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[3830] CQ160 CW NR3X(N4YDU) Single Op HP

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Subject: [3830] CQ160 CW NR3X(N4YDU) Single Op HP
From: webform@b4h.net
Reply-to: n4ydu@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2018 18:34:05 +0000
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                    CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW

Call: NR3X
Operator(s): N4YDU
Station: W2RE

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Summit, NY
Operating Time (hrs): 30

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 1310  State/Prov = 58  Countries = 62  Total Score = 691,320

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

I’ve always enjoyed operating on Top Band but I never seem to be able to clear
a weekend for one of the major 160 contests to put in a full effort. This time
around was different and I was at the controls of a fantastic station run by
RemoteHamRadio.com. 

W2/Summit remote station is located in the northern Catskills mountains in the
NNY section on its own private secluded mountain top oasis. There isn’t any
nearby neighbors or man made noise at this site which makes it pleasure to
operate. The 4/SQ sits over 1200 feet from the station on its own dedicated
30/ac at the very top of the ridge with drop off in all directions. To put this
into perspective here is a birds eye video taken by a drone. 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pcTQ_hesveA&time_continue=15.

As many have noted, the first night was special. I was hoping for higher rates
in the early hours but as the quality of DX began to come in I really didn’t
care about the rate too much. The first night produced 255 EUs with huge signals
coming at EU sunrise. The last EU logged the first night was a little after 8Z.
From that point through sunrise the band was steady with a good number of strong
west coast stations logged and a very loud KH7M. An hour or so before sunrise I
managed to grab 5W1SA. Now the hope was to somehow get a JA in the log. About 40
minutes prior to sunset I heard a W7 station working a JA station that I could
copy. About 10 minutes later I found a spot around 1822 and began calling CQ and
I was delighted to be answered by three JAs over the next 20 minutes or so.
Having never worked a JA on 160 from any part of the world, this was quite
exciting for me.

Propagation wasn’t nearly as good the second night and rates were slow but I
was still determined to push forward. There was a decent EU peak at EU sunrise
and that lifted my spirits and I was surprised to see another 94 EU stations
logged bringing the total to 351 for the contest. I took a nap from 9-11Z and
then operated a few more hours to fill up my 30 hour allotment of operating
time.

I’m continually impressed by the quality of operation that is attainable
through remote means. This was a great outing with no technical problems using
the Elecraft K3/0.

Thanks for the great weekend.

73!

Nate/N4YDU
NR3X

Cabrillo Statistics           (Version 10g)           by K5KA & N6TV
http://bit.ly/cabstat

CONTEST: CQ-160-CW
CALLSIGN: NR3X
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
OPERATORS: 

-------------- Q S O   R a t e   S u m m a r y ---------------------
Hour     160     80     40     20     15     10    Rate Total    Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------
2200     112      0      0      0      0      0    112    112    8.5
2300      87      0      0      0      0      0     87    199   15.2
0000      91      0      0      0      0      0     91    290   22.1
0100      59      0      0      0      0      0     59    349   26.6
0200      76      0      0      0      0      0     76    425   32.4
0300      66      0      0      0      0      0     66    491   37.4
0400      81      0      0      0      0      0     81    572   43.6
0500      77      0      0      0      0      0     77    649   49.5
0600      91      0      0      0      0      0     93    742   56.6
0700      51      0      0      0      0      0     51    793   60.4
0800      47      0      0      0      0      0     47    840   64.0
0900      32      0      0      0      0      0     32    872   66.5
1000      24      0      0      0      0      0     24    896   68.3
1100      27      0      0      0      0      0     27    923   70.4
1200      38      0      0      0      0      0     38    961   73.2
1300       4      0      0      0      0      0      4    965   73.6
1400       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    965   73.6
1500       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    965   73.6
1600       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    965   73.6
1700       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    965   73.6
1800       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    965   73.6
1900       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    965   73.6
2000      10      0      0      0      0      0     10    975   74.3
2100      20      0      0      0      0      0     20    995   75.8
2200      28      0      0      0      0      0     28   1023   78.0
2300      18      0      0      0      0      0     18   1041   79.3
0000      43      0      0      0      0      0     43   1084   82.6
0100      38      0      0      0      0      0     38   1122   85.5
0200      14      0      0      0      0      0     14   1136   86.6
0300      27      0      0      0      0      0     27   1163   88.6
0400      13      0      0      0      0      0     13   1176   89.6
0500      19      0      0      0      0      0     19   1195   91.1
0600      40      0      0      0      0      0     40   1235   94.1
0700      33      0      0      0      0      0     33   1268   96.6
0800       8      0      0      0      0      0      8   1276   97.3
0900       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1276   97.3
1000       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1276   97.3
1100      12      0      0      0      0      0     12   1288   98.2
1200      14      0      0      0      0      0     14   1302   99.2
1300      10      0      0      0      0      0     10   1312  100.0
1400       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1312  100.0
1500       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1312  100.0
1600       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1312  100.0
1700       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1312  100.0
1800       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1312  100.0
1900       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1312  100.0
2000       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1312  100.0
2100       0      0      0      0      0      0      0   1312  100.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total   1310      0      0      0      0      0   1312

Gross QSOs=1362        Dupes=50        Net QSOs=1312

Unique callsigns worked = 1310

The best 60 minute rate was 112/hour from 2200 to 2259
The best 30 minute rate was 130/hour from 2200 to 2229
The best 10 minute rate was 144/hour from 2224 to 2233

The best 1 minute rates were:
 4 QSOs/minute    8 times.
 3 QSOs/minute   62 times.
 2 QSOs/minute  263 times.
 1 QSOs/minute  568 times.

----------------- 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    948      0      0      0      0      0    948   72.3
South America      3      0      0      0      0      0      3    0.2
Europe           351      0      0      0      0      0    351   26.9
Asia               4      0      0      0      0      0      4    0.3
Africa             2      0      0      0      0      0      2    0.2
Oceania            2      0      0      0      0      0      2    0.2
--------------------------------------------------------------
Total           1310      0      0      0      0      0   1310

Number of letters in callsigns
Letters  # worked
-----------------
   3         9
   4       695
   5       441
   6       157
   7         5
   8         2
   9         3

------------------ C o u n t r y   S u m m a r y ------------------
Country        160     80     40     20     15     10  Total    Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------------
5B               1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
5W               1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
9A               5      0      0      0      0      0      5    0.4
C6               2      0      0      0      0      0      2    0.2
CM               1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
CT               3      0      0      0      0      0      3    0.2
CT3              1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
CU               1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
DL              71      0      0      0      0      0     71    5.4
E7               2      0      0      0      0      0      2    0.2
EA               6      0      0      0      0      0      6    0.5
EA6              1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
EA8              1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
EI               4      0      0      0      0      0      4    0.3
ES               3      0      0      0      0      0      3    0.2
EU               6      0      0      0      0      0      6    0.5
F                6      0      0      0      0      0      6    0.5
FM               1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
G               30      0      0      0      0      0     30    2.3
GD               1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
GI               1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
GM               3      0      0      0      0      0      3    0.2
GU               1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
GW               2      0      0      0      0      0      2    0.2
HA              15      0      0      0      0      0     15    1.1
HB               4      0      0      0      0      0      4    0.3
HH               1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
HI               1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
I               11      0      0      0      0      0     11    0.8
*IT9             1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
JA               3      0      0      0      0      0      3    0.2
K              867      0      0      0      0      0    867   66.1
KG4              2      0      0      0      0      0      2    0.2
KH6              1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
KP2              3      0      0      0      0      0      3    0.2
LA               8      0      0      0      0      0      8    0.6
LX               1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
LY              12      0      0      0      0      0     12    0.9
LZ               4      0      0      0      0      0      4    0.3
OE               5      0      0      0      0      0      5    0.4
OH              12      0      0      0      0      0     12    0.9
OH0              2      0      0      0      0      0      2    0.2
OK              28      0      0      0      0      0     28    2.1
OM               8      0      0      0      0      0      8    0.6
ON               5      0      0      0      0      0      5    0.4
OZ               5      0      0      0      0      0      5    0.4
P4               1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
PA              12      0      0      0      0      0     12    0.9
PJ2              1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
S5              11      0      0      0      0      0     11    0.8
SM               6      0      0      0      0      0      6    0.5
SP              22      0      0      0      0      0     24    1.8
SV               1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
TF               1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
UA               8      0      0      0      0      0      8    0.6
UA2              2      0      0      0      0      0      2    0.2
UR              11      0      0      0      0      0     11    0.8
VE              66      0      0      0      0      0     66    5.0
VP9              1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
XE               1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
YL               4      0      0      0      0      0      4    0.3
YO               4      0      0      0      0      0      4    0.3
YU               2      0      0      0      0      0      2    0.2
YV               1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
ZF               2      0      0      0      0      0      2    0.2
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Total         1310      0      0      0      0      0   1310
------------ 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
-------------------------------------------------------------
14       171      0      0      0      0      0    171   13.0
15       146      0      0      0      0      0    146   11.1
NY        65      0      0      0      0      0     65    5.0
VA        57      0      0      0      0      0     57    4.3
PA        56      0      0      0      0      0     56    4.3
OH        52      0      0      0      0      0     52    4.0
IL        52      0      0      0      0      0     52    4.0
MD        38      0      0      0      0      0     38    2.9
ON        34      0      0      0      0      0     34    2.6
MI        31      0      0      0      0      0     31    2.4
FL        30      0      0      0      0      0     30    2.3
MA        29      0      0      0      0      0     29    2.2
NC        28      0      0      0      0      0     28    2.1
TN        28      0      0      0      0      0     28    2.1
TX        27      0      0      0      0      0     27    2.1
NJ        26      0      0      0      0      0     26    2.0
16        26      0      0      0      0      0     26    2.0
AZ        24      0      0      0      0      0     24    1.8
CA        23      0      0      0      0      0     23    1.8
IN        22      0      0      0      0      0     22    1.7
CT        20      0      0      0      0      0     20    1.5
WI        20      0      0      0      0      0     20    1.5
MN        20      0      0      0      0      0     20    1.5
AL        18      0      0      0      0      0     18    1.4
MO        17      0      0      0      0      0     17    1.3
SC        16      0      0      0      0      0     16    1.2
GA        14      0      0      0      0      0     14    1.1
NH        13      0      0      0      0      0     13    1.0
IA        12      0      0      0      0      0     12    0.9
WV        11      0      0      0      0      0     11    0.8
CO        11      0      0      0      0      0     11    0.8
08        11      0      0      0      0      0     11    0.8
KS        11      0      0      0      0      0     11    0.8
KY        10      0      0      0      0      0     10    0.8
ME        10      0      0      0      0      0     10    0.8
20        10      0      0      0      0      0     10    0.8
QC         8      0      0      0      0      0      8    0.6
MS         8      0      0      0      0      0      8    0.6
MT         6      0      0      0      0      0      6    0.5
OK         6      0      0      0      0      0      6    0.5
NM         6      0      0      0      0      0      6    0.5
WA         6      0      0      0      0      0      6    0.5
NB         5      0      0      0      0      0      5    0.4
DE         5      0      0      0      0      0      5    0.4
VT         5      0      0      0      0      0      5    0.4
AR         5      0      0      0      0      0      5    0.4
NV         5      0      0      0      0      0      5    0.4
OR         5      0      0      0      0      0      5    0.4
AB         5      0      0      0      0      0      5    0.4
BC         5      0      0      0      0      0      5    0.4
UT         5      0      0      0      0      0      5    0.4
RI         4      0      0      0      0      0      4    0.3
LA         4      0      0      0      0      0      4    0.3
DC         3      0      0      0      0      0      3    0.2
09         3      0      0      0      0      0      3    0.2
PEI        3      0      0      0      0      0      3    0.2
25         3      0      0      0      0      0      3    0.2
33         2      0      0      0      0      0      2    0.2
SK         2      0      0      0      0      0      2    0.2
NS         2      0      0      0      0      0      2    0.2
ID         2      0      0      0      0      0      2    0.2
05         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
ND         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
SD         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
NF         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
40         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
WY         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
31         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
32         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
06         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
MB         1      0      0      0      0      0      1    0.1
------------------------------------------------------
Total   1310      0      0      0      0      0   1310

U.S. Call Areas Worked
Area    QSOs     Pct
--------------------
   0      75     5.7
   1      93     7.1
   2     101     7.7
   3     116     8.8
   4     150    11.4
   5      51     3.9
   6      32     2.4
   7      52     4.0
   8      99     7.5
   9      98     7.5
--------------------
Total    867    66.1


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