2024 CQWW CW VP5M

[James Jordan]

Call: *VP5M <https://3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=VP5M>*
Operator(s): ACØW <https://3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=AC0W> AC6ZM
<https://3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=AC6ZM> K2SX
<https://3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=K2SX> K4QPL
<https://3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=K4QPL> KK4R
<https://3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=KK4R>
Station: VP5/K4QPL

Class: *M/S LP*
QTH: NA OTHER
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Location: Other North America
Summary:   Compare Scores
<https://3830scores.com/comparescores.php?arg=Rv7nLizV7YYYeU&call=VP5M>
Band QSOs Zones Countries
160: 137 9 22
80: 524 19 68
40: 1381 32 101
20: 1362 38 114
15: 1703 33 109
10: 1609 25 117
Total: *6716* *166* *531* Total Score *11,124,120*



Club: SEE COMMENTS BELOW
Comments:     [email] <K4QPL2%40GMAIL.COM>     2024-11-25 02:02:55
Club Allocation: Potomac Valley Radio Club 40% Tennessee Contest Group 20%
Minnesota Wireless Assn 20% Swamp Fox Contest Group 20% This was both an
unusual and amazing weekend for our little station and small team of ops.
Normally the villa is committed to Thanksgiving family use but as the
contest was a week earlier we were able to put together a multi-single
effort. Conditions were unusually good with life in the high bands while
giving reasonable propagation and low noise on 80 and 160. This contributed
greatly to our record score helped also by no major "Murphy" incidents.
Unofficially we claim a North American record in this contest M/S LP as
well as exceeding our own NA record. The station build to convert from a
casual single op station to a multi contest setup came together with lots
of added equipment and temporary antennas overlooking the beautiful
Caribbean Sea beyond Grace Bay. It's always a lot of work to get everything
together but worth the effort. This year we added an 80-40 trap inverted V
at about 50' AGL and 100' AMSL. This made a huge difference in 80M
performance for added Q's and mults. We fixed some wire twists in the 160M
folded counterpoise and readjusted the element length of the inverted L. On
an experimental basis we added another "dumb" radio to add an operator to
assist the run op with corrections and placing calls on a "call stacking"
window to improve rate. Syncing with the run op is a learning curve as is
in-band S&P on the run band, but everyone worked hard to understand the
process and be understanding with the occasional glitches in the smooth
coordination which is required. Equipment: 3 x Elecraft K3's EA4TX hardware
interlock as required by rules for M/S. SDR radios to support N1MM spectrum
displays. Laptops, monitors etc. N1MM+ software Antennas: (heights
approximate) SteppIR 40-6 as folded dipole on 40M; 3-element on other bands
30' AGL, 100' AMSL. A3S tribander at 25' AGL, 100' AMSL 80-40 trap inverted
V about 50' AGL,100+ ft. AMSL 160M Inverted L with folded counterpoise
(FCP)about 30' AGL 100' AMSL It was a great experience for all of us. We
welcomed Juan, AC6ZM, who proved himself an outstanding op as well as a
willing chef to keep us all well fed and happy for the long weekend. We
thank the hundreds of ops around the world for sticking with us in the
pileups and giving us all those Q's and mults. 73, Jim, K4QPL Bill, AC0W
Dennis, K2SX Rob, KK4R Juan, AC6ZM