CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
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: 180 15 46
80: 437 24 86
40: 978 28 94
20: 1978 36 113
15: 2522 36 121
10: 3082 36 116
------------------------------
Total: 9177 175 576 Total Score = 16,641,409
Club: Contest Club Finland
Comments:
After a successful CQWW CW effort last November, the opportunity to return to
CR2X this October for my first SSB contest from a DX location was a real
pleasure. Toni OH2UA had made a trip to the station earlier in the autumn for
maintenance work, and things were mostly in place for the SSB leg.
Some more remained to be done before the contest, however, and thus I departed
Helsinki for São Miguel and Ribeira Grande on the Saturday before the contest.
Knowing that my good friend Ilkka OH1WZ had the possibility to come on such a
trip too, I invited him along. I am an electrical engineer, but my expertise
lies in the innards of tiny integrated RF circuits; my practical experience
with macro-level station building has been limited to helping around with
various projects and stations. Having the more experienced Ilkka around was
thus a good confidence boost. He humorously insisted on being called my
"servant" in various social situations, but during those early
maintenance days the roles were certainly reversed :)
Propagation during the contest was great, with 160m taking a bit of a hit
through lower activity levels. My multiplier total is about 50 lower than
targeted, but that is more than made up for by the comparatively high DX
percentage (~ 70%). Indeed, at some point on Sunday the strategy changed to
mostly forgetting about multipliers and just running NA stations to the end,
going down from 10m one band at a time. Fortunately I had regained most of my
cognitive abilities at that point thanks to a post-sunrise 30-minute break, and
was able to make QSOs with decent rates again. Still, I had some difficulties
pronouncing my callsign at times, and had to reassure myself by looking at the
big printed callsign on the computer... I went to bed about 7 hours before the
contest started but was able to sleep for only perhaps one hour. Maybe I will
have to start experimenting with some chemical aids to improve the situation.
The Arcala stations OH8X and CR2X both had the now-customary audio/video
streams active throughout the contest, augmented by live score reporting at
http://www.cqcontest.net. As so many have excitedly commented, these technical
developments are fun and take the social aspects of radio contesting to a new
level. Best of all, they allow new hams and the home crews of the operators to
listen in and to enjoy the ups and downs of a serious effort, ranging from the
exhilaration of 300+ rates to the tired drudgery of slow low-band hours.
Thanks to the entire Radio Arcala team for another opportunity to be on the air
from the Azorean superstation and to claim the European SOAB HP record. In
particular, thanks to Martti OH2BH for general help and many hours of
preparation related to the pre-contest station maintenance work, and to Toni
OH2UA for sharing his expertise related to station engineering and CQWW
propagation and strategy from CR2X. Congratulations to him also for smashing
the Finnish SOAB HP record from the Arcala mother station OH8X, at 65N latitude
close to the Arctic Circle. These kinds of conditions are rarely seen in the
aurora zone, and he was able to use the given opportunity to the max. I would
also like to express my sincere gratitude to Ilkka OH1WZ for all his help and
for keeping the fighting spirit alive. Likewise, my appreciation goes to the
local hams José CU2CE, Francisco CU2DX, and Bruno CS8ABG for their help before
and during our stay on São Miguel. And, of course, thanks to all who were on
the air in the CQWW SSB. The worldwide ham spirit is a heart-warming thing to
observe.
Some statistics below.
73
Kim OH6KZP
-----------------------------
Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV
http://bit.ly/cabstat
CONTEST: CQ-WW-SSB
CALLSIGN: CR2X
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
OPERATORS: OH6KZP
--> 4U0WFP has an unknown country prefix.
-------------- 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 2 252 5 2 263 263 2.9
0100 1 2 2 227 3 1 236 499 5.4
0200 0 2 2 210 2 2 218 717 7.8
0300 0 1 3 236 2 0 242 959 10.5
0400 0 2 68 141 1 0 212 1171 12.8
0500 3 3 197 0 0 0 203 1374 15.0
0600 60 119 13 0 0 0 192 1566 17.1
0700 2 65 89 1 0 0 157 1723 18.8
0800 0 3 61 1 104 19 188 1911 20.8
0900 0 0 0 2 139 76 217 2128 23.2
1000 0 0 0 6 125 109 240 2368 25.8
1100 0 0 0 5 11 179 195 2563 27.9
1200 0 0 0 3 1 225 229 2792 30.4
1300 0 0 0 2 9 194 205 2997 32.7
1400 0 0 0 4 3 233 240 3237 35.3
1500 0 0 0 3 2 255 260 3497 38.1
1600 0 0 0 7 2 213 222 3719 40.5
1700 0 0 0 6 4 222 232 3951 43.1
1800 0 0 3 2 15 192 212 4163 45.4
1900 0 0 0 2 287 5 294 4457 48.6
2000 0 0 0 0 308 0 308 4765 52.0
2100 4 1 3 2 154 3 167 4932 53.8
2200 0 0 0 185 0 0 185 5117 55.8
2300 1 0 4 138 0 0 143 5260 57.3
0000 34 2 1 146 0 0 183 5443 59.3
0100 23 121 5 22 0 0 171 5614 61.2
0200 36 1 4 86 0 0 127 5741 62.6
0300 3 1 96 38 0 0 138 5879 64.1
0400 0 1 144 0 0 0 145 6024 65.7
0500 0 1 146 2 0 0 149 6173 67.3
0600 9 84 7 2 1 0 103 6276 68.4
0700 2 10 97 1 0 0 110 6386 69.6
0800 0 12 22 0 0 2 36 6422 70.0
0900 0 0 0 2 187 4 193 6615 72.1
1000 0 0 0 0 90 104 194 6809 74.2
1100 0 0 0 3 0 219 222 7031 76.7
1200 0 0 0 4 132 8 144 7175 78.2
1300 0 0 0 11 126 5 142 7317 79.8
1400 0 0 0 0 168 2 170 7487 81.6
1500 0 0 0 0 160 4 164 7651 83.4
1600 0 0 0 0 9 210 219 7870 85.8
1700 0 0 1 2 1 197 201 8071 88.0
1800 0 0 0 1 0 213 214 8285 90.3
1900 0 0 0 0 1 183 184 8469 92.3
2000 0 0 0 0 246 0 246 8715 95.0
2100 0 2 2 0 169 0 173 8888 96.9
2200 0 1 5 105 54 0 165 9053 98.7
2300 1 1 0 117 0 0 119 9172 100.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total 180 436 977 1977 2521 3081 9172
Gross QSOs=9262 Dupes=90 Net QSOs=9172
Unique callsigns worked = 6019
The best 60 minute rate was 334/hour from 1945 to 2044
The best 30 minute rate was 346/hour from 2017 to 2046
The best 10 minute rate was 372/hour from 2020 to 2029
The best 1 minute rates were:
8 QSOs/minute 8 times.
7 QSOs/minute 60 times.
6 QSOs/minute 167 times.
5 QSOs/minute 443 times.
4 QSOs/minute 590 times.
3 QSOs/minute 599 times.
2 QSOs/minute 506 times.
1 QSOs/minute 302 times.
There were 501 bandchanges and 199 (2.2%) 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 86 204 650 1725 1458 1825 5948 64.8
South America 1 10 22 30 49 24 136 1.5
Europe 80 198 257 156 855 1124 2670 29.1
Asia 4 8 12 29 105 75 233 2.5
Africa 7 10 13 9 15 16 70 0.8
Oceania 2 6 23 28 39 16 114 1.2
??? 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
--------------------------------------------------------------
Total 180 436 977 1977 2521 3081 9172
Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
-----------------
3 52
4 3532
5 3579
6 1935
7 24
8 32
9 8
10 9
11 1
------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------
Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------------
3V 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1
3W 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
4O 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1
4X 0 0 1 1 1 6 9 0.1
5B 2 3 3 2 3 3 16 0.2
6W 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
8P 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 0.0
9A 3 4 5 7 13 12 44 0.5
9H 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0
9K 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0
9Y 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.0
A6 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
A7 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 0.1
BY 0 0 0 2 9 2 13 0.1
C3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
C6 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0.0
CE 0 1 2 4 2 2 11 0.1
CM 0 1 1 6 3 2 13 0.1
CN 2 2 3 1 3 1 12 0.1
CT 2 4 4 2 11 7 30 0.3
CT3 2 1 1 0 2 2 8 0.1
CU 1 1 2 2 3 3 12 0.1
CX 0 0 0 2 3 2 7 0.1
D4 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.1
DL 7 27 45 30 153 242 504 5.5
DU 0 0 0 2 3 1 6 0.1
E5/s 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 0.0
E7 1 2 1 2 3 3 12 0.1
EA 4 19 26 5 48 32 134 1.5
EA6 1 1 1 1 2 2 8 0.1
EA8 2 2 3 1 3 3 14 0.2
EA9 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
EI 2 4 3 2 7 14 32 0.3
ER 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0
ES 1 1 3 1 5 1 12 0.1
EU 1 1 1 1 10 5 19 0.2
EX 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
EY 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 0.1
F 4 18 10 2 37 55 126 1.4
FG 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0
FM 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 0.1
FO 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
FY 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0
G 8 15 8 6 33 83 153 1.7
GD 2 1 1 0 0 1 5 0.1
GI 0 0 1 1 1 11 14 0.2
GJ 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 0.1
GM 1 3 3 3 5 21 36 0.4
*GM/s 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1
GU 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
GW 1 1 2 1 3 6 14 0.2
HA 1 2 3 0 12 10 28 0.3
HB 0 2 4 2 13 23 44 0.5
HB0 1 1 1 1 2 1 7 0.1
HC 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
HI 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 0.0
HK 1 1 1 7 5 3 18 0.2
HL 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
HP 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0
HR 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0
HS 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.0
HZ 0 1 1 2 1 3 8 0.1
I 4 13 16 11 85 108 237 2.6
*IG9 0 2 2 1 1 1 7 0.1
IS 0 1 1 1 2 2 7 0.1
*IT9 1 1 3 3 8 5 21 0.2
J3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0.0
JA 0 0 2 10 44 3 59 0.6
JT 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0
JW 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0
K 75 165 575 1563 1316 1644 5338 58.2
KG4 0 0 1 5 1 3 10 0.1
KH0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 0.0
KH2 0 0 0 2 3 0 5 0.1
KH6 2 3 7 6 11 5 34 0.4
KL 0 1 2 8 5 6 22 0.2
KP2 0 2 2 2 1 1 8 0.1
KP4 0 2 1 10 8 6 27 0.3
LA 0 4 4 2 6 12 28 0.3
LU 0 1 2 5 6 5 19 0.2
LX 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0
LY 2 4 3 1 14 8 32 0.3
LZ 1 3 1 2 5 2 14 0.2
OA 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0
OE 0 0 2 2 6 11 21 0.2
OH 4 5 18 5 42 44 118 1.3
OH0 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 0.1
OK 2 4 7 6 20 22 61 0.7
OM 2 4 4 4 6 7 27 0.3
ON 2 1 3 1 16 29 52 0.6
OX 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
OZ 0 2 5 2 10 16 35 0.4
P4 0 1 2 2 3 2 10 0.1
PA 3 8 9 5 31 71 127 1.4
PJ2 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1
PJ4 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 0.0
PJ5 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0.0
PY 0 2 8 4 19 5 38 0.4
S5 2 3 8 6 17 18 54 0.6
SM 2 5 3 2 22 14 48 0.5
SP 2 7 10 6 45 37 107 1.2
SU 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0
SV 0 2 3 1 3 5 14 0.2
SV5 0 1 1 1 2 1 6 0.1
SV9 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0
TA 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0
TF 1 1 1 1 3 1 8 0.1
TI 0 1 1 2 2 1 7 0.1
TK 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.0
UA 7 10 15 1 72 111 216 2.4
UA2 0 1 1 1 2 1 6 0.1
UA9 1 1 1 4 34 43 84 0.9
UK 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0
UN 1 2 2 1 2 5 13 0.1
UR 2 4 6 3 34 38 87 0.9
V2 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.0
V4 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0
VE 10 21 54 112 104 136 437 4.8
VK 0 0 11 4 13 5 33 0.4
VP2M 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
VP5 1 2 1 1 1 2 8 0.1
VP9 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 0.0
VR 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
XE 0 1 4 5 5 11 26 0.3
YB 0 0 0 1 6 1 8 0.1
YL 0 0 1 1 7 2 11 0.1
YN 0 1 2 2 2 1 8 0.1
YO 1 1 2 2 13 12 31 0.3
YU 0 2 1 7 11 4 25 0.3
*Z6 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0
YV 0 2 3 2 5 1 13 0.1
Z3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
ZD8 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1
ZL 0 1 4 11 1 2 19 0.2
ZS 0 0 1 1 1 4 7 0.1
??? 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 180 436 977 1977 2521 3081 9172
------------ 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
-------------------------------------------------------------
04 31 75 232 719 570 816 2443 26.6
05 51 81 213 608 580 527 2060 22.5
14 41 118 136 72 408 648 1423 15.5
03 2 29 185 352 269 437 1274 13.9
15 26 57 91 69 302 299 844 9.2
16 10 15 21 6 116 158 326 3.6
20 4 10 11 11 29 31 96 1.0
08 1 13 9 25 20 20 88 1.0
17 2 3 4 3 24 29 65 0.7
25 0 0 2 10 45 3 60 0.7
09 1 6 9 14 17 9 56 0.6
33 6 8 10 5 11 8 48 0.5
11 0 2 8 4 19 5 38 0.4
31 2 3 7 6 11 5 34 0.4
18 0 0 0 2 12 20 34 0.4
30 0 0 11 4 13 4 32 0.3
13 0 1 2 7 9 7 26 0.3
06 0 1 4 5 5 11 26 0.3
01 0 1 2 8 5 8 24 0.3
32 0 3 5 12 1 3 24 0.3
07 0 2 3 5 6 5 21 0.2
21 0 2 3 5 4 6 20 0.2
27 0 0 0 5 8 2 15 0.2
40 1 1 1 3 5 2 13 0.1
12 0 1 2 4 2 2 11 0.1
02 1 2 2 2 2 1 10 0.1
24 0 0 0 1 8 1 10 0.1
28 0 0 0 1 6 1 8 0.1
35 1 1 1 1 1 2 7 0.1
38 0 0 1 1 1 4 7 0.1
23 0 0 0 1 3 2 6 0.1
36 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1
10 0 0 1 1 2 1 5 0.1
19 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 0.1
26 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 0.0
34 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.0
29 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total 180 436 977 1977 2521 3081 9172
Multi-band QSOs
---------------
1 bands 4222
2 bands 946
3 bands 516
4 bands 198
5 bands 104
6 bands 33
The following stations were worked on 6 bands:
K3LR K1LZ K8AZ K2AX K3WW W3LPL
D4C VE3RA KC1XX VA2EN WO9Z K9CT
NN3W W8KTQ AA3B N0NI VE3CX N3RS
NQ4I NE3F K0TV K5NA OM8A HK1NA
W2CG K5RX GM0B DR1A EI7M SK3W
KH6MB P33W HB0/HA7JTR
------- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O s ------
Band 160 80 40 20 15 10
----------------------------------------------
QSOs 52 103 299 848 1146 1774
Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/
______________________________________________
3830 mailing list
3830@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/3830
|