CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY
Call: P49X
Operator(s): W0YK W6OTC
Station: P40L/P49Y
Class: M/2 HP
QTH: Aruba
Operating Time (hrs): 48
Summary:
Band QSOs State/Prov DX Zones
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80: 239 45 29 13
40: 1033 53 73 25
20: 1033 56 80 34
15: 1941 57 98 34
10: 1234 56 78 31
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Total: 5480 267 358 137 Total Score = 12,448,032
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
Great conditions from Aruba this weekend! Much better than expected, yet down
compared to last year. I had written off 10 meters, but it was open nicely
worldwide for most of the daylight hours. 40 and 80 were noisy with good
propagation, though 80 needs more participation in this contest. Not
surprisingly, 15 meters was the “money band”, opening to Europe before
sunrise and still bringing in European QSOs late in the day while
simultaneously running JA and Asia�"amazing.
Similar to 2012, our third team member, Steve K6AW, had to drop out at the last
minute due to a work commitment. So, once again doing M2 was essentially a dual
single-op affair. We each got a 3-hour sleep break both nights by having the
other operator run SO2R. That approach worked well whenever one of us needed a
break, but having a third or fourth operator would have been more humane!
We configured three operating positions, each with a K3 and Alpha amp. The K3
was setup as SO2V with both receivers having their own decoder, allowing
S&P on the same band while running. Two stations were side by side so that
one operator could run both while the other op took a break. While either side
could do any of the 5 bands, we generally ran 15/40 on the left and 10/20/80 on
the right. The third station behind us was a hot spare and the 10 meter Yagi
was manually switched into it for monitoring purposes.
Overall our score after log checking will be down about 10% from 2012,
primarily due to the lower QSO total on 10 meters. 80 and 15 were about the
same while 40 and 20 were up 150 QSOs each. Total mults were about the same.
We felt we operated better this year but we just didn’t have the depth of
callers to get the QSO totals higher.
Both 10 and 15 had low signal levels, at times completely inaudible while the
MMTTY and 2Tone decoders copied solid. We had to watch the screen
carefully�"the headphones were not enough! And, surprising to me, 2Tone
(at least this latest version) was not the dominant decoder that it appeared to
be earlier this year. MMTTY was just as often the better decoder and a few
times the DXP38 copied clearly when the other two had nothing. The primary
decoder was 2Tone on both the main and sub receivers with MMTTY and the DXP38
as parallel decoders on the main receivers. Far too often we had to pull
information from the MMTTY window. 2Tone was also much slower to decode,
causing us to use MMTTY to get the information faster. And, 2Tone frequently
missed the Shift character, printing an entire line of unreadable text while
MMTTY was perfect. Perhaps this latest 2Tone revision has regressed for the
contest conditions we experienced this weekend, but have multiple decoders was
essential for us.
Using the sub-receiver to pick off mults while maintaining a run worked
excellently with WriteLog and the K3, especially since Packet filled the
bandmaps without us having to do the gross tuning and finding stations.
However, many of the mult spots were errors where a different station was
actually running on the frequency.
Transmitted signal bandwidth, or “key clicks”, is a major problem on the
RTTY mode. This is much more apparent now that our own FSK signal is filtered
better and much narrower. Other stations are moving in closer and getting into
our receive bandwidth more often now. As RTTY contest participation continues
to rise, it is imperative that we all get our transmitted bandwidth down as
narrow as practical.
There was a larger percentage of stations that were not in Super Check Partial
compared to prior contests. And, a significant percentage of the US/VE
stations were not in our prefill database, consisting of data from the
2008-2012 P49X WW RTTY logs. Both these observations indicate lots of new
participants which is great!
Thanks to all the stations that moved to other bands for us. 100 of you worked
us on all 5 bands; 209 on four bands. Preliminary stats are appended below for
the analytic types to peruse. Thanks to John W6LD/P40L and Andy AE6Y/P49Y for
use of their station.
Ed W0YK
Glenn W6OTC
Station:
K3s, Alpha amps
K9AY SO2R 8-way Beverage switchbox
WriteLog, 2Tone, MMTTY, DXP38
Antennas:
10m: 2-element “Yagi”
15m: 5-element Yagi
20m: 4-element Yagi
40m: 2-element Yagi (“shorty forty”)
80m: dipole
Beverages: 4 directions, single wire, un-terminated
Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV
http://bit.ly/cabstat
CALLSIGN: P49X
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: TWO
CONTEST: CQ-WW-RTTY
OPERATORS: W0YK W6OTC
** 0 ****** Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y **************
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
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0000 0 0 41 0 2 0 43 1.4
0100 0 0 95 0 0 0 95 4.6
0200 0 0 88 0 0 0 88 7.6
0300 0 0 82 0 0 0 82 10.4
0400 0 0 79 0 0 0 79 13.0
0500 0 0 93 0 0 0 93 16.1
0600 0 0 64 0 0 0 64 18.3
0700 0 0 49 0 0 0 49 19.9
0800 0 0 15 0 0 0 15 20.4
0900 0 0 11 0 0 0 11 20.8
1000 0 0 0 0 19 0 19 21.5
1100 0 0 0 0 69 0 69 23.8
1200 0 0 0 0 110 0 110 27.5
1300 0 0 0 0 102 0 102 30.9
1400 0 0 0 0 103 0 103 34.4
1500 0 0 0 0 78 0 78 37.0
1600 0 0 0 0 85 0 85 39.8
1700 0 0 0 0 95 0 95 43.0
1800 0 0 0 0 104 0 104 46.5
1900 0 0 0 0 89 0 89 49.5
2000 0 0 0 0 86 0 86 52.4
2100 0 0 0 0 71 0 71 54.8
2200 0 0 0 0 94 0 94 58.0
2300 0 0 0 0 69 0 69 60.3
0000 0 0 50 0 22 0 72 62.7
0100 0 0 66 0 0 0 66 64.9
0200 0 0 37 0 0 0 37 66.2
0300 0 0 64 0 0 0 64 68.3
0400 0 0 39 0 0 0 39 69.6
0500 0 0 64 0 0 0 64 71.8
0600 0 0 31 0 0 0 31 72.8
0700 0 0 18 0 0 0 18 73.4
0800 0 0 13 0 0 0 13 73.9
0900 0 0 13 0 0 0 13 74.3
1000 0 0 20 0 3 0 23 75.1
1100 0 0 0 0 50 0 50 76.8
1200 0 0 0 0 71 0 71 79.2
1300 0 0 0 0 62 0 62 81.2
1400 0 0 0 0 58 0 58 83.2
1500 0 0 0 0 73 0 73 85.6
1600 0 0 0 0 37 0 37 86.9
1700 0 0 0 0 54 0 54 88.7
1800 0 0 0 0 72 0 72 91.1
1900 0 0 0 0 55 0 55 93.0
2000 0 0 0 0 49 0 49 94.6
2100 0 0 0 0 54 0 54 96.4
2200 0 0 0 0 66 0 66 98.7
2300 0 0 1 0 39 0 40 100.0
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Total 0 0 1033 0 1941 0 2974
** 1 ****** Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y **************
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
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0000 0 0 0 98 0 0 98 4.0
0100 0 0 0 111 0 0 111 8.5
0200 0 0 0 85 0 0 85 12.0
0300 0 12 0 42 0 0 54 14.2
0400 0 62 0 0 0 0 62 16.7
0500 0 56 0 0 0 0 56 19.0
0600 0 25 0 0 0 0 25 20.0
0700 0 22 0 0 0 0 22 20.9
0800 0 22 0 0 0 0 22 21.8
0900 0 1 0 16 0 0 17 22.5
1000 0 0 0 44 0 0 44 24.3
1100 0 0 0 53 0 0 53 26.4
1200 0 0 0 7 0 45 52 28.5
1300 0 0 0 0 0 93 93 32.3
1400 0 0 0 0 0 87 87 35.9
1500 0 0 0 0 0 110 110 40.3
1600 0 0 0 0 0 103 103 44.5
1700 0 0 0 0 0 91 91 48.2
1800 0 0 0 0 0 93 93 52.0
1900 0 0 0 0 0 59 59 54.4
2000 0 0 0 0 0 67 67 57.1
2100 0 0 0 0 0 52 52 59.3
2200 0 0 0 35 0 24 59 61.7
2300 0 0 0 81 0 0 81 65.0
0000 0 0 0 70 0 0 70 67.8
0100 0 0 0 66 0 0 66 70.5
0200 0 0 0 42 0 0 42 72.2
0300 0 4 0 26 0 0 30 73.4
0400 0 0 0 59 0 0 59 75.8
0500 0 6 0 16 0 0 22 76.7
0600 0 12 0 0 0 0 12 77.2
0700 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 77.3
0800 0 0 0 15 0 0 15 77.9
0900 0 7 0 1 0 0 8 78.3
1000 0 8 0 8 0 0 16 78.9
1100 0 0 0 19 0 0 19 79.7
1200 0 0 0 7 0 1 8 80.0
1300 0 0 0 0 0 65 65 82.7
1400 0 0 0 0 0 66 66 85.3
1500 0 0 0 0 0 55 55 87.6
1600 0 0 0 0 0 54 54 89.8
1700 0 0 0 0 0 28 28 90.9
1800 0 0 0 0 0 48 48 92.9
1900 0 0 0 28 0 1 29 94.1
2000 0 0 0 5 0 43 48 96.0
2100 0 0 0 42 0 0 42 97.7
2200 0 0 0 24 0 0 24 98.7
2300 0 0 0 32 0 0 32 100.0
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Total 0 239 0 1033 0 1185 2457
-------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y ---------------------
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct
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0000 0 0 41 98 2 0 141 141 2.6
0100 0 0 95 111 0 0 206 347 6.3
0200 0 0 88 85 0 0 173 520 9.5
0300 0 12 82 42 0 0 136 656 12.0
0400 0 62 79 0 0 0 141 797 14.5
0500 0 56 93 0 0 0 149 946 17.3
0600 0 25 64 0 0 0 89 1035 18.9
0700 0 22 49 0 0 0 71 1106 20.2
0800 0 22 15 0 0 0 37 1143 20.9
0900 0 1 11 16 0 0 28 1171 21.4
1000 0 0 0 44 19 0 63 1234 22.5
1100 0 0 0 53 69 0 122 1356 24.7
1200 0 0 0 7 110 45 162 1518 27.7
1300 0 0 0 0 102 93 195 1713 31.3
1400 0 0 0 0 103 87 190 1903 34.7
1500 0 0 0 0 78 110 188 2091 38.2
1600 0 0 0 0 85 103 188 2279 41.6
1700 0 0 0 0 95 91 186 2465 45.0
1800 0 0 0 0 104 93 197 2662 48.6
1900 0 0 0 0 89 59 148 2810 51.3
2000 0 0 0 0 86 67 153 2963 54.1
2100 0 0 0 0 71 52 123 3086 56.3
2200 0 0 0 35 94 24 153 3239 59.1
2300 0 0 0 81 69 0 150 3389 61.8
0000 0 0 50 70 22 0 142 3531 64.4
0100 0 0 66 66 0 0 132 3663 66.8
0200 0 0 37 42 0 0 79 3742 68.3
0300 0 4 64 26 0 0 94 3836 70.0
0400 0 0 39 59 0 0 98 3934 71.8
0500 0 6 64 16 0 0 86 4020 73.4
0600 0 12 31 0 0 0 43 4063 74.1
0700 0 2 18 1 0 0 21 4084 74.5
0800 0 0 13 15 0 0 28 4112 75.0
0900 0 7 13 1 0 0 21 4133 75.4
1000 0 8 20 8 3 0 39 4172 76.1
1100 0 0 0 19 50 0 69 4241 77.4
1200 0 0 0 7 71 1 79 4320 78.8
1300 0 0 0 0 62 65 127 4447 81.1
1400 0 0 0 0 58 66 124 4571 83.4
1500 0 0 0 0 73 55 128 4699 85.7
1600 0 0 0 0 37 54 91 4790 87.4
1700 0 0 0 0 54 28 82 4872 88.9
1800 0 0 0 0 72 48 120 4992 91.1
1900 0 0 0 28 55 1 84 5076 92.6
2000 0 0 0 5 49 43 97 5173 94.4
2100 0 0 0 42 54 15 111 5284 96.4
2200 0 0 0 24 66 30 120 5404 98.6
2300 0 0 1 32 39 4 76 5480 100.0
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Total 0 239 1033 1033 1941 1234 5480
Gross QSOs=5609 Dupes=129 Net QSOs=5480
Unique callsigns worked = 3175
The best 60 minute rate was 216/hour from 1420 to 1519
The best 30 minute rate was 228/hour from 1420 to 1449
The best 10 minute rate was 246/hour from 1434 to 1443
The best 1 minute rates were:
6 QSOs/minute 9 times.
5 QSOs/minute 86 times.
4 QSOs/minute 294 times.
3 QSOs/minute 554 times.
2 QSOs/minute 740 times.
1 QSOs/minute 678 times.
There were 3276 bandchanges and 2132 (38.9%) 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
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North America 0 191 503 594 770 657 2715 49.5
South America 0 7 17 15 28 37 104 1.9
Europe 0 40 468 333 921 490 2252 41.1
Asia 0 0 37 74 198 28 337 6.1
Africa 0 1 4 6 10 13 34 0.6
Oceania 0 0 4 11 14 9 38 0.7
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Total 0 239 1033 1033 1941 1234 5480
Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
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3 10
4 1780
5 2188
6 1461
7 14
8 18
9 3
10 6
------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------
Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
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4L 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
4X 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0
5B 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
5W 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
6W 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
9A 0 0 7 3 10 6 26 0.5
9H 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0
A4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0
A6 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0
A9 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
BY 0 0 0 2 3 0 5 0.1
C3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
CE 0 0 1 1 1 5 8 0.1
CM 0 0 5 3 2 1 11 0.2
CN 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1
CT 0 0 4 2 7 8 21 0.4
CT3 0 1 1 2 2 3 9 0.2
CU 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1
CX 0 0 0 1 3 3 7 0.1
DL 0 8 74 53 189 81 405 7.4
DU 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
E7 0 0 2 0 2 3 7 0.1
EA 0 5 19 15 36 37 112 2.0
EA6 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0.1
EA8 0 0 2 3 5 5 15 0.3
EA9 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
EI 0 0 1 3 7 6 17 0.3
ER 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0.1
ES 0 1 1 1 2 1 6 0.1
EU 0 0 8 2 7 3 20 0.4
EY 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
F 0 3 21 10 30 28 92 1.7
FG 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 0.1
G 0 1 23 13 50 29 116 2.1
GI 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 0.1
GJ 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1
GM 0 0 3 3 7 3 16 0.3
*GM/s 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0
GU 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0
GW 0 0 3 2 4 1 10 0.2
HA 0 1 5 7 10 9 32 0.6
HB 0 0 2 1 8 7 18 0.3
HB0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0.1
HC 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
HI 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.0
HK 0 2 2 1 3 1 9 0.2
HL 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.1
HS 0 0 1 2 4 1 8 0.1
HZ 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0.1
I 0 4 53 34 105 66 262 4.8
IS 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.1
*IT9 0 0 1 3 6 5 15 0.3
J6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
JA 0 0 17 31 139 23 210 3.8
JT 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
K 0 163 445 519 692 587 2406 43.9
KG4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.0
KH0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
KH2 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 0.1
KH6 0 0 2 1 2 1 6 0.1
KL 0 0 3 2 2 0 7 0.1
KP2 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0.1
KP4 0 1 3 1 1 1 7 0.1
LA 0 0 9 5 10 3 27 0.5
LU 0 0 6 1 9 13 29 0.5
LX 0 1 3 2 4 4 14 0.3
LY 0 2 3 0 9 2 16 0.3
LZ 0 0 5 4 9 6 24 0.4
OA 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0.1
OD 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
OE 0 0 4 1 6 4 15 0.3
OH 0 2 11 7 20 15 55 1.0
OH0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
OK 0 1 19 11 26 10 67 1.2
OM 0 2 8 1 13 4 28 0.5
ON 0 0 6 4 13 5 28 0.5
OZ 0 0 5 5 9 7 26 0.5
PA 0 3 20 17 40 21 101 1.8
PJ4 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.0
PY 0 2 5 5 8 11 31 0.6
PZ 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
S5 0 0 10 7 14 7 38 0.7
SM 0 1 8 10 17 6 42 0.8
SP 0 2 19 17 54 14 106 1.9
SU 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0
SV 0 0 11 2 6 6 25 0.5
SV5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
SV9 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
*TA1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 0.1
TF 0 1 1 1 2 1 6 0.1
TG 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
TI 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.0
TK 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
UA 0 1 45 43 91 27 207 3.8
UA2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.0
UA9 0 0 13 33 34 1 81 1.5
UK 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0.1
UN 0 0 2 3 4 0 9 0.2
UR 0 1 35 32 59 35 162 3.0
V3 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1
VE 0 24 41 57 64 58 244 4.5
VK 0 0 0 4 1 1 6 0.1
VP8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
VP9 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1
VU 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
XE 0 1 1 2 4 4 12 0.2
YB 0 0 0 2 6 2 10 0.2
YL 0 0 4 2 5 0 11 0.2
YO 0 0 6 3 14 7 30 0.5
YS 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1
YU 0 0 3 2 2 3 10 0.2
YV 0 2 2 2 1 1 8 0.1
ZL 0 0 1 2 2 3 8 0.1
ZP 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0.1
ZS 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0.1
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Total 0 239 1033 1033 1941 1234 5480
------------ 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
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04 0 72 199 248 329 262 1110 20.3
14 0 22 204 150 441 247 1064 19.4
05 0 85 187 228 290 252 1042 19.0
15 0 15 150 95 287 153 700 12.8
03 0 30 99 101 138 131 499 9.1
16 0 2 92 79 164 65 402 7.3
25 0 0 17 31 142 23 213 3.9
20 0 0 25 9 34 21 89 1.6
17 0 0 13 12 21 0 46 0.8
13 0 0 6 3 12 18 39 0.7
11 0 2 5 7 9 11 34 0.6
08 0 2 12 7 5 4 30 0.5
18 0 0 1 20 8 0 29 0.5
33 0 1 4 6 8 9 28 0.5
09 0 5 5 3 5 2 20 0.4
06 0 1 1 2 4 5 13 0.2
21 0 0 1 1 5 5 12 0.2
28 0 0 0 2 6 2 10 0.2
07 0 0 0 5 2 2 9 0.2
32 0 0 1 2 3 3 9 0.2
26 0 0 1 2 4 1 8 0.1
19 0 0 0 1 6 1 8 0.1
01 0 0 3 2 2 0 7 0.1
12 0 0 1 1 1 4 7 0.1
27 0 0 1 2 2 2 7 0.1
02 0 1 2 1 1 1 6 0.1
40 0 1 1 1 2 1 6 0.1
31 0 0 2 1 2 1 6 0.1
30 0 0 0 4 1 1 6 0.1
10 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 0.1
24 0 0 0 2 3 0 5 0.1
38 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0.1
22 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
34 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0
23 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
35 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
37 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
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Total 0 239 1033 1033 1941 1234 5480
Multi-band QSOs
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1 bands 1905
2 bands 644
3 bands 317
4 bands 209
5 bands 100
6 bands 0
------- 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 0 27 292 321 869 396
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