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Subject: [3830] CQWW CW K3CR(LZ4AX) SOAB HP
From: webform@b41h.net
Reply-to: lz4ax@mit.edu
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:45:18 -0800
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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: K3CR
Operator(s): LZ4AX
Station: K3CR

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: State College, PA
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:   63    15       38
   80:  588    23       81
   40: 1285    34      116
   20:  746    33      110
   15: 1067    35      106
   10: 1107    30      113
------------------------------
Total: 4856   170      564  Total Score = 10,360,410

Club: North Coast Contesters

Comments:

Think I got everything out of both me and the station this time. Was so tired
after it ended that let my girlfriend drive back to NYC. Felt asleep as soon as
I got into the car, then somehow made it from the car to her apartment. Was
supposed to leave to Boston by 8 am and be at a "super important meeting" in
the afternoon but after 3 cups of coffee in the morning went back to bed and
left the air moving to my colleagues there. Even let Bloomberg make another 45
bucks off me and left the car where it was parked. Now, more than 24 hours
later I'm slowly coming back to life and thinking about all the different ways
I could have done it. Perhaps better, perhaps not.

This year's CQ WW CW marks exactly 10 years since I operated a contest in US
for a first time. Although we've been in top 3 in CQWW CW for the better part
of these 10 years, it was after the last year's contest when I really got to
believe we can win it from out here in the bushes. K5ZD did it from the K3TUP
in the late 80's, so it is about the time to be done again from PA. Not this
year, obviously, but perhaps next? Then it will be 11 years since my first US
CQWW. If you take these two 1s and then add another one for the first place,
that makes three times 1. Now, that IS a sign! I think all parties involved
should take a note and behave accordingly next year.

This year was also the hardest one to keep the station intact. WA3FET is on a
sabbatical and comes back to town only on weekends. I took a new job at MIT and
moved from New York to Boston. The 8-hour long commute to State College stops
being a fun drive when it has to be done every third weekend. My family there
also is not very happy with me spending all of my time at the station when I'm
in town. Still, we managed to get a lot done and if it wasn't for the lightning
strike we took just before CQ WW Phone, the station would've been in top shape
now. No major issues this time, all patches seemed to work for now; there were
some "adjustments" on the fly but nothing really serious.

The contest: the only thing I clearly remember now is that I ran. Boy, I ran as
if my life depended on it. Tried to run even on 160. Had only one station coming
back - PY2NY, a double mult. Quite good by my 160 run standards. Heard him later
again under some huge unbreakable pile-up.
No time for mult hunting. Just whatever I could get on the second radio. Almost
all requests to move a mult were rejected. Not sure why, perhaps it is somehow
activity related? Ended up with no XE and zone 6 on 80. No KH6 and zone 31 on
160 either.
Ran JAs on 40 for a first time ever! Until now I was quite happy with 2 or 3
JAs on 40. This summer we got one of W3TX 4L40 OWA monsters and W2GD and K4ZA
put it up at 160 ft just in time for CQWW Phone. It is fixed to JA for now but
not for long. This thing is a game changer for sure.

Congratulations to K1DG and K5ZD for the huge scores!
As always, my sincere thanks to Jim, WA3FET for letting me operate the station
and putting up with my not always sane ideas.

73, Alex LZ4AX



Cabrillo Statistics      (Version 06g)         by K5KA

Callsign: K3CR
Contest: CQ-WW-CW
Category: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH CW
Operators: LZ4AX

-------------- Q S O   R a t e   S u m m a r y ---------------------
Hour     160     80     40     20     15     10    Rate Total    Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------
0000       0      0    111      0      1      0    112    112    2.3
0100       0      0     79     11      0      0     90    202    1.8
0200       0     22     46     26      0      0     94    296    1.9
0300       0     97      0      0      0      0     97    393    2.0
0400       1    135      0      8      0      0    144    537    2.9
0500      27      2      0      4      0      0     33    570    0.7
0600       6    101      0      0      0      0    107    677    2.2
0700       3     47     49      0      0      0     99    776    2.0
0800       1     10    115      0      0      0    126    902    2.6
0900       4      9     71      0      0      0     84    986    1.7
1000       4      3     36      0      0      0     43   1029    0.9
1100       0      5      3    101      0      0    109   1138    2.2
1200       0      0      9    107     71      0    187   1325    3.8
1300       0      0      0      0     45    138    183   1508    3.7
1400       0      0      0      0      0    187    187   1695    3.8
1500       0      0      0      0      0    173    173   1868    3.5
1600       0      0      0      0     88     73    161   2029    3.3
1700       0      0      0      0    122     22    144   2173    2.9
1800       0      0      0      0     84     34    118   2291    2.4
1900       0      0      0     57     19     17     93   2384    1.9
2000       0      0      0    103     10      0    113   2497    2.3
2100       0      0    106     10     20      0    136   2633    2.8
2200       0      0    127      0     10      0    137   2770    2.8
2300       0      0     76      0      8      8     92   2862    1.9
0000       2      0     45     14      3      0     64   2926    1.3
0100       0      0     17     35      0      0     52   2978    1.1
0200      10      0     13     12      0      0     35   3013    0.7
0300       0     40      1      0      0      0     41   3054    0.8
0400       2     56      8      0      0      0     66   3120    1.3
0500       3     43      4      0      0      0     50   3170    1.0
0600       1      4     69      0      0      0     74   3244    1.5
0700       0      3     67      0      0      0     70   3314    1.4
0800       0      7     26      0      0      0     33   3347    0.7
0900       0      1     53      3      0      0     57   3404    1.2
1000       0      1      2      1      0      0      4   3408    0.1
1100       0      2      5     48     43      0     98   3506    2.0
1200       0      0      0      3    153      0    156   3662    3.2
1300       0      0      2      0     26    106    134   3796    2.7
1400       0      0      0      0      3    158    161   3957    3.3
1500       0      0      0      0     20    110    130   4087    2.6
1600       0      0      0      0    103     45    148   4235    3.0
1700       0      0      0      0    137      5    142   4377    2.9
1800       0      0      0      3     69     19     91   4468    1.9
1900       0      0      0    139      3      1    143   4611    2.9
2000       0      0      0     41      7     11     59   4670    1.2
2100       0      0     38      5     14      0     57   4727    1.2
2200       0      0     44      3      6      0     53   4780    1.1
2300       0      0     63      8      2      0     73   4853    1.5
------------------------------------------------------
Total     64    588   1285    746   1067   1107   4857

Gross QSO's=4914        Dupes=57        Net QSO's=4857

Unique callsigns worked = 3129

The best 60 minute rate was 199/hour from 1335 to 1434
The best 30 minute rate was 210/hour from 1334 to 1403
The best 10 minute rate was 252/hour from 1335 to 1344

The best 1 minute rates were:
 5 QSO's/minute   22 times.
 4 QSO's/minute  218 times.
 3 QSO's/minute  531 times.
 2 QSO's/minute  755 times.
 1 QSO's/minute  768 times.

There were 681 bandchanges and 334 (6.9%) probable 2nd radio QSO's.


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