ARRL DX Contest, CW
Call: K1TO
Operator(s): K1TO
Station: K1TO
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: FL
Operating Time (hrs): 26.5
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
-------------------
160: 39 30
80: 270 61
40: 627 69
20: 1091 82
15: 924 78
10: 196 49
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Total: 3147 369 Total Score = 3,483,729
Club: Florida Contest Group
Comments:
With an unresolved noise problem and prospects of a low solar flux, I couldn't
manage to get motivated to prepare for this weekend. The 160 ant remained
disconnected -- a remnant of the noise hunt in December which went unaddressed
since, due to other priorities. Finally, after 0300Z, I got SO1R hooked up,
borrowed the quiet monitor from my XYL's setup, and expected to operate maybe
10 hours.
Hopped between 20/40/80 the first night, with lots of lengthy breaks, still not
really into it. Didn't even try 160 with the 80M ant. Went to sleep b4
sunrise, exhausted from a week of non tower work. At around noon, the power
went off due to a car hitting a nearby pole. At around 4 PM(2100Z), it finally
came back on. Didn't go op right away, then finally decided to work JAs on 15 &
10, knowing that N4WW was not M/2 and K4XS was LP. Ended the first day with
barely 1000 Qs in ~8 hrs, and line scores of 0/0 on 160, 150ish/8 on 15 and
31/3 on 10.
Continued to waffle between oping for a while and doing other things, then
decided to look for FCG expedition PJ4X on 160 with the 80M ant. Sure enough,
there they were @ 1809. Noticed how quiet the band sounded, too. It took a
few calls, but the experiment was a success. Worked another southern stn, then
heard M5E. Called him and actually got "K1?" back. 2 more overs and he was in
the log. As it turned out, the 80M ant was quite adequate on top band, logging
SZ1A among others. Only the weakest stations were unable to detect my calls.
Probably the most fun of the weekend was the 39/30 on 160, the highest line
score from here in many years. The best 160 ant is no ant at all!
80 was also a success, with hours over 100 both nights for the first time ever
at Chez TOad/4. Worked a decent amount of JAs on 40 & 20, too, incl a pretty
loud opening on 20 ~04Z Sat night. Despite noticing that the K-index jumped to
4, stayed up all night Sat and was rewarded with some pretty good hours to EU on
20 pre-SR, then being fresh meat, some 200+ rates on 15 for a while. Also being
fresh meat on 10, went there a few times, but sigs were significantly weaker for
all but the southern and western EUs. Barely eked out a few UR and RA there,
and the rate was lower, so concentrated on 15 for much of Sunday. Went to 20
once 15 slowed down and the rate sustained longer than expected. Took quick
passes thru 10 & 15 to fill in some easy missing mults, then finally at around
2130Z, I pulled the plug.
Rates were good enough that the SO2R stuff wasn't missed much, although that
would've enhanced an already FB weekend.
Congrats to the many big scorers and thanks to every DX station who made the
time to get on the air! I look forward to the SSB weekend in less than
2 weeks.
73, Dan
Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV
http://bit.ly/cabstat
-------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y --------------------- Off S&P
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct Mins Mins
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 60
0100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 60
0200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 60
0300 0 0 99 0 0 0 99 99 3.1 19
0400 0 104 3 0 0 0 107 206 6.5 22
0500 0 40 0 1 0 0 41 247 7.8 30 30
0600 0 0 0 35 0 0 35 282 9.0 24 7
0700 0 0 138 1 0 0 139 421 13.4 5
0800 0 0 114 0 0 0 114 535 17.0 5
0900 0 0 0 181 0 0 181 716 22.8 3
1000 0 0 0 119 0 0 119 835 26.5 18
1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 835 26.5 60
1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 835 26.5 60
1300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 835 26.5 60
1400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 835 26.5 60
1500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 835 26.5 60
1600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 835 26.5 60
1700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 835 26.5 60
1800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 835 26.5 60
1900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 835 26.5 60
2000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 835 26.5 60
2100 0 0 0 90 0 0 90 925 29.4 22
2200 0 0 0 20 59 3 82 1007 32.0 2
2300 0 0 0 0 25 28 53 1060 33.7 25
0000 0 0 0 0 67 0 67 1127 35.8 8 9
0100 3 3 1 25 0 0 32 1159 36.8 30 30
0200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1159 36.8 60
0300 0 0 35 0 0 0 35 1194 37.9 25 35
0400 12 0 0 73 0 0 85 1279 40.6 18
0500 20 53 0 14 0 0 87 1366 43.4 29
0600 0 67 0 0 0 0 67 1433 45.5 24
0700 3 0 139 0 0 0 142 1575 50.0 4 3
0800 0 0 93 0 0 0 93 1668 53.0
0900 1 3 5 66 0 0 75 1743 55.4 15 12
1000 0 0 0 153 0 0 153 1896 60.2
1100 0 0 0 127 39 0 166 2062 65.5
1200 0 0 0 0 156 41 197 2259 71.8
1300 0 0 0 0 133 38 171 2430 77.2
1400 0 0 0 0 79 59 138 2568 81.6 2 3
1500 0 0 0 0 104 0 104 2672 84.9 12
1600 0 0 0 0 125 0 125 2797 88.9
1700 0 0 0 0 101 0 101 2898 92.1
1800 0 0 0 85 11 0 96 2994 95.1 2
1900 0 0 0 85 0 0 85 3079 97.8
2000 0 0 0 16 7 3 26 3105 98.7 37 10
2100 0 0 0 0 18 24 42 3147 100.0 22 38
2200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3147 100.0 60
2300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3147 100.0 60
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 39 270 627 1091 924 196 3147 21:32 4:08
OFF S&P
Gross QSOs=3174 Dupes=27 Net QSOs=3147
Unique callsigns worked = 2015
The best 60 minute rate was 203/hour from 1136 to 1235
The best 30 minute rate was 218/hour from 1203 to 1232
The best 10 minute rate was 234/hour from 1204 to 1213
The best 1 minute rates were:
5 QSOs/minute 15 times.
4 QSOs/minute 151 times.
3 QSOs/minute 359 times.
2 QSOs/minute 475 times.
1 QSOs/minute 441 times.
There were 32 bandchanges and 1 (0.0%) 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 5 16 10 12 14 6 63 2.0
South America 4 6 9 10 20 22 71 2.3
Europe 29 245 490 916 723 134 2537 80.6
Asia 0 1 103 133 153 32 422 13.4
Africa 1 1 8 7 6 1 24 0.8
Oceania 0 1 7 13 7 1 29 0.9
--------------------------------------------------------------
Total 39 270 627 1091 923 196 3146
------------ 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
-------------------------------------------------------------
DL 2 41 78 150 117 26 414 13.2
JA 0 0 90 69 130 29 318 10.1
UA 0 16 39 99 73 1 228 7.2
I 2 15 31 65 45 3 161 5.1
The following stations were worked on 6 bands:
HA30S DR4A 9A1A M5E OL7M HK1NA
VP2ME PI4TUE PJ4X OQ5M TI5W
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