ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: K5TR
Operator(s): K5TR
Station: K5TR
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: STX
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
------------
160: 0
80: 54
40: 1038
20: 959
15: 125
10: 0
------------
Total: 2176 Sections = 83 Total Score = 361,216
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Comments:
The last two years I have gotten the opportunity to operate the
contest as a guest op at N9RV (2014) and W6NL (2015). That was great
fun and I hope to do more of that in the coming years. But this year
I decided to stay home. No new hardware at the station - but I have
been busy fixing some antenna switching issues and amplifier T/R
relay issues that have popped up. I got the last fixes finished by
Saturday morning and was ready for the start of the contest.
These repairs held up for the duration of the SS - so I think we are
in good shape for the CQ WW CW contest this coming weekend.
There are lots of fine scores out there. AA5B with is fan dipole and
K3UA low power and low dipole putting in a good signal for hours on 80
metes. In high power N9RV had a big number and was very close the
whole time and I was expecting him and W7WA to get good openings on 15
meters and pass me by on Sunday. But 15 meters just never really
happened.
I got off to a pretty good start - not my best - but better than
average. I started on 15 meters. Not really by plan but that was the
easier place to find a frequency. For many years now I have been
starting these contests by sitting down in the chair a few minutes or
less before the start and finding a frequency often during the first
minute of the contest. This has mostly worked out - I am sure it robs
me of a bigger start out of the gate but it is what I do. It keeps me
from getting upset when my very clear frequency that I had been warming
up for 10 or more minutes gets trashed at the start. I figured that
15 meters would not last too long and I started looking for one on 20
meters after about 35 minutes into the contest. I made the jump to 20
meters at 40 minutes into the contest. 20 meters was pretty good but
and added 349 contacts to the log before I moved to 40 meters (early
for me) at 23:51. I had a good frequency on 40 meters and stayed there
until 08:05z when I took 4 hours off to sleep. During this time I put
an amazing 859 contacts in the log on 40 meters. And I was surprised
to log over 1000 contacts on 40 meters this year - the most I have
ever done on this band in SS. The 40 meter yagi I built and put up a
few years ago really works.
Sunday was a bit of a challenge but I keep plugging away and tried to
keep the rate as high as I could. It mostly settled into about 70 an
hour. I did mange to find a few people to work on the second radio
but this contest is a difficult two radio contest with the long
exchange and being only allowed to work people one time in the
contest.
Speaking of that - it really is one of the great things about this
contest - the fact that you can only work a station once. It makes it
possible for people to use the bands that work best for them - be it
dictated by propagation or antennas or location. It makes it possible
to do well in the SS from all over the country.
I really do love this contest and its long exchange. I have read
though all of the soapbox comments that have been posted so far - some
great stuff in there. K5OT reminded us that this contest started in
the 1930's. This prompted me to pull the K1DG edited CQ Amateur Radio
Almanac off the shelf and read the brief history of the SS. The
exchange started out as passing message traffic. And the message had
to have at least five real words in them! And you think the exchange
is long now - and you could operate up to 90 hours. Now that is a
contest.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Traffic_System
And it is great to read posts from the new folks that did their first
or second SS - and the general excitement of most of them about trying
to work a sweep. I hope you all keep coming back. This year marks
the 37th time (consecutive) that I have operated in the SSB SS. In 1979
I got on and made 834 contacts LP and then tried for several years to
crack into the LP top ten. Some years I would prefer to forget and
others I can remember like it was yesterday. I really enjoy hearing
all of my friends during this event each year.
OK - enough rambling - I think the late hour has me getting
nostalgic.
A summary of my SS efforts:
http://www.k5tr.net/ssb-ss.html
Station:
http://www.k5tr.net/
2x Elecraft K3 radios (tnx k5ot)
2x Elecraft P3
2x AL-1500 amps
trlinux for logging http://www.kkn.net/trlinux/
YCCC SO2R box
160 - 1/4 wave sloping verticals sloped east and west
- NE, NW, SE, SW beverages ~500' long
80 - Half wave sloping dipoles - sloped NE, NW from 120'.
- NE, NW, SE, SW beverages ~500' long
40 - 4 element yagi at 120'
- Cushcraft 40-2CD at 87'
- NE, NW, SE, SW beverages ~500' long
20 - 6 element yagi at 80' fixed NE
- 6 element yagi at 80'
- 6 element yagi 40' fixed NW
- 4 element yagi 60' fixed SE
15 - 6 element yagi at 70'
- 6 element yagi at 35' fixed NE
- 4 element yagi at 50' fixed SE
10 - 6 element yagi at 60'
- 6 element yagi at 30' fixed NE
- 4 element yagi at 40' fixed SE
- 6 element yagi at 130'
Lot-o-numbers:
HR 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOTAL SCORE
-- ------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------ --------- -----
21 --- --- 52/18 97/39 --- 149/57 149/57 0.02M
22 --- --- 174/12 --- --- 174/12 323/69 0.04M
23 --- 24/0 106/2 --- --- 130/2 453/71 0.06M
0 --- 143/5 --- --- --- 143/5 596/76 0.09M
1 --- 129/2 --- --- --- 129/2 725/78 0.11M
2 --- 143/1 --- --- --- 143/1 868/79 0.14M
3 4/0 109/1 --- --- --- 113/1 981/80 0.16M
4 --- 107/1 --- --- --- 107/1 1088/81 0.18M
5 8/0 73/0 --- --- --- 81/0 1169/81 0.19M
6 11/1 51/0 --- --- --- 62/1 1231/82 0.20M
7 10/0 42/0 --- --- --- 52/0 1283/82 0.21M
8 1/0 4/0 --- --- --- 5/0 1288/82 0.21M
9 --- --- --- --- --- --- 1288/82 0.21M
10 --- --- --- --- --- --- 1288/82 0.21M
11 --- --- --- --- --- --- 1288/82 0.21M
12 19/0 24/0 --- --- --- 43/0 1331/82 0.22M
13 --- 6/0 26/0 --- --- 32/0 1363/82 0.22M
14 --- 10/0 56/0 --- --- 66/0 1429/82 0.23M
15 --- 29/0 38/0 1/0 --- 68/0 1497/82 0.25M
16 --- --- 65/0 4/0 --- 69/0 1566/82 0.26M
17 --- --- 55/0 4/0 --- 59/0 1625/82 0.27M
18 --- --- 61/1 11/0 --- 72/1 1697/83 0.28M
19 --- --- 68/0 6/0 --- 74/0 1771/83 0.29M
20 --- --- 73/0 1/0 --- 74/0 1845/83 0.31M
21 --- 1/0 67/0 1/0 --- 69/0 1914/83 0.32M
22 --- 5/0 53/0 --- --- 58/0 1972/83 0.33M
23 --- 6/0 65/0 --- --- 71/0 2043/83 0.34M
0 1/0 75/0 --- --- --- 76/0 2119/83 0.35M
1 --- 57/0 --- --- --- 57/0 2176/83 0.36M
TO 54/1 1038/10 959/33 125/39 0/0 2176/83
Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV
http://bit.ly/cabstat
CALLSIGN: K5TR
CONTEST: ARRL-SS-SSB
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
-------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y ---------------------
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------
2100 0 0 0 52 97 0 149 149 6.8
2200 0 0 0 174 0 0 174 323 14.8
2300 0 0 24 106 0 0 130 453 20.8
0000 0 0 143 0 0 0 143 596 27.4
0100 0 0 129 0 0 0 129 725 33.3
0200 0 0 143 0 0 0 143 868 39.9
0300 0 4 109 0 0 0 113 981 45.1
0400 0 0 107 0 0 0 107 1088 50.0
0500 0 8 73 0 0 0 81 1169 53.7
0600 0 11 51 0 0 0 62 1231 56.6
0700 0 10 42 0 0 0 52 1283 59.0
0800 0 1 4 0 0 0 5 1288 59.2
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1288 59.2
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1288 59.2
1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1288 59.2
1200 0 19 24 0 0 0 43 1331 61.2
1300 0 0 6 26 0 0 32 1363 62.6
1400 0 0 10 56 0 0 66 1429 65.7
1500 0 0 29 38 1 0 68 1497 68.8
1600 0 0 0 65 4 0 69 1566 72.0
1700 0 0 0 55 4 0 59 1625 74.7
1800 0 0 0 61 11 0 72 1697 78.0
1900 0 0 0 68 6 0 74 1771 81.4
2000 0 0 0 73 1 0 74 1845 84.8
2100 0 0 1 67 1 0 69 1914 88.0
2200 0 0 5 53 0 0 58 1972 90.6
2300 0 0 6 65 0 0 71 2043 93.9
0000 0 1 75 0 0 0 76 2119 97.4
0100 0 0 57 0 0 0 57 2176 100.0
0200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2176 100.0
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Total 0 54 1038 959 125 0 2176
Gross QSOs=2182 Dupes=6 Net QSOs=2176
Unique callsigns worked = 2176
The best 60 minute rate was 174/hour from 2159 to 2258
The best 30 minute rate was 182/hour from 2153 to 2222
The best 10 minute rate was 198/hour from 2155 to 2204
The best 1 minute rates were:
5 QSOs/minute 1 times.
4 QSOs/minute 47 times.
3 QSOs/minute 195 times.
2 QSOs/minute 429 times.
1 QSOs/minute 540 times.
There were 176 bandchanges and 83 (3.8%) probable 2nd radio QSOs.
Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
-----------------
3 2
4 728
5 937
6 505
8 3
9 1
------------ 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
-------------------------------------------------------------
Il 0 2 63 57 0 0 122 5.6
Oh 0 0 61 45 0 0 106 4.9
Mi 0 1 50 46 1 0 98 4.5
Va 0 2 45 41 0 0 88 4.0
Mdc 0 2 38 39 1 0 80 3.7
Mn 0 1 32 42 1 0 76 3.5
WWa 0 0 31 19 10 0 60 2.8
Nc 0 1 30 27 0 0 58 2.7
Az 0 0 22 33 0 0 55 2.5
Tn 0 2 23 26 0 0 51 2.3
EPa 0 0 25 23 2 0 50 2.3
In 0 0 21 28 1 0 50 2.3
WNy 0 0 21 23 3 0 47 2.2
Wi 0 0 24 20 1 0 45 2.1
Scv 0 2 12 21 7 0 42 1.9
Ga 0 0 22 20 0 0 42 1.9
Ct 0 0 14 21 5 0 40 1.8
Ky 0 1 20 17 0 0 38 1.7
ENy 0 0 16 16 4 0 36 1.7
Lax 0 0 13 16 5 0 34 1.6
EMa 0 0 17 15 2 0 34 1.6
Co 0 0 24 9 0 0 33 1.5
NNj 0 0 17 10 5 0 32 1.5
Sv 0 1 14 12 5 0 32 1.5
Mo 0 1 25 4 0 0 30 1.4
Org 0 1 6 18 4 0 29 1.3
Or 0 0 11 11 7 0 29 1.3
WcF 0 0 14 14 0 0 28 1.3
NLi 0 0 14 10 3 0 27 1.2
NFl 0 3 14 10 0 0 27 1.2
Nv 0 1 9 14 2 0 26 1.2
SFl 0 0 11 13 0 0 24 1.1
Ut 0 2 8 14 0 0 24 1.1
SNj 0 0 13 6 3 0 22 1.0
Sdg 0 1 10 7 4 0 22 1.0
WPa 0 1 11 10 0 0 22 1.0
Eb 0 1 8 8 4 0 21 1.0
Nh 0 0 8 8 4 0 20 0.9
Bc 0 1 6 10 3 0 20 0.9
WMa 0 0 10 9 1 0 20 0.9
Sc 0 0 14 6 0 0 20 0.9
Ks 0 2 15 1 1 0 19 0.9
Sjv 0 1 4 12 2 0 19 0.9
Sb 0 1 5 9 3 0 18 0.8
Id 0 0 8 9 1 0 18 0.8
Wv 0 0 8 10 0 0 18 0.8
Sf 0 1 5 9 2 0 17 0.8
Ons 0 0 6 11 0 0 17 0.8
Ia 0 2 6 8 0 0 16 0.7
Me 0 0 6 7 2 0 15 0.7
Al 0 1 9 5 0 0 15 0.7
NTx 0 2 7 2 3 0 14 0.6
One 0 0 6 6 2 0 14 0.6
Mt 0 0 4 6 2 0 12 0.6
EWa 0 0 4 5 3 0 12 0.6
Ri 0 1 5 2 3 0 11 0.5
STx 0 0 6 2 3 0 11 0.5
Ar 0 2 9 0 0 0 11 0.5
Vt 0 2 7 2 0 0 11 0.5
Gta 0 0 5 5 0 0 10 0.5
Wy 0 0 3 7 0 0 10 0.5
Ok 0 0 9 0 1 0 10 0.5
Ak 0 0 1 5 3 0 9 0.4
Nd 0 1 4 4 0 0 9 0.4
Ab 0 0 2 5 2 0 9 0.4
Sd 0 1 5 3 0 0 9 0.4
Mar 0 0 5 4 0 0 9 0.4
Nm 0 1 7 1 0 0 9 0.4
Qc 0 0 3 3 1 0 7 0.3
Pac 0 1 4 1 1 0 7 0.3
Mb 0 3 1 3 0 0 7 0.3
Ms 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 0.3
Sk 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 0.2
NNy 0 0 4 1 0 0 5 0.2
Ne 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 0.2
Onn 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0.2
WTx 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 0.2
De 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0.1
La 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 0.1
Vi 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1
Nt 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.1
Nl 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.1
Pr 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 54 1038 959 125 0 2176
Sweepstakes Checks
Check QSOs Pct
----------------------
00 19 0.9
01 15 0.7
02 26 1.2
03 15 0.7
04 10 0.5
05 17 0.8
06 24 1.1
07 21 1.0
08 34 1.6
09 31 1.4
10 36 1.7
11 36 1.7
12 31 1.4
13 48 2.2
14 62 2.8
15 68 3.1
16 60 2.8
17 0 0.0
18 0 0.0
19 1 0.0
20 0 0.0
21 1 0.0
22 1 0.0
23 0 0.0
24 1 0.0
25 0 0.0
26 0 0.0
27 0 0.0
28 0 0.0
29 0 0.0
30 0 0.0
31 1 0.0
32 1 0.0
33 1 0.0
34 0 0.0
35 0 0.0
36 0 0.0
37 0 0.0
38 0 0.0
39 1 0.0
40 1 0.0
41 0 0.0
42 0 0.0
43 0 0.0
44 0 0.0
45 0 0.0
46 0 0.0
47 2 0.1
48 1 0.0
49 1 0.0
50 3 0.1
51 3 0.1
52 16 0.7
53 11 0.5
54 16 0.7
55 26 1.2
56 32 1.5
57 41 1.9
58 42 1.9
59 51 2.3
60 39 1.8
61 48 2.2
62 46 2.1
63 50 2.3
64 40 1.8
65 49 2.3
66 27 1.2
67 27 1.2
68 54 2.5
69 44 2.0
70 38 1.7
71 50 2.3
72 40 1.8
73 35 1.6
74 42 1.9
75 38 1.7
76 78 3.6
77 57 2.6
78 31 1.4
79 34 1.6
80 26 1.2
81 23 1.1
82 20 0.9
83 24 1.1
84 24 1.1
85 20 0.9
86 24 1.1
87 26 1.2
88 21 1.0
89 30 1.4
90 19 0.9
91 39 1.8
92 46 2.1
93 36 1.7
94 23 1.1
95 24 1.1
96 21 1.0
97 17 0.8
98 21 1.0
99 18 0.8
U.S. Call Areas Worked
Area QSOs Pct
--------------------
0 200 9.2
1 185 8.5
2 204 9.4
3 172 7.9
4 309 14.2
5 80 3.7
6 259 11.9
7 214 9.8
8 221 10.2
9 225 10.3
--------------------
Total 2069 95.1
Sweepstakes Precedents
Precedent QSOs Pct
----------------------
A 1125 51.7
B 423 19.4
Q 66 3.0
M 129 5.9
U 416 19.1
S 17 0.8
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