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Subject: [3830] CQWW CW KH7M (NA2U) SOAB(A)HP
From: Fred <cwman1@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 21:17:33 -0700
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Fred


>                     CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
> 
> Call: KH7M
> Operator(s): NA2U
> Station: KH7M
> 
> Class: SOAB(A) HP
> QTH: HI
> Operating Time (hrs): 36:18
> 
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
> ------------------------------
>   160:   58     7        6
>    80:   58    15       20
>    40:  605    28       77
>    20:  486    30       79
>    15: 1049    40      106
>    10: 1132    31       93
> ------------------------------
> Total: 3388   151      381  Total Score = 5,329,044
> 
> Club: Arizona Outlaws Contest Club
> 
> Comments:
> 
> Equipment: 
> 
> FTDX 5000
> Alpha 99
> Modified EMTRON DX3 (uses a GU 84B instead of the GU 78B) Different Output
> Tank.
> 160m...85ft Top loaded Tower with 3 switchable reflectors.
> 80m...3 phased verticals (6 directions) 135 deg phasing.
> 40m...2 El Force 12
> 40m...2 El phased verticals (NE/SW)
> 20/15/10m...4 El SteppIR
> 20/15m...Force 12 DX'r
> 10m...5 El HyGain
> 10m...3 El HyGain Fixed to E @ 85ft (top hat of 160m ant)
> Bev1...NE/NE-SW
> Bev2...N
> Bev2...NW/SE
> K9AY Loops 
> 
> Wow!  This was really something.  Only my second time as DX and first time as
> DX in CQWW.  I arrived at KH6ZM's QTH late Tuesday, giving me all day
> Wednesday/Thursday to learn the equipment setup and check propagation.  I had
> to move slowly with the hardware to keep from blowing something up!  The
> pre-contest operating was wild.  With a relatively small number of operations
> on pileups were huge.  The over-the-pole propagation to EU was very
> interesting.  Lots of mush on the signals and many signals of similar strength
> sometimes making even getting a partial call-sign a challenge. D4C called me 
> on
> 160m the night before the contest, the pre-contest highlight. 
> 
> The contest was lots of fun.  Picking calls out of the pileups is still a
> challenge.  I'm just not used to it.  Eventually, I got better with using the
> RIT and it was easier but I still need lots of work.  I would have had two 
> more
> hours operating time but I had hit a switch by accident and couldn't get
> anything to work.  Finally discovered what had happened and all was well again
> except I lost two hours.  I had a fantastic time working 10m/15m long-path to
> EU.  My first time working LP on 10m/15m and it was unbelievably COOL.  LP
> conditions better on the first night of the contest but second night was still
> very good.  Missed many multipliers because the runs were too good to leave. 
> Unusual for me because my normal Q-rates are so low I'm usually trying to get
> multipliers.  Not so in this contest.  Among the contest highlights I think 
> the
> best one is working all 40 zones on 15m.  Thanks VK6LW with less than 2 hour
> remaining in the test!!!
> 
> There's just so much to say about this experience.  Being DX helps, having 
> real
> antennas helps.  This was the realization of a long-time ham radio dream for 
> me:
> Being DX in CQWW!  I hope it's not the last time.  I don't think it will be.
> 
> It was really great getting to work so many old friends from the DX-side. 
> Thank you all for calling and thanks to everyone else for your Qs, too.
> 
> And, finally, many thanks to Max and Kathy for hosting me.  Besides being
> gracious hosts they are both very good cooks, a point that can't be emphasized
> enough.  In addition to learning LOTS about contesting from Max, he also 
> shared
> a secret with me that I will use the next time I make homemade limoncello.  
> 
> 73 from the desert,
> 
> Fred/NA2U
> 
> 
> Cabrillo Statistics           (Version 10g)           by K5KA & N6TV
> http://bit.ly/cabstat
> 
> CALLSIGN: KH7M
> CONTEST: CQ-WW-CW
> CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
> CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
> OPERATORS: NA2U
> 
> 
> 
> -------------- 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       0      0      0      0      0    129    129    129    3.8
> 0100       0      0      0      0     85     29    114    243    7.2
> 0200       0      0      0      0    121      0    121    364   10.7
> 0300       0      0     19     32      3      0     54    418   12.3
> 0400       0      0    133      0      0      0    133    551   16.3
> 0500       0      0    121      0      0      0    121    672   19.8
> 0600       0     38     13      0      0      0     51    723   21.3
> 0700       0      8      0      0      9      3     20    743   21.9
> 0800       0      0      0      0      0     62     62    805   23.8
> 0900      51      0      4      0      0      5     60    865   25.5
> 1000       0      0     91      0      0      0     91    956   28.2
> 1100       0      0     55      0      0      0     55   1011   29.8
> 1200       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1011   29.8
> 1300       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1011   29.8
> 1400       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1011   29.8
> 1500       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1011   29.8
> 1600       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1011   29.8
> 1700       0      0      0      0     45      0     45   1056   31.2
> 1800       0      0      0      0    125      0    125   1181   34.9
> 1900       0      0      0      0     80     27    107   1288   38.0
> 2000       0      0      0      0      0    156    156   1444   42.6
> 2100       0      0      0      0      0    168    168   1612   47.6
> 2200       0      0      0     57      0     40     97   1709   50.4
> 2300       0      0      0    145      0      0    145   1854   54.7
> 0000       0      0      0    145      0      0    145   1999   59.0
> 0100       0      0      0     72     18      0     90   2089   61.7
> 0200       0      0      0      0     99      0     99   2188   64.6
> 0300       0      0     22      3     18      1     44   2232   65.9
> 0400       0      0      2      3     25      7     37   2269   67.0
> 0500       0      0      0      0     66      0     66   2335   68.9
> 0600       0      0      0      0     15     24     39   2374   70.1
> 0700       0      0     15      0      0     45     60   2434   71.8
> 0800       0      0     83      0      0      0     83   2517   74.3
> 0900       0      5     34      0      0      0     39   2556   75.4
> 1000       7      0      0      0      0      0      7   2563   75.6
> 1100       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   2563   75.6
> 1200       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   2563   75.6
> 1300       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   2563   75.6
> 1400       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   2563   75.6
> 1500       0      4      0      0      0      0      4   2567   75.8
> 1600       0      3     13     16      0      0     32   2599   76.7
> 1700       0      0      0      5    103      0    108   2707   79.9
> 1800       0      0      0      0    150      0    150   2857   84.3
> 1900       0      0      0      0     42     58    100   2957   87.3
> 2000       0      0      0      0      0    144    144   3101   91.5
> 2100       0      0      0      0      0    138    138   3239   95.6
> 2200       0      0      0      5      4     59     68   3307   97.6
> 2300       0      0      0      3     41     37     81   3388  100.0
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Total     58     58    605    486   1049   1132   3388
> 
> Gross QSOs=3422        Dupes=34        Net QSOs=3388
> 
> Unique callsigns worked = 2429
> 
> The best 60 minute rate was 173/hour from 2046 to 2145
> The best 30 minute rate was 190/hour from 2110 to 2139
> The best 10 minute rate was 210/hour from 2116 to 2125
> 
> The best 1 minute rates were:
> 5 QSOs/minute    2 times.
> 4 QSOs/minute   96 times.
> 3 QSOs/minute  401 times.
> 2 QSOs/minute  598 times.
> 1 QSOs/minute  595 times.
> 
> There were 38 bandchanges and 3 (0.1%) 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     47     43    388    408    580    858   2324   68.6
> South America      0      2     11     14     20     32     79    2.3
> Europe             0      2     72     36    144    118    372   11.0
> Asia               9      7    118     11    260     99    504   14.9
> Africa             0      3      8     10     14      5     40    1.2
> Oceania            2      1      8      8     31     20     69    2.0
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Total             58     58    605    486   1049   1132   3388
> 
> Number of letters in callsigns
> Letters  # worked
> -----------------
>    3        19
>    4      1741
>    5       950
>    6       646
>    7         3
>    8        25
>    9         2
>   10         1
> 
> ------------------ C o u n t r y   S u m m a r y ------------------
> Country        160     80     40     20     15     10  Total    Pct
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> 3D2              0      0      0      0      1      1      2    0.1
> 3D2/r            0      0      1      0      1      1      3    0.1
> 3W               0      0      0      0      2      2      4    0.1
> 4J               0      0      0      1      1      0      2    0.1
> 4L               0      0      0      0      2      1      3    0.1
> 4U1I             0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
> 4X               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
> 5B               0      0      1      2      3      1      7    0.2
> 5H               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
> 5W               0      0      1      0      0      0      1    0.0
> 6Y               0      1      1      1      1      1      5    0.1
> 8P               0      0      1      1      0      1      3    0.1
> 9A               0      0      1      1      2      4      8    0.2
> 9J               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
> 9K               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
> 9L               0      0      1      1      0      0      2    0.1
> 9M2              0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
> 9M6              0      0      1      0      1      2      4    0.1
> 9V               0      0      0      0      3      0      3    0.1
> 9Y               0      0      0      2      1      0      3    0.1
> A4               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
> A6               0      0      0      0      2      1      3    0.1
> A7               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
> BV               0      0      3      0      1      1      5    0.1
> BY               0      2      4      1     14      0     21    0.6
> C6               0      1      1      0      0      1      3    0.1
> CE               0      0      1      1      1      3      6    0.2
> CE9              0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
> CM               0      0      1      0      2      0      3    0.1
> CN               0      1      1      2      2      0      6    0.2
> CT               0      0      0      1      1      0      2    0.1
> CT3              0      0      1      1      1      0      3    0.1
> CX               0      0      0      0      1      2      3    0.1
> D2               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
> D4               0      1      1      1      1      1      5    0.1
> DL               0      0      6      1      4     10     21    0.6
> DU               0      0      0      0      2      1      3    0.1
> E7               0      0      1      1      0      1      3    0.1
> EA               0      0      4      1     14      1     20    0.6
> EA6              0      0      1      1      1      1      4    0.1
> EA8              0      1      3      1      2      0      7    0.2
> EA9              0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
> EI               0      0      2      0      2      1      5    0.1
> ES               0      0      1      1      1      1      4    0.1
> EY               0      0      0      0      1      1      2    0.1
> F                0      0      5      1     10      3     19    0.6
> FJ               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
> FK               0      0      1      1      1      1      3    0.1
> FM               0      0      1      1      0      0      2    0.1
> FY               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
> G                0      0      5      0      4      2     11    0.3
> GI               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
> GM               0      0      1      0      2      0      3    0.1
> *GM/s            0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
> GU               0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
> GW               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
> HA               0      0      1      1      3      3      8    0.2
> HB               0      0      1      1      2      2      6    0.2
> HC               0      0      1      0      1      1      3    0.1
> HI               0      0      1      2      1      1      5    0.1
> HK               0      0      1      1      1      1      4    0.1
> HL               0      0      1      0      1      2      4    0.1
> HS               0      0      0      0      6      0      6    0.2
> HZ               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
> I                0      0      3      1      3      6     13    0.4
> *IG9             0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.0
> IS               0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.0
> *IT9             0      0      0      1      0      1      2    0.1
> J7               0      0      1      1      1      0      3    0.1
> J8               0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
> JA               8      4     99      3    186     70    370   10.9
> JT               0      0      0      0      2      0      2    0.1
> K               42     31    349    365    527    777   2091   61.7
> KG4              0      0      1      1      1      0      3    0.1
> KH0              0      0      0      1      2      1      4    0.1
> KH2              1      0      0      1      1      1      4    0.1
> KH6              1      1      1      2      1      1      7    0.2
> KL               0      1      3      3      6      4     17    0.5
> KP2              0      0      1      2      2      0      5    0.1
> KP4              0      1      1      1      1      1      5    0.1
> LA               0      0      3      1      0      1      5    0.1
> LU               0      0      2      1      1      4      8    0.2
> LX               0      0      1      1      1      0      3    0.1
> LY               0      0      1   
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