ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: NK7U
Operator(s): NK7U, K7ZO, W7ZRC, KW7J, AC7GL, KL9A, KL2A
Station: NK7U
Class: M/2 HP
QTH: Oregon
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 13 11
80: 107 41
40: 382 74
20: 663 112
15: 1206 111
10: 271 74
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Total: 2642 423 Total Score = 3,351,429
Club:
Comments:
This year found the NK7U team operating their second major contest from the new
NK7U contest site. (A web site is under development and should be live in a few
weeks. Stay tuned to this reflector for an announcement.)
The operators this year were a mix of the old standbys and a couple of new
ringers making their first trip. Regulars, NK7U, K7ZO, W7ZRC, and AC7GL, were
pleased to be joined by KW7J, Jerry, who was a regular at NK7U back in the mid
90?s. He has relocated to Baker and will become a regular again. Great to have
another local ham to add to the contesting roster. We also hosted a couple of
the new generation of contesters ? I called them the KL*A?s. Jon, KL2A, and
Chris, KL9A. They made a long trip in the day of the contest fighting a
snowstorm for a couple of hours on the way. They may a great showing of
themselves and are world class operators ? more on this in a minute.
Joe?s station is essentially the same as we ran in CQWW last fall with the
addition of a 160M ground plane. You don?t do much antenna work in Baker over
the winter but he does have a list full of projects lined up for as soon as the
weather warms up.
We are finding that the station plays very, very well into Europe. The site
slopes off toward Europe for a couple hundred yards and then drops 400 feet to
the valley floor. We just felt loud whenever we aimed our antennas into Europe
and had a few interesting stories as such.
As others have said conditions were not great for the contest, but not bad and
about to be expected at this point in the solar cycle. We were able to run 15M
into Europe both days with the 6/6 stack. At one point SM2EKM rose way above the
noise and said we were 30 over into Sweden. Not bad! We also know though that we
can?t hear everyone that can hear us. When the pileup gets down to the 100 watts
and a dipole layer it is next to impossible for us ? it just sounds like white
noise. Even those ESP contacts become harder than normal. For those who called
us and we did not come back, sorry. Our ears are not as good as our mouth. And,
we know you are there. CN2R dropped by at one point and told use we had
?hundreds of Europeans calling? us.
One milestone for any NK7U operation is our first ever 40M SSB run into Europe.
This is a testament to the site and, really more so, the operating skills of
KL2A who pulled this off. We have never had any trouble working S&P into Europe.
Typically we get through first call with Joe?s 4 el KLM at 135?. But, despite
trying several times, have never been able to run Europe. Jon pulled it off from
06:50 to 08:20 UTC Sunday, putting about 50 Europeans in the log. Not the
highest rate, but all QSO?s that were well earned. Compared to last year we
worked about 50 more European stations on 40M. So, without this run we would
have just worked the usual Europe mega-stations as S&P mults like we always
do.
10M for us this year was unique for any contest anyone could remember from NK7U.
We actually worked more Europeans on 10M than we did JA?s. The totals in either
case were not that high, 86 Europeans and 58 JA?s. But, it was noticed by those
in attendance. Again, we feel Joe?s station plays really well into Europe. The
jury is still out as far as JA goes though as he does have a 5-7 degree horizon
in that direction which could be impacting the signals. More experiments and log
comparisons will be done.
One of our 10M QSO?s into Europe was another good demonstration of NK7U?s
station. On Sunday, RW2F was spotted on 10M. We listened, and sure enough, there
was a whisper of RW2F. Knowing that RW2F is always loud, just barely hearing
them did not seem to offer much hope of making a QSO. But, we had to try and
KL9A gave them a call with Joe?s 7/7 stack. Back across the ether he heard: ?A 7
station, hold on, I vill turn zee antenna for you? and RW2F found its way into
our log on 10M.
Stations that found their way into our log on 6 bands were: 6D2YFM, 8P1A,
9Y4TBG, FY5KE, KH7X, PJ2T, TO1A, VP5A, VP5B, WP3R, XE2K, ZF2DQ. Basically, if we
worked you on 160M we worked you on all 6 bands as this list also closely
corresponds to our 160M log ? though we did have a lone QSO on 160M with KV4FZ.
The WP3R operation was closely followed at NK7U as the KL*A gang are contesting
buddies with the WP3R op K9PG. Several times during the weekend they got on and
fed Paul words of encouragement. To echo Paul?s own posting he sounded a bit
?punch drunk? on Sunday morning when we listened to him for a bit. But, he
pulled off an amazing operation to be sure.
Looking at the scores posted this year we see that M/2 participation was pretty
low this year.
Call QSOs Mults Score
US/VE M/2 HP
K4JA 4841 594 8,574,984 81% of 2002
N2NT 3940 553 6,531,483
VE1JF 2437 466 3,404,130
NK7U 2646 423 3,351,429 68% of 2002
K1KI 1709 455 2,324,595
K3OO(@K3OOOOO) 1627 451 2,201,331
W2XL 1658 400 1,989,600
K6IDX 1722 382 1,968,828
W4SAA 872 315 823,095
VE5RI 1120 246 819,180
Call 160m Q/C 80m Q/C 40m Q/C 20m Q/C 15m Q/C 10m Q/C
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K4JA 58/ 45 324/ 77 538/ 92 1441/135 1619/126 861/119
N2NT 60/ 42 312/ 70 290/ 77 1260/134 1375/122 640/108
VE1JF 42/ 32 138/ 60 242/ 74 904/113 796/ 97 315/ 90
NK7U 13/ 11 107/ 41 382/ 74 663/112 1206/111 271/ 74
K1KI 18/ 17 157/ 57 158/ 71 525/109 464/ 99 387/102
K3OO 30/ 29 78/ 53 89/ 60 543/106 470/103 417/100
W2XL 7/ 7 93/ 50 108/ 58 650/101 465/ 91 335/ 93
K6IDX 11/ 9 61/ 38 146/ 61 293/ 92 803/ 94 408/ 88
W4SAA 17/ 15 42/ 31 89/ 53 205/ 71 279/ 73 240/ 72
VE5RI 1/ 1 11/ 11 52/ 39 349/ 82 564/ 76 143/ 37
Currently there is only one other repeat from last year?s list besides us, the
?standard candle? of K4JA. Their score seemed to hold up a bit better than ours
as compared to last years. The difference is totally with QSO?s as we both had
97% of the mult count we did last year.
Looking at three band groupings it is easy to see the changing nature of
contesting as we move into the bottom of the sunspot cycle:
160-40M: We had 25% more QSO?s and 37% more mults than last year
20-15M : We had 10% less QSO?s and 3% less mults than last year
10M : We had 80% less QSO?s and 34% less mults than last year
As usual we give up 20-30 mults per band relative to the east coast. We actually
beat VE1JF on QSO?s but their extra 43 mults made the difference. Our 10M QSO
total suffered from being way to far north and west to work Europe with any real
rate. We did do fairly well on 40M from a QSO total, being second only to K4JA.
As a final story for this year, at one point during the contest one of the
KL*A?s started a list of ?Stations Heard but not Worked? Joe and I looked at
each other and said, ?An interesting idea, but we are not sure there has ever
been a station we have heard and not worked?. A good laugh was had by all. And,
isn?t having fun what all of this is about?
Scott/K7ZO
The Numbers for the interested
160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total %
NA 9 28 31 47 55 41 211 8.0
SA 3 13 22 61 42 69 210 7.9
AF 0 3 4 11 9 8 35 1.3
AS 0 49 204 167 555 63 1038 39.3
EU 0 6 107 365 523 86 1087 41.1
OC 1 8 14 12 21 4 60 2.3
QSO/DX by hour and band
Hour 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total Cumm
OffTime
D1-0000Z --+-- --+-- --+-- 33/21 96/20 23/6 152/47 152/47
D1-0100Z - - - 34/21 30/5 - 64/26 216/73
D1-0200Z - 2/2 23/19 37/8 12/0 - 74/29 290/102
D1-0300Z - 1/1 14/7 42/3 - - 57/11 347/113
D1-0400Z 1/1 8/6 13/8 19/1 - - 41/16 388/129
D1-0500Z - 8/8 15/9 6/1 - - 29/18 417/147
D1-0600Z 1/1 7/6 17/6 9/3 - - 34/16 451/163
D1-0700Z 2/2 9/4 14/3 7/3 - - 32/12 483/175
D1-0800Z 5/3 1/0 10/4 --+-- --+-- --+-- 16/7 499/182
D1-0900Z - 6/2 18/0 2/1 - - 26/3 525/185
D1-1000Z - 5/0 10/0 - - - 15/0 540/185
D1-1100Z - 2/1 5/0 - - - 7/1 547/186
D1-1200Z - 4/3 2/1 6/6 - - 12/10 559/196
D1-1300Z - 2/1 11/1 29/8 - - 42/10 601/206
D1-1400Z - 7/0 32/1 35/5 27/16 - 101/22 702/228
D1-1500Z - - - 65/4 96/17 - 161/21 863/249
D1-1600Z --+-- --+-- --+-- 62/3 92/6 --+-- 154/9 1017/258
D1-1700Z - - - 20/1 32/6 67/32 119/39 1136/297
D1-1800Z - - - 11/0 48/0 31/11 90/11 1226/308
D1-1900Z - - - 20/2 39/5 7/3 66/10 1292/318
D1-2000Z - - - 7/1 24/8 5/1 36/10 1328/328
D1-2100Z - - - 6/0 25/10 11/1 42/11 1370/339
D1-2200Z - - - 11/2 81/3 17/5 109/10 1479/349
D1-2300Z - - - 5/1 93/2 38/2 136/5 1615/354
D2-0000Z --+-- --+-- --+-- 17/2 94/3 5/1 116/6 1731/360
D2-0100Z - - 9/4 10/2 89/0 - 108/6 1839/366
D2-0200Z - - - 28/2 66/2 - 94/4 1933/370
D2-0300Z - 4/0 2/0 21/0 3/0 - 30/0 1963/370
D2-0400Z - 2/0 4/0 24/2 - - 30/2 1993/372
D2-0500Z - 1/0 - 5/0 - - 6/0 1999/372
D2-0600Z 2/2 1/1 7/3 14/1 - - 24/7 2023/379
D2-0700Z - 2/2 33/3 1/1 - - 36/6 2059/385
D2-0800Z 1/1 1/1 34/2 5/1 --+-- --+-- 41/5 2100/390
D2-0900Z 1/1 1/0 36/0 - - - 38/1 2138/391
D2-1000Z - 3/2 55/3 - - - 58/5 2196/396
D2-1100Z - 16/0 6/0 2/0 - - 24/0 2220/396
D2-1200Z - 10/1 2/0 3/1 - - 15/2 2235/398
D2-1300Z - 2/0 10/0 4/0 - - 16/0 2251/398
D2-1400Z - 2/0 - 3/0 4/0 1/1 10/1 2261/399
D2-1500Z - - - 24/4 14/0 - 38/4 2299/403
D2-1600Z --+-- --+-- --+-- 14/0 51/3 5/5 70/8 2369/411
D2-1700Z - - - 3/0 48/2 18/1 69/3 2438/414
D2-1800Z - - - 3/0 44/0 3/1 50/1 2488/415
D2-1900Z - - - 8/0 29/1 9/1 46/2 2534/417
D2-2000Z - - - 3/0 13/0 5/1 21/1 2555/418
D2-2100Z - - - 2/0 17/2 2/0 21/2 2576/420
D2-2200Z - - - 3/1 19/0 7/1 29/2 2605/422
D2-2300Z - - - - 20/0 17/1 37/1 2642/423
Total: 13/11 107/41 382/74 663/1121206/111 271/74
160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total
3W 1 1
4J 1 1
4L 1 1
4U1I 1 1
4X 1 2 3
5B 1 1 2
5Z 1 1
6Y 1 1 1 1 2 6
8P 1 1 2 2 2 2 10
9A 1 2 3 8 3 17
9K 2 1 3
9V 1 1 2
9Y 1 1 2 3 2 2 11
A9 1 1
BV 1 1 2 1 5
BY 8 8
C6 1 1
CE 2 1 4 7
CM 3 1 3 1 3 11
CN 1 1 1 2 1 6
CP 1 1
CT 2 5 5 4 16
CT3 1 1 2
CU 1 1
CX 2 2 4 8
D2 1 1
D4 1 1 1 2 1 6
DL 9 29 74 14 126
DU 1 2 9 12
EA 1 11 11 16 9 48
EA6 1 1 1 3
EA8 1 1 3 2 3 10
EI 5 5 1 11
EK 2 2
ER 3 1 4
ES 2 2
EU 3 3 6
EX 4 2 6
F 8 9 28 2 47
FG 1 1 2
FJ 1 1 1 3
FM 1 2 1 2 1 1 8
FY 1 2 1 1 1 2 8
G 1 7 9 39 19 75
GD 1 1
GI 2 3 1 6
GM 1 7 8 16
GU 1 1 2 1 5
GW 1 1 1 2 5
H4 1 1
HA 4 5 12 1 22
HB 1 6 7 2 16
HC 1 1 1 3
HI 1 1 2 4
HK 1 3 1 1 6
HL 1 6 4 36 3 50
HP 1 1
HR 1 1 1 1 1 5
HS 2 2 4
I 1 15 34 74 9 133
IS 1 1 2
J3 1 1 1 3
J6 1 1
J8 1 1 1 1 1 5
JA 44 190 76 477 58 845
JD/o 1 1
JT 1 2 4 7
JW 1 1 1 3
JY 1 1 2
K 1 1
KH2 2 1 3
KH6 1 4 3 5 4 2 19
KL 3 9 14 3 29
KP2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
KP4 1 1 1 4 2 1 10
LA 1 5 5 1 12
LU 1 6 15 15 28 65
LX 1 1 1 3
LY 2 9 3 14
LZ 1 6 7 14
OA 1 1 1 1 2 6
OE 7 10 17
OH 5 14 20 4 43
OH0 2 2 2 6
OK 3 7 20 3 33
OM 3 7 4 14
ON 1 3 6 11 1 22
OZ 2 5 9 16
P4 1 1 1 3
PA 7 6 14 2 29
PJ2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
PJ7 2 2 2 6
PY 8 22 13 21 64
PY0F 1 1
S5 1 6 14 2 23
S9 1 1
SM 1 24 20 1 46
SP 1 2 12 24 39
SU 1 1 2
SV 2 8 10
T31 1 1
T9 1 1
TA 2 2
TG 1 1
TI 1 2 4 4 4 15
TU 1 1 2
UA 4 73 20 1 98
UA2 1 1 1 1 4
UA9 3 6 59 10 1 79
UK 1 1 2
UN 8 8
UR 1 22 20 43
V2 2 2 2 2 2 10
V3 3 2 1 3 1 10
V4 2 1 2 2 2 9
V5 1 1 2
VK 1 5 2 1 1 10
VP5 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
VP8/h 1 1
VP9 1 1 1 1 1 5
VQ9 1 1
VR 1 2 3
XE 2 4 5 4 5 4 24
YB 2 3 2 4 11
YL 3 5 8
YO 5 3 8
YS 1 1 1 1 1 5
YU 3 3 11 17
YV 6 3 5 2 1 17
Z3 1 1
ZF 1 1 1 1 3 1 8
ZK1/s 1 1
ZL 1 1 2
ZP 1 1 1 3
ZS 1 1
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