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
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160: 310 14 54
80: 855 21 81
40: 1526 31 109
20: 1409 34 113
15: 1498 34 120
10: 1654 31 111
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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:
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* 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
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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
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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
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QSOs 95 221 578 486 537 722
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