CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: K2UA
Operator(s): K2UA
Station: K2UA
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Western New York
Operating Time (hrs): 32
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 45 10 30
80: 139 18 61
40: 346 29 96
20: 444 29 102
15: 773 30 104
10: 199 24 71
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Total: 1946 140 464 Total Score = 3,322,000
Club: Team Horizontal
Comments:
Because of a family outing Friday, from which we got home at 0335Z, I missed the
first four hours of the contest. Lacking a chance at the top ten, I decided to
operate as much as possible without totally depriving myself of sleep coming
into a new work week with some deadlines. This strategy resulted in weak
low-band numbers, but I enjoyed getting some sleep! I also took time here and
there to shower and have a couple of meals with my family. That made the weekend
a lot nicer than the usual "dungeon mode" SOAB efforts. My wife didn't call me
"the man from the basement" even once during the contest (as in, "Look, kids,
it's the man from the basement!")
I found 20 meters to be generally not very productive, except for multipliers,
which CQWW always produces in abundance. When I could do it, I was running on 15
meters instead, and when I couldn't, 20 was just too poor for productive
CQing--especially Saturday afternoon. I also completely missed the usual 6 AM to
7 AM (local) 20-meter run, which is usally quite good, on Saturday morning--the
band just didn't open until just a few minutes before 15 broke loose. Fifteen
meters was stunning for this time in the cycle. Ten meters, too, just won't
quit! The Qs weren't there, but I had some fun CQing there Saturday morning and
was impressed by the variety of stuff that was there to work at different
times.
The second radio made the weekend a lot more enjoyable. It would have been
B-o-r-i-n-g without it!
The contest was a lot of fun, and I'll be back in dungeon mode next year!
-------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y --------------
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
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0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
0100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
0200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
0300 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1
0400 2 4 62 0 0 0 68 3.5
0500 20 19 0 0 0 0 39 2.0
0600 8 37 1 0 0 0 46 2.4
0700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
1100 0 3 11 4 8 0 26 1.3
1200 0 0 0 10 126 0 136 7.0
1300 0 0 0 0 159 2 161 8.3
1400 0 0 0 0 30 69 99 5.1
1500 0 0 0 0 46 43 89 4.6
1600 0 0 0 0 24 36 60 3.1
1700 0 0 0 30 53 0 83 4.3
1800 0 0 0 18 26 10 54 2.8
1900 0 0 0 4 0 5 9 0.5
2000 0 0 0 26 0 0 26 1.3
2100 0 0 45 8 11 1 65 3.3
2200 0 0 36 10 0 0 46 2.4
2300 0 0 16 2 3 0 21 1.1
0000 0 3 59 2 0 0 64 3.3
0100 0 21 23 0 0 0 44 2.3
0200 5 12 19 0 0 0 36 1.8
0300 4 22 8 0 0 0 34 1.7
0400 5 14 6 0 0 0 25 1.3
0500 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1
0600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
0700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
1000 0 2 12 4 0 0 18 0.9
1100 0 2 1 23 0 0 26 1.3
1200 0 0 0 57 9 0 66 3.4
1300 0 0 0 51 5 6 62 3.2
1400 0 0 0 1 99 2 102 5.2
1500 0 0 0 9 86 1 96 4.9
1600 0 0 0 27 20 1 48 2.5
1700 0 0 0 75 1 1 77 3.9
1800 0 0 0 48 4 4 56 2.9
1900 0 0 0 15 0 15 30 1.5
2000 0 0 2 9 11 2 24 1.2
2100 0 0 3 7 5 0 15 0.8
2200 0 0 27 4 2 0 33 1.7
2300 0 0 14 0 45 0 59 3.0
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Total 45 139 346 444 773 198 1945
Gross QSOs=1950 Dupes=5 Net QSOs=1945
Unique callsigns worked = 1439
The best 60 minute rate was 172/hour from 1245 to 1344
The best 30 minute rate was 184/hour from 1309 to 1338
The best 10 minute rate was 192/hour from 1320 to 1329
The best 1 minute rates were:
4 QSOs/minute 20 times.
3 QSOs/minute 127 times.
2 QSOs/minute 374 times.
1 QSOs/minute 736 times.
366 bandchanges and 167 probable 2nd radio QSOs.
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