21:38Nice job , a few of us out there!! Bravo Louis avec ton setup, très beau travail. Victor that's a very nice score! GL also with the new job! If you get to have the full weekend for contesting you'll break some records!
73, Fabi
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Re:ARRL International DX Contest CW 2009 - 2009/02/24 18:29ARRLDXCW Score Summary Sheet Operator : VE2XAA Operator Category : SOABLP Club/Team : Contest Group du Quebec Software : N1MM Logger V9.1.2 Time ON: 18.75 hrs
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)et toujours de la difficulté en S&P sur les pile-up.
