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To: 3830@contesting.com, kim.ostman@tut.fi
Subject: [3830] CQWW CW CR2X(OH6KZP) SOAB HP
From: webform@b41h.net
Reply-to: kim.ostman@tut.fi
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:27:28 -0800
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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: CR2X
Operator(s): OH6KZP
Station: CR2X

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Ribeira Grande
Operating Time (hrs): 47
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:  310    14       54
   80:  855    21       81
   40: 1526    31      109
   20: 1409    34      113
   15: 1498    34      120
   10: 1654    31      111
------------------------------
Total: 7252   165      588  Total Score = 12,162,456

Club: Contest Club Finland

Comments:

I've said it before, but I think there is nothing that equals CQWW CW in our
sport. It enables maximal utilization of the operator's complete skill set and
pushes one to the limits, even beyond. Moreover, the sheer volume of stations
and activity is amazing. The fun is increased further by the mystery of
fluttery and scattery signals that add unexpected multipliers on marginal
bands.

I arrived in CU2 already one week before the contest. In addition to a welcome
mini-vacation from work, it gave me good time to get familiar with the station
and environment. OH2BH spent two full days with me for orientation. Apart from
SAC SSB from LX7I in October, this was my first serious contest from outside
OH/OH0, so there was a lot to learn especially about propagation. Using logs
from previous years, VOACAP (http://www.voacap.com), tips from OH2UA, and some
pre-contest operating I managed to get a decent understanding of what to
expect. 

Despite the adrenaline flow, I managed to catch a couple of hours of sleep on
Friday evening before the contest started at 2300 local time. That kept me
going quite well for 24 hours or so, but with the lower rates by Sunday morning
I was already forgetting to finish QSOs. I then slept for 30 minutes, which was
enough to last the rest of the contest. At times the pileups were rather
enormous, taking my CW speed to 40+ WPM in response. A lot of zero-beating; the
useful trick of going to the sides shortened the calling time for many stations
considerably.

Similar to CQWW SSB, the Arcala stations CR2X, OH8X and OH0X used the live
scoreboard and audio + video streams. This is a trial exercise in openness and
transparency that I think is very good for radiosporting. As commented by many
others, the scoreboard also adds a new dimension of in-contest excitement. In
addition to my own situation it was cool to follow the developments in the
Scandinavian home-field SOABHP battle between ES5TV, OH8X, OH0X, OH0Z, and
SJ2W. Special congrats to Micke SM2WMV for the effort.

I can't say anything comparative about propagation because of no prior
experience from CU2. However, it seemed that Sunday was a bit better than
Saturday. A lot of echo in many 10m/15m signals on Sunday. The main effects of
the CMEs were reserved for my Nordic compatriots as usual.

Thanks to the entire Radio Arcala team for this opportunity and for the hard
work that goes into keeping things going. Particular thanks to OH2UA for all
tips & advice, OH1WZ for advice, OH2BH for introducing me to the station, OH8NC
for the in-contest cheering, and CU2CE for an enjoyable tourist roundtrip of
São Miguel island! But I think most of all, thanks to my dad OH6GE for
teaching me the Code all those years ago :)

Equipment: 
------------
* 2 x Yaesu + 2 x OM-Power (1.5 kW output used)
* 160m: Inv-L + Inv-V + K9AY
* 80m: 2 el + K9AY
* 40m: 2 el EU + 2 el
* 20m & 15m & 10m: 2xTrib NA + 2xTrib EU + Trib
* BPFs + triplexers
* Microham station automation, incl. SO2R interlocking

See below for some statistics.

- Kim OH6KZP

--------------------------

Cabrillo Statistics           (Version 10g)           by K5KA & N6TV
http://bit.ly/cabstat

CONTEST: CQ-WW-CW
CALLSIGN: CR2X
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
OPERATORS: OH6KZP

-------------- 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       1      1    200      2      2      0    206    206    2.8
0100       0      0    176      6      0      0    182    388    5.4
0200       2      9    177      0      0      0    188    576    7.9
0300       4    160      5      0      0      0    169    745   10.3
0400       9    175      0      0      0      0    184    929   12.8
0500     105      7     42      0      0      0    154   1083   14.9
0600      22      1    131      0      0      0    154   1237   17.1
0700      56     75      4      0      0      0    135   1372   18.9
0800       1     30     51     22      4      0    108   1480   20.4
0900       0      0      2      6    142      3    153   1633   22.5
1000       0      0      0      4    116     46    166   1799   24.8
1100       0      0      0      6      9    142    157   1956   27.0
1200       0      0      0     12      3    181    196   2152   29.7
1300       0      0      0    191      3      3    197   2349   32.4
1400       0      0      0     54      8    106    168   2517   34.7
1500       0      0      0      0      1    159    160   2677   36.9
1600       0      0      0      1      6    157    164   2841   39.2
1700       0      0      1      2    173     26    202   3043   42.0
1800       0      0      0      3    138     77    218   3261   45.0
1900       0      0      4      3    106     35    148   3409   47.0
2000       0      0      2    158     35      0    195   3604   49.7
2100       1      0      1    155      1      0    158   3762   51.9
2200       2      1      1    147      0      0    151   3913   54.0
2300       7      4    119      2      0      0    132   4045   55.8
0000      21      3     65     14      0      0    103   4148   57.2
0100      70     40      0      1      0      0    111   4259   58.7
0200       3    120      0      1      0      0    124   4383   60.4
0300       3     54     82      0      0      0    139   4522   62.4
0400       1      2    164      0      0      0    167   4689   64.7
0500       0     68     65      6      0      0    139   4828   66.6
0600       0     98     22      1      0      0    121   4949   68.2
0700       1      3    109      0      0      0    113   5062   69.8
0800       1      1     83      4      2      0     91   5153   71.1
0900       0      0      0      0     33      0     33   5186   71.5
1000       0      0      0      2    141     10    153   5339   73.6
1100       0      0      1      2     70     82    155   5494   75.8
1200       0      0      0     35     14    107    156   5650   77.9
1300       0      0      0      1    153      0    154   5804   80.0
1400       0      0      0    119     24      4    147   5951   82.1
1500       0      0      1     27      3    148    179   6130   84.5
1600       0      0      0      1      2    166    169   6299   86.9
1700       0      0      1      0      0    153    154   6453   89.0
1800       0      1      1      3     97     48    150   6603   91.1
1900       0      0      0      0    172      0    172   6775   93.4
2000       0      0      0    112     39      1    152   6927   95.5
2100       0      0      8    129      1      0    138   7065   97.4
2200       0      0      5    115      0      0    120   7185   99.1
2300       0      2      3     62      0      0     67   7252  100.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total    310    855   1526   1409   1498   1654   7252

Gross QSOs=7335        Dupes=83        Net QSOs=7252

Unique callsigns worked = 4112

The best 60 minute rate was 223/hour from 1736 to 1835
The best 30 minute rate was 260/hour from 2020 to 2049
The best 10 minute rate was 270/hour from 2020 to 2029

The best 1 minute rates were:
 6 QSOs/minute   13 times.
 5 QSOs/minute  172 times.
 4 QSOs/minute  504 times.
 3 QSOs/minute  819 times.
 2 QSOs/minute  718 times.
 1 QSOs/minute  405 times.

There were 492 bandchanges and 199 (2.7%) probable 2nd radio QSOs.

----------------- C o n t i n e n t   S u m m a r y -----------------
                 160     80     40     20     15     10  Total    Pct
---------------------------------------------------------------------
North America    176    433    780    998    768    805   3960   54.6
South America      1     10     23     35     36     47    152    2.1
Europe           120    382    649    302    608    739   2800   38.6
Asia               4     16     51     41     63     43    218    3.0
Africa             9     11     13     14     13     15     75    1.0
Oceania            0      3     10     19     10      5     47    0.6
--------------------------------------------------------------
Total            310    855   1526   1409   1498   1654   7252

Number of letters in callsigns
Letters  # worked
-----------------
   3        47
   4      3671
   5      2405
   6      1084
   7        12
   8        13
   9        12
  10         8

------------------ C o u n t r y   S u m m a r y ------------------
Country        160     80     40     20     15     10  Total    Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------------
4J               0      0      1      1      1      1      4    0.1
4L               0      1      0      0      0      0      1    0.0
4O               0      0      1      1      1      1      4    0.1
4U1I             0      0      1      1      1      1      4    0.1
4X               0      0      4      1      3      2     10    0.1
5B               1      2      1      1      2      2      9    0.1
5W               0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
5X               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
6W               1      1      1      1      1      1      6    0.1
6Y               0      0      1      1      0      0      2    0.0
7P               0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
8P               1      1      1      1      1      1      6    0.1
9A               6      9     12      6      8     13     54    0.7
9H               0      0      0      1      1      1      3    0.0
9M6              0      0      0      1      1      0      2    0.0
9Y               0      0      1      2      1      1      5    0.1
A4               0      1      1      1      1      0      4    0.1
A5               0      0      0      1      1      0      2    0.0
A6               0      1      1      1      1      2      6    0.1
A7               0      0      1      0      1      1      3    0.0
A9               0      0      0      1      1      1      3    0.0
BV               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
BY               0      0      1      1      2      0      4    0.1
C5               1      1      1      1      1      1      6    0.1
C6               0      1      1      2      1      1      6    0.1
CE               0      0      0      1      1      3      5    0.1
CM               0      0      2      1      1      0      4    0.1
CN               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
CT               1      1      2      4      2      1     11    0.2
CT3              2      2      2      2      2      3     13    0.2
CU               0      0      1      1      0      0      2    0.0
CX               0      1      1      2      4      2     10    0.1
D2               0      0      1      1      0      0      2    0.0
D4               1      1      1      2      1      1      7    0.1
DL              14     55     91     35    101    166    462    6.4
E7               1      2      3      2      2      4     14    0.2
EA               5     12     26     11     15     21     90    1.2
EA6              0      0      0      1      1      2      4    0.1
EA8              2      2      1      2      2      3     12    0.2
EA9              1      1      2      1      2      1      8    0.1
EI               2      6      4      3      5      4     24    0.3
EK               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
EL               1      1      1      1      1      1      6    0.1
ER               0      1      2      1      4      2     10    0.1
ES               1      3      2      2      5      2     15    0.2
EU               1      7     10      8      3      3     32    0.4
EY               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
F                8     11     16      4     15     24     78    1.1
FG               0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
FK               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
FM               0      0      1      3      1      1      6    0.1
FS               0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
FY               0      0      0      2      1      0      3    0.0
G                6     14     21      6     24     52    123    1.7
GD               1      1      1      1      1      1      6    0.1
GI               1      2      2      0      0      0      5    0.1
GJ               0      0      2      0      0      0      2    0.0
GM               2      4      2      1      3      7     19    0.3
*GM/s            0      0      0      0      1      1      2    0.0
GU               0      0      0      0      1      2      3    0.0
GW               1      1      2      0      1      2      7    0.1
HA               2     13     13     10     17     10     65    0.9
HB               1      4      6      2      5     11     29    0.4
HC               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
HI               0      0      0      1      1      1      3    0.0
HK               0      1      2      1      1      1      6    0.1
HP               0      0      1      1      1      0      3    0.0
HS               0      0      0      0      1      1      2    0.0
I                3     17     29     10     27     49    135    1.9
*IG9             0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
IS               0      0      2      1      2      2      7    0.1
*IT9             1      1      2      3      2      2     11    0.2
J3               0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
J7               0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
JA               0      0      7     10      3      1     21    0.3
JW               0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
K              155    395    715    905    687    735   3592   49.5
KG4              0      0      2      1      1      0      4    0.1
KH2              0      0      1      3      0      0      4    0.1
KH6              0      2      4      4      3      1     14    0.2
KL               0      0      1      5      4      1     11    0.2
KP2              1      1      1      3      3      1     10    0.1
KP4              0      1      1      3      1      3      9    0.1
LA               2      4      5      3      9      3     26    0.4
LU               0      1      5      6      7     11     30    0.4
LX               1      2      1      1      1      2      8    0.1
LY               4     10      9      6     12      3     44    0.6
LZ               1      5     16      5     10     12     49    0.7
OE               1      2      2      1      3      6     15    0.2
OH               5     14     23     10     24     14     90    1.2
OH0              3      3      3      3      2      3     17    0.2
OK               6     21     29     14     28     30    128    1.8
OM               4      7     15      6      9     10     51    0.7
ON               2      7     10      3      7     16     45    0.6
OY               0      0      1      1      1      1      4    0.1
OZ               1      5      9      1      4      7     27    0.4
P4               1      2      2      2      1      1      9    0.1
PA               1      7     20      3     19     32     82    1.1
PJ2              0      1      1      1      1      1      5    0.1
PJ4              0      2      2      3      2      1     10    0.1
PJ7              0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
PY               0      1      7     10     13     22     53    0.7
PZ               0      0      0      1      1      1      3    0.0
S5               5     12     24      8     13     21     83    1.1
SM               1     12     13      6     14     17     63    0.9
SP               7     16     22     11     27     22    105    1.4
SV               0      1      3      1      3      3     11    0.2
SV5              0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
SV9              0      0      0      1      1      1      3    0.0
T7               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
TA               0      1      2      1      2      2      8    0.1
*TA1             0      1      1      0      0      0      2    0.0
TF               1      1      1      2      1      3      9    0.1
TG               0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
TI               0      0      0      1      1      1      3    0.0
TK               0      0      1      1      1      0      3    0.0
UA              11     46     86     60     93     81    377    5.2
UA2              0      1      1      1      2      1      6    0.1
UA9              2      8     23     18     37     21    109    1.5
UK               0      0      0      0      1      1      2    0.0
UN               1      1      7      3      2      4     18    0.2
UR               4     24     52     24     45     37    186    2.6
V2               0      0      1      0      1      0      2    0.0
VE              18     31     43     61     57     49    259    3.6
VK               0      0      3      6      3      3     15    0.2
VK9N             0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
VP2M             0      1      1      1      1      1      5    0.1
VP2V             0      0      1      1      1      1      4    0.1
VP5              0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
VP8/h            0      0      0      1      1      0      2    0.0
VP9              1      1      1      0      0      0      3    0.0
VR               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
VU               0      0      1      1      1      2      5    0.1
XE               0      0      2      3      3      5     13    0.2
YA               0      1      1      0      0      0      2    0.0
YB               0      0      0      1      1      0      2    0.0
YL               2      6     10      0      5      1     24    0.3
YN               0      0      0      1      1      1      3    0.0
YO               0      3     13      7      9     13     45    0.6
YU               0      6     19      6     14     12     57    0.8
YV               0      1      2      3      2      1      9    0.1
Z3               0      1      4      1      1      2      9    0.1
*Z6              1      1      2      1      1      1      7    0.1
ZC4              0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
ZD8              0      1      1      1      1      1      5    0.1
ZF               0      1      1      1      1      1      5    0.1
ZL               0      1      2      3      1      0      7    0.1
ZP               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
ZS               0      1      1      1      1      2      6    0.1
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Total          310    855   1526   1409   1498   1654   7252

------------ M u l t i p l i e r   S u m m a r y ------------
Mult     160     80     40     20     15     10  Total    Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------
05       105    203    326    417    303    317   1671   23.0
04        67    162    296    372    280    335   1512   20.8
14        51    149    236     88    232    374   1130   15.6
15        51    144    228    105    207    209    944   13.0
03         1     60    138    177    161    131    668    9.2
16        16     80    150     93    146    126    611    8.4
20         2     13     40     17     31     36    139    1.9
17         3      7     24     18     30     21    103    1.4
08         2      6     15     19     13     13     68    0.9
11         0      1      7     10     13     23     54    0.7
09         1      7     10     15     10      7     50    0.7
13         0      2      6      9     12     13     42    0.6
33         5      5      6      5      6      8     35    0.5
35         4      4      4      5      4      4     25    0.3
21         0      4      5      4      5      6     24    0.3
25         0      0      7     10      3      1     21    0.3
18         0      0      4      1      9      3     17    0.2
31         0      2      4      4      3      1     14    0.2
06         0      0      2      3      3      5     13    0.2
01         0      0      1      5      4      1     11    0.2
40         1      1      2      2      1      3     10    0.1
30         0      0      3      3      2      2     10    0.1
07         0      0      1      4      3      2     10    0.1
32         0      1      2      4      2      0      9    0.1
36         0      1      2      2      1      1      7    0.1
02         1      2      1      1      1      1      7    0.1
38         0      1      1      2      1      2      7    0.1
22         0      0      1      2      2      2      7    0.1
24         0      0      1      1      4      0      6    0.1
29         0      0      0      3      1      2      6    0.1
12         0      0      0      1      1      3      5    0.1
19         0      0      2      2      0      0      4    0.1
27         0      0      1      3      0      0      4    0.1
28         0      0      0      2      2      0      4    0.1
26         0      0      0      0      1      1      2    0.0
10         0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
37         0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total    310    855   1526   1409   1498   1654   7252

Multi-band QSOs
---------------
1 bands    2639
2 bands     653
3 bands     337
4 bands     221
5 bands     160
6 bands     102


------- S i n g l e   B a n d   Q S O s ------
Band    160     80     40     20     15     10
----------------------------------------------
QSOs     95    221    578    486    537    722


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