ARRL DX Contest, CW
Call: N5AW
Operator(s): N5AW
Station: N5AW
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: TX
Operating Time (hrs): 42
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 26 18
80: 112 51
40: 217 71
20: 295 78
15: 602 89
10: 86 43
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Total: 1338 350 Total Score = 1,404,900
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Comments:
Lots of fun as always - this is my favorite contest. Congratulations to W1MU for
a very impressive score. Don't know if I missed that late 10 meter opening to
Europe or it just didn't make it this far west but would not have improved my
score that much anyway.
As expected with declining sunspots my score is down from last year but
unexpectedly the low bands were the biggest contributors to the decline - both
in Q's and Mults. High static levels for part of the second evening and going
from a 2 element yagi to a dipole on 40 were factors but a noise problem that
developed shortly before the contest may have been the main reason. I live on a
ranch with antennas well away from power lines - normally a very quiet location.
However a noise showed up shortly before the contest. It comes from the west.
The nearest power line in that direction is over half a mile away. Fortunately
with directional antennas on 10, 15, and 20 it is not a really serious problem.
On the low bands it is another story. Although only about S4 it is enough to
seriously degrade DX reception, especially with no receiving antennas. Hope to
get it taken care of before the phone contest but in any event it is motivating
me to put out some beverages!
The new SteppIR worked very well. On 15 I was able to run Europe for over 2
hours on Sunday morning and ended up with my highest 15 meter QSO total ever.
Although I'm still not able to hold a run frequency to Europe on 20 meters I was
able to run JA/Asia in the evening.
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Radios: Tentec Orion, Icom 746Pro, 100 watts output
Antennas: 40 meter high Rohn 25 tower with 4 element SteppIR for 20-10, Force 12
40 meter rotary dipole stacked 2 meters above the SteppIR, array of 5 sloping
dipoles for 80, tower shunt loaded for 160 with 15 radials. Second tower is a 15
meter high Rohn HBDX supporting a homemade quad - 2 elements on 15 and 20, 4
elements on 10.
Miscellaneous: Homemade SO2R controller, WX0B "Six Pack" for antenna switching,
TRLOG
For those who may be interested in wading through it here are most of the
summary reports generated by TR Log.
QSO rate and multipliers by hour and band:
HR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOTAL
SCORE
-- ----- ------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------ ---------
-----
0 --- --- 20/18 --- 24/8 4/4 48/30 48/30
0.00M
1 --- --- --- 9/7 36/6 --- 45/13 93/43
0.01M
2 --- --- --- 38/10 6/0 --- 44/10 137/53
0.02M
3 --- --- 37/16 7/1 --- --- 44/17 181/70
0.04M
4 --- --- 26/14 3/1 --- --- 29/15 210/85
0.05M
5 --- 37/21 1/0 --- --- --- 38/21 248/106
0.08M
6 13/10 16/9 4/4 --- --- --- 33/23 281/129
0.11M
7 3/2 4/3 16/1 --- --- --- 23/6 304/135
0.12M
8 2/1 5/4 8/1 --- --- --- 15/6 319/141
0.13M
9 --- 1/0 --- --- --- --- 1/0 320/141
0.14M
10 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 320/141
0.14M
11 1/0 2/1 7/5 18/13 --- --- 28/19 348/160
0.17M
12 --- 4/0 --- 14/6 8/4 --- 26/10 374/170
0.19M
13 --- 4/0 1/0 4/2 30/16 --- 39/18 413/188
0.23M
14 --- --- --- 21/5 5/4 19/13 45/22 458/210
0.29M
15 --- --- --- --- 52/14 2/2 54/16 512/226
0.35M
16 --- --- --- --- 40/3 7/4 47/7 559/233
0.39M
17 --- --- --- --- 18/4 14/5 32/9 591/242
0.43M
18 --- --- --- 5/1 20/6 --- 25/7 616/249
0.46M
19 --- --- --- 17/3 --- 8/3 25/6 641/255
0.49M
20 --- --- --- --- 15/8 2/0 17/8 658/263
0.52M
21 --- --- --- 11/5 6/2 1/0 18/7 676/270
0.55M
22 --- --- --- 6/4 18/0 4/2 28/6 704/276
0.58M
23 --- --- 1/1 15/5 14/0 --- 30/6 734/282
0.62M
0 --- --- 8/0 --- 32/1 --- 40/1 774/283
0.66M
1 --- 2/2 13/1 5/1 1/0 --- 21/4 795/287
0.68M
2 --- --- --- 38/5 --- --- 38/5 833/292
0.73M
3 --- 6/4 --- 3/1 --- --- 9/5 842/297
0.75M
4 --- 13/5 --- --- --- --- 13/5 855/302
0.77M
5 --- --- 15/5 --- --- --- 15/5 870/307
0.80M
6 2/2 4/0 4/0 --- --- --- 10/2 880/309
0.82M
7 1/1 1/0 20/2 --- --- --- 22/3 902/312
0.84M
8 --- 1/1 10/1 --- --- --- 11/2 913/314
0.86M
9 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 913/314
0.86M
10 --- 1/1 --- --- --- --- 1/1 914/315
0.86M
11 1/1 3/0 10/2 --- --- --- 14/3 928/318
0.89M
12 3/1 8/0 14/0 --- --- --- 25/1 953/319
0.91M
13 --- --- --- 36/2 18/1 --- 54/3 1007/322
0.97M
14 --- --- --- --- 63/3 --- 63/3 1070/325
1.04M
15 --- --- --- --- 80/4 --- 80/4 1150/329
1.14M
16 --- --- --- --- 46/0 6/3 52/3 1202/332
1.20M
17 --- --- --- --- 25/0 7/5 32/5 1234/337
1.25M
18 --- --- --- 18/2 13/0 --- 31/2 1265/339
1.29M
19 --- --- --- 13/0 --- 1/0 14/0 1279/339
1.30M
20 --- --- --- 3/0 8/2 7/1 18/3 1297/342
1.33M
21 --- --- --- --- 7/2 3/1 10/3 1307/345
1.35M
22 --- --- --- 7/2 10/1 --- 17/3 1324/348
1.38M
23 --- --- 2/0 4/2 7/0 1/0 14/2 1338/350
1.40M
D1 19/13 73/38 121/60 168/63 292/75 61/33 734/282
D2 7/5 39/13 96/11 127/15 310/14 25/10 604/68
TO 26/18 112/51 217/71 295/78 602/89 86/43 1338/350
Unique callsigns worked = 937
The best 60 minute rate was 84/hour from 1453 to 1552
The best 30 minute rate was 94/hour from 1456 to 1525
The best 10 minute rate was 108/hour from 1459 to 1508
The best 1 minute rates were:
3 QSO's/minute 18 times.
2 QSO's/minute 193 times.
1 QSO's/minute 898 times.
There were 159 bandchanges and 40 probable 2nd radio QSO's.
The following stations were worked on 6 bands:
V47Z PJ4R XE1NTT/2 PJ2T KH7X ZF2TJ
WP2Z 8P5A V31DJ TI3M FM5BH 9Y4W
PJ7/ND5S HI3TEJ V31TP XE2AC
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QSOs by Continent
160 80 40 20 15 10 30 17 12 ALL
--- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---
USA calls = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VE calls = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N.A. calls = 19 22 31 27 36 25 0 0 0 160
S.A. calls = 3 9 17 28 32 32 0 0 0 121
Euro calls = 0 56 102 152 389 13 0 0 0 712
Afrc calls = 0 1 2 5 7 6 0 0 0 21
Asia calls = 0 2 4 21 10 0 0 0 0 37
JA calls = 3 18 52 50 111 2 0 0 0 236
Ocen calls = 1 4 9 12 17 8 0 0 0 51
Unknowns = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total calls = 26 112 217 295 602 86 0 0 0 1338
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Multipliers by band:
160BTH
8P C6 FM JA KP2 PJ2 TI V4 XE
9Y CM HI KH6 KP4 PJ7 V3 VP5 ZF
80BTH
8P EA GI I LX P4 SM V2 YN
9A EA8 HA J6 OA PA SP V3 YU
9Y EI HB JA OE PJ2 TI V4 ZF
C6 F HC KH6 OK PJ7 UA VP5
CU FM HI KL OM PY UA9 VP9
DL G HK KP2 ON S5 UR XE
40BTH
8P DL FM HR KP2 OH0 PY V2 YB
9A EA G I KP4 OK S5 V3 YL
9V EA6 GW IS LU OM SM V4 YO
9Y EA8 HA J6 LX ON SP V7 YU
BV EI HB J8 LY P4 T9 VK YV
C6 ES HI JA LZ PA TI VP5 ZF
CM F HK KH6 OA PJ2 UA VP9 ZL
CU FJ HL KL OH PJ7 UA9 XE
20BTH
3D2/R DL F HP KL OH PJ7 TI V4 YN
5H EA FM I KP2 OH0 PY TK VK YO
8P EA6 G IS LU OK S5 UA VP5 YU
9A EA8 GM J6 LX OM S9 UA9 VP8 YV
9Y EA9 GU J8 LY ON SM UN VP9 ZF
C6 EI HA JA LZ P4 SP UR VR ZL
CE ES HI JT OA PA SV V2 XE
CU EX HK KH6 OE PJ2 TF V3 YL
15BTH
5H CT EI HB JA LZ PJ2 T9 V5 YN
8P CU EU HI KH2 OA PJ7 TF V7 YO
9A CX F HK KH6 OE PY TI VK YU
9V DL FM HL KL OH PY0F UA VP5 YV
9Y DU G HR KP2 OK S5 UA9 VP9 ZA
A4 EA GM I LA OM S9 UR VR ZF
C6 EA6 GU IS LU ON SM V2 XE ZK2
CE EA8 GW J6 LX P4 SP V3 YB ZL
CM EA9 HA J8 LY PA SV V4 YL
10BTH
5H CU EI HK KL P4 TI VP5 ZF
8P CX F J6 KP2 PJ2 V2 VP9 ZL
9Y DL FM J8 LU PJ7 V3 XE ZS
C6 EA G JA OA PY V4 YN
CT EA8 HI KH6 OK TF V7 YV
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