Operating SSB QRP with 10w I used the VE3UCC club call of the Upper Canada QRP Club. The FT-897D was dialed back to the allowed 10w, and I used both my 148' Inverted L long wire antenna and my 80m OCF dipole.
The propagation numbers never changed the whole contest. They stayed at SFI=76, SN=27, A index = 13, and the K index was 2.
There was quite a bit of deep QSB on Saturday, but it didn't really give me that much of a problem.
Washington - East & West, LAX, Orange, and San Francisco were all worked on the grey line late on Saturday. BC and Alberta were worked early Sunday morning. I had no issues getting my signal heard with only 10w on wire antennas.
There were lots of new hams on the air, some did very well....including Adonis, a 10-year-old "ham in training" who made 103 contacts by himself (ok, Dad was there) !!!!! Well Done !!!!!
There is one ham though who deserves to be singled out. That is Joseph, AC1DD. He was working on 7.180 and was subjected to the most despicable and deliberate interference everytime he transmitted. The foul language thrown at him had to be heard to be believed. The two individuals doing the abuse never gave a callsign, but they did state that one was from GA and the other from AL. Throughout this Joseph continued to call CQ and never let the abuse affect his work.
Every time I went past this frequency I gave a listen, and it went on over a four hour period. Of all the abuse I heard, the only, and cleanest piece of it I could write is "No Sumbitch contests on my frequency." Almost sounds like a challenge to me 😎
Looking forward to next years WFD.
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