[CVCC] Fwd: IARU 2020

[HOWARD MOTLEY]

I posted this on our FOC reflector. I didn't work many CVCC ops - Just KG4W who made his appearance. Thanks Ed for the contacts!

>     ---------- Original Message ----------
>     From: HOWARD MOTLEY <hmmjr at comcast.net>
>     To: FOC Members <foc_members at googlegroups.com>
>     Date: 07/12/2020 9:46 AM
>     Subject: IARU 2020
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>     Lots of BIC time spent in this one.  Last year I had a bit over 500 contacts with low power so my goal was 1,000 with the ALS-600 this year.  The extra power as well as the added 20 meter dipole helped greatly in achieving my goal.  40 was just crazy.  When I first got on the band at 0038Z I found an open frequency at 7.004 kHz.  You would have thought I was rare DX the way the folks jumped on me.  When I called CQ the many callers blended into almost a steady carrier.  I'd get 1 or maybe 2 letters and then thin out the crowd for a contact.  The first hour on 40 I put 184 stations in the log!  That's not a big deal for our big time contesters but was almost too much for me.  WOW!  I'm getting too damn old for this stuff - BUT it was super fun!  I was pretty happy with my score until I see what the good ops with great stations did!  I wasn't even
>     close!  I expected them to double my contact total but TRIPLE it - a bigger WOW!  
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>     I had 115 contacts with 75 different FOC members.  THANK YOU all.
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>     Below posted on 3830:
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>     Call:  W4PM https://www.3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=W4PM
>     Operator(s):  W4PM https://www.3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=W4PM
>     Station: W4PM
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>     Class:  SOAB(A)CW HP
>     QTH: VA
>     Operating Time (hrs): 17:03
>     Location: USA
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>     Summary:   Compare Scores https://www.3830scores.com/comparescores.php?arg=3bqgtz3msfmH&call=W4PM
>     Band 	CW Qs 	Ph Qs 	Zones 	HQ Mults
>     160: 	16 	0 	2 	1
>     80: 	101 	0 	10 	16
>     40: 	413 	0 	22 	27
>     20: 	427 	0 	23 	27
>     15: 	113 	0 	16 	10
>     10: 	19 	0 	5 	0
>     Total: 	1079 	0 	78 	82 	Total Score 	483,837
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>     Club: Central Virginia Contest Club
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>     Comments:     [email] mailto:hmmjr%40comcast.net      2020-07-12 12:14:18
>     Very good conditions especially on 40 and 20. 15 allowed a few EU contacts and it was fun to actually work a few on 10! 500W to wire antennas. My kingdom for a yagi OR hex beam! Thanks for the Q's. SEE YOU NEXT YEAR IN THIS ONE! 73, Puck W4PM
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