CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
Call: KZ5MM
Operator(s): W5PR
Station: W5PR
Class: SOSB10 HP
QTH: STX
Operating Time (hrs): 25
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80:
40:
20:
15:
10: 974
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Total: 974 Prefixes = 445 Total Score = 910,470
Club: Texas DX Society
Comments:
Well where do I start? The conditions were nowhere near as good as I had hoped
they would be. I usually don't whine about problems during the contest, but
this time I will. We had a tornado on the Monday before the contest and a tree
fell across a guy wire taking down one of my towers. There were three 10 meter
antennas on it, a 6el rotary at 75 feet and two 4el beams, one on S.A. and the
other on XE. That left me with one rotary beam and two fixed beams, both
pointed NE. Oh well, I just hope the downed tower laying on the trees did not
fall on me as I walked under it to get from the house to the shack!
The other tower that did not fall, had the rotary beam turned. I knew if I
didn't climb it that Friday afternoon before the contest and set it on north, I
would be annoyed for the whole contest. But then I got to thinking: if I have
to climb anyway, whu don't I carry that big rotor up there and replace the T2X.
Sure, in every disaster there is an opportunity to improve over what you had
before. Since I was in a hurry, I decided to carry the new, big rotor up the
tower. Good idea maybe for a 20 year old, but maybe not so good an idea for a
69 year old! As you can imagine, it got heavier as the climb to 140 feet
progressed. I eventually got it up to the top and removed the T2X, cut thye
cable and installed plug for the new rotor. Then I plopped the new rotor on
the shelf and put the first bolt in. Then I looked and looked for the other
bolt holes. I took the first bolt out and turned and turned, but there was no
direction thatr worked My rotor shelf on the fallen tower had bolt holes for
both brands of rotors, but this one was only drilled for the T2X. Ok great,
the contest is close to starting and I have cut the plug off the rotor! I
switched the rotors back to the T2X and pulled the old plug out, but I dropped
the soldering torch so I had to leave the connections twisted together. I came
down the tower thinking I had already missed the start, but then I remembered
the Daylight Savings Time, so I was Ok.
I got into the shack exhausted and turned everything on. The rotor read due
south even though it should have read due north. It was mis-wired! Ok, don't
panic. Test some resistances on the wires. maybe 2 wires are switched. No such
luck. I have to climb again! Huffed and puffed back up there and found that I
had not pushed the plug all the way into the rotor. @#%*. Fixed that,
soldered the connections and came back down. Thank goodness it worked Ok, but
then the screen on the Icom 756PROIII went all red. I could barely read it. Oh
well, I will forge on anyway.
I started just at the end of the first hour, but I was exhausted. On the first
contact, VK4ACE gave me 59 #8 and oh, by the way, did you know you were on lower
sideband? Well shure I knew, I just like to be different! No, I didn't know
because I couldn't read the screen. I said "thanks" and CQ'd on USB. Highlight
was B7P calling at 0137. I called it quits at 0200. Only one JA the first
night:
QSO: 28482 PH 2012-03-24 0137 KZ5MM 59 68 JE1AHE 59 25
Saturday morning started with SA and then the first EU:
QSO: 28430 PH 2012-03-24 1350 KZ5MM 59 118 ON7GB 59 415
On Saturday, I worked a little long path:
QSO: 28430 PH 2012-03-24 1329 KZ5MM 59 98 VR2CB 59 41
QSO: 28430 PH 2012-03-24 1346 KZ5MM 59 111 9M2IDJ 59 159
QSO: 28430 PH 2012-03-24 1355 KZ5MM 59 123 JA6RCH 59 37
QSO: 28430 PH 2012-03-24 1407 KZ5MM 59 132 9W2VVH 59 94
If I didn't miss anyone. Pulled the switch again at 0200.
I felt a little less tired on Sunday, but my muscles were still a bit sore from
the sudden six hours of tower exercise on Friday afternoon. Started with SA
again. Propagation to SA seemed to be in for every hour I was in the contest.
However, my second contact on Sunday morning was my only long path QSO for the
day, KG6DX at 1320. That got my hopes up for a good propagation day, but sorry
Charlie, that was go down the tubes within a couple of hours. First EU at 1422
was F5LIW. Some highlights were:
QSO: 28434 PH 2012-03-25 1532 KZ5MM 59 791 TO7BC 59 1263
who said th was in Mayotte and:
QSO: 28554 PH 2012-03-25 2312 KZ5MM 59 994 CE0Y/NL8F 59 529
on Easter Island who I tuned across CQing and no takers! 118 PYs, wow, thanks!
Ok, it was fun, but nowhere near a record setting event for 10 meters. Next
year?
160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total %
OC 0 0 0 0 0 127 127 13.0
SA 0 0 0 0 0 213 213 21.9
NA 0 0 0 0 0 468 468 48.0
AS 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 1.2
EU 0 0 0 0 0 117 117 12.0
AF 0 0 0 0 0 37 37 3.8
160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total
5X 1 1
6W 1 1
9A 4 4
9M2 2 2
9Y 1 1
BY 1 1
CE 14 14
CE0Y 1 1
CM 1 1
CN 3 3
CP 2 2
CT 11 11
CT3 4 4
CX 5 5
DL 11 11
EA 37 37
EA6 1 1
EA8 5 5
EA9 1 1
EI 1 1
F 6 6
FH 1 1
FK 1 1
FM 1 1
G 1 1
HA 3 3
HB 1 1
HC 1 1
HI 1 1
HK 3 3
HP 1 1
I 26 26
IG9 1 1
IT9 4 4
JA 8 8
K 408 408
KH2 1 1
KH6 17 17
KL 3 3
KP2 3 3
KP4 8 8
LU 55 55
LZ 1 1
OA 1 1
OK 1 1
ON 2 2
P4 2 2
PA 2 2
PJ2 2 2
PY 118 118
PZ 1 1
S5 1 1
SV 1 1
TI 2 2
TR 1 1
UR 2 2
V4 1 1
V5 1 1
VE 36 36
VK 71 71
VR 1 1
XE 2 2
YB 1 1
YO 1 1
YS 1 1
YV 4 4
ZL 36 36
ZP 3 3
ZS 18 18
QSO/Pref by hour and band
Hour 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total Cumm
OffTime
D1-0000Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 5/4 5/4 5/4
D1-0100Z - - - - - 77/37 77/37 82/41
D1-0200Z - - - - - 1/0 1/0 83/41
59
D1-0300Z - - - - - - 0/0 83/41
60
D1-0400Z - - - - - - 0/0 83/41
60
D1-0500Z - - - - - - 0/0 83/41
60
D1-0600Z - - - - - - 0/0 83/41
60
D1-0700Z - - - - - - 0/0 83/41
60
D1-0800Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 0/0 83/41
60
D1-0900Z - - - - - - 0/0 83/41
60
D1-1000Z - - - - - - 0/0 83/41
60
D1-1100Z - - - - - - 0/0 83/41
60
D1-1200Z - - - - - 4/4 4/4 87/45
50
D1-1300Z - - - - - 38/24 38/24 125/69
D1-1400Z - - - - - 35/15 35/15 160/84
D1-1500Z - - - - - 26/15 26/15 186/99
D1-1600Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 49/33 49/33 235/132
D1-1700Z - - - - - 82/40 82/40 317/172
D1-1800Z - - - - - 63/27 63/27 380/199
D1-1900Z - - - - - 62/20 62/20 442/219
D1-2000Z - - - - - 73/34 73/34 515/253
D1-2100Z - - - - - 60/28 60/28 575/281
D1-2200Z - - - - - 33/10 33/10 608/291
D1-2300Z - - - - - 45/15 45/15 653/306
D2-0000Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 31/9 31/9 684/315
D2-0100Z - - - - - 33/7 33/7 717/322
5
D2-0200Z - - - - - - 0/0 717/322
60
D2-0300Z - - - - - - 0/0 717/322
60
D2-0400Z - - - - - - 0/0 717/322
60
D2-0500Z - - - - - - 0/0 717/322
60
D2-0600Z - - - - - - 0/0 717/322
60
D2-0700Z - - - - - - 0/0 717/322
60
D2-0800Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 0/0 717/322
60
D2-0900Z - - - - - - 0/0 717/322
60
D2-1000Z - - - - - - 0/0 717/322
60
D2-1100Z - - - - - - 0/0 717/322
60
D2-1200Z - - - - - - 0/0 717/322
60
D2-1300Z - - - - - 16/9 16/9 733/331
15
D2-1400Z - - - - - 13/9 13/9 746/340
D2-1500Z - - - - - 55/35 55/35 801/375
D2-1600Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 32/14 32/14 833/389
D2-1700Z - - - - - 18/11 18/11 851/400
D2-1800Z - - - - - 17/7 17/7 868/407
D2-1900Z - - - - - 27/11 27/11 895/418
D2-2000Z - - - - - 20/8 20/8 915/426
D2-2100Z - - - - - 22/6 22/6 937/432
D2-2200Z - - - - - 19/5 19/5 956/437
D2-2300Z - - - - - 18/8 18/8 974/445
Total: 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 974/445
Chuck, W5PR
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