CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW - 2020
Call: K7RL
Operator(s): K7RL
Station: K7RL
Class: SO(A)AB HP
QTH: WA
Operating Time (hrs): 45
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 35 10 14
80: 439 28 54
40: 1011 33 80
20: 1019 32 91
15: 531 29 74
10: 96 15 22
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Total: 3131 147 335 Total Score = 4,054,102
Club: Western Washington DX Club
Comments:
Best conditions in many years! Exciting to have 10m and 15m open. I felt like a
kid in a candy store, wondering where the bands may open to, and what goodies
they might provide. EU on 15m? JA’s on 10m?
Here’s a band-by-band breakdown:
160m
No Europe, but did work a number of JA’s. Band never sounded very active and
some of that was neglect on my part. 40m and 80m were just too good. However,
the lack of expeditions and EU propagation was noticeable.
80m
Band opened to EU with a combination of direct and skew path pointing 90
degrees. Second night was much better featuring a direct path. Tried running and
picked up a few stations, but S&P was more productive. Both nights were
excellent to Asia providing the bulk of my QSOs.
This is one band where you really notice the power of CQ WW to get guys on the
air!
40m
For the first time in many years, 40m stayed strong all night as I suspect the
MUF stayed above 7 MHz. This band usually determines how much sleep I'll get. If
the band is good all night, no sleep for Mitch. If it isn’t good, Mitch gets
to sleep.
EU Friday night wasn’t great. Signals were weaker and many had that familiar
hollow, ringing sound. Had better success working them skew path beaming about
90 degrees. The second night was much improved, including the daylight hours.
Started working guys at 1:30 PM local on Sunday. By the afternoon, stations were
runnable. Fun.
Asia and VK/ZL were excellent both nights.
20m
Didn’t notice much difference versus previous years. Thought Europe might stay
open longer, but that didn’t really happen.
Saturday morning’s EU run was a zoo. There was a slight ringing sound on the
signals, making getting through the pile up a challenge. Sunday was even worse.
A heavy ringing sound/echo the first hour on all signals was insane. Thought I
was hearing signals both short and long path, or maybe short and skew path. Not
sure, but it was a nasty pile up to process that first hour. After that it
improved and all was well. Interesting.
15m
Welcome back 15m! Nice to see the band open. Both mornings featured EU, but
Sunday was better. All of it was worked skew path towards South America, beaming
about 120 degrees. Not a peep direct path.
Both Asia and VK/ZL were excellent both days. So fun to hear our friends across
the Pacific again!
10m
Before the contest, I was on the phone with Danny, K7SS. We were looking at
signals on 10m trying to figure out if the band was going to open to Asia. I
heard a few JA’s calling CQ, but not a lot of activity.
Once the bell hit 00:00z, I called CQ and had a small JA run.
Exciting to have 10m in play. The South America and Caribbean guys were loud all
weekend. Worked a G0 Sunday morning while trying to run pointing 110 degrees.
Not sure if someone was pulling my leg, or if the band was open, but he was the
only EU worked, if it’s legit.
As usual, I get so run focused my mult count suffers, but that’s okay. It was
thrilling to have the high bands open again. Really fun! Feels good to put
actual numbers on the scoreboard for 10m.
Thanks to all for the Qs. Stay well!
73, Mitch, K7RL
-------------- 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 0 78 96 12 186 186 5.9
0100 0 0 16 76 6 0 98 284 9.1
0200 0 4 15 65 0 0 84 368 11.8
0300 7 6 8 4 0 0 25 393 12.6
0400 1 13 10 0 0 0 24 417 13.3
0500 0 12 5 0 0 0 17 434 13.9
0600 8 4 22 0 0 0 34 468 14.9
0700 2 7 68 0 0 0 77 545 17.4
0800 3 3 119 0 0 0 125 670 21.4
0900 0 68 48 0 0 0 116 786 25.1
1000 0 42 56 0 0 0 98 884 28.2
1100 0 47 66 0 0 0 113 997 31.8
1200 1 24 60 0 0 0 85 1082 34.6
1300 8 12 43 0 0 0 63 1145 36.6
1400 0 4 11 0 0 0 15 1160 37.0
1500 0 3 16 22 7 0 48 1208 38.6
1600 0 0 0 93 8 0 101 1309 41.8
1700 0 0 0 56 7 2 65 1374 43.9
1800 0 0 0 13 12 25 50 1424 45.5
1900 0 0 2 18 5 12 37 1461 46.7
2000 0 0 0 32 17 17 66 1527 48.8
2100 0 0 3 8 1 7 19 1546 49.4
2200 0 0 1 72 29 0 102 1648 52.6
2300 0 0 0 66 88 0 154 1802 57.6
0000 0 0 0 59 88 0 147 1949 62.2
0100 0 0 25 17 26 0 68 2017 64.4
0200 0 10 53 0 0 0 63 2080 66.4
0300 2 20 3 0 0 0 25 2105 67.2
0400 0 15 11 0 0 0 26 2131 68.1
0500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2131 68.1
0600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2131 68.1
0700 1 0 21 0 0 0 22 2153 68.8
0800 0 23 41 0 0 0 64 2217 70.8
0900 0 31 36 0 0 0 67 2284 72.9
1000 0 23 50 0 0 0 73 2357 75.3
1100 1 53 38 0 0 0 92 2449 78.2
1200 0 7 66 0 0 0 73 2522 80.5
1300 0 6 32 0 0 0 38 2560 81.8
1400 1 2 11 0 2 0 16 2576 82.3
1500 0 0 0 4 21 0 25 2601 83.1
1600 0 0 0 97 0 0 97 2698 86.2
1700 0 0 0 75 1 1 77 2775 88.6
1800 0 0 0 38 8 4 50 2825 90.2
1900 0 0 0 17 7 16 40 2865 91.5
2000 0 0 2 49 8 0 59 2924 93.4
2100 0 0 16 20 1 0 37 2961 94.6
2200 0 0 0 40 44 0 84 3045 97.3
2300 0 0 37 0 49 0 86 3131 100.0
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Total 35 439 1011 1019 531 96 3131
Gross QSOs=3200 Dupes=69 Net QSOs=3131
Unique callsigns worked = 2159
The best 60 minute rate was 186/hour from 0000 to 0059
The best 30 minute rate was 210/hour from 0017 to 0046
The best 10 minute rate was 234/hour from 0023 to 0032
The best 1 minute rates were:
6 QSOs/minute 1 times.
5 QSOs/minute 6 times.
4 QSOs/minute 58 times.
3 QSOs/minute 238 times.
2 QSOs/minute 615 times.
1 QSOs/minute 919 times.
There were 1006 bandchanges and 519 (16.6%) 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 26 106 90 175 66 53 516 16.5
South America 0 6 10 15 36 30 97 3.1
Europe 0 34 161 363 25 1 584 18.7
Asia 8 276 679 430 356 9 1758 56.1
Africa 0 3 3 10 7 0 23 0.7
Oceania 1 14 68 26 41 3 153 4.9
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Total 35 439 1011 1019 531 96 3131
Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
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3 8
4 470
5 722
6 1880
8 47
9 3
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 1 0 1 0 2 0.1
3V 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
3W 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
4O 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
*4U1V 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
4X 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
5B 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
5T 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0.1
5Z 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
8P 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1
9A 0 1 4 6 1 0 12 0.4
9H 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
9M2 0 0 3 2 0 0 5 0.2
9M6 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1
9V 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0.1
9Y 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
A6 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
BV 0 0 4 1 2 0 7 0.2
BY 0 3 35 26 10 0 74 2.4
C6 1 0 1 1 1 1 5 0.2
CE 0 0 1 0 3 2 6 0.2
CM 1 1 2 3 2 0 9 0.3
CN 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
CT 0 1 1 3 1 0 6 0.2
CT3 0 1 2 2 1 0 6 0.2
CU 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
CX 0 1 1 0 2 2 6 0.2
D4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
DL 0 5 25 83 1 0 114 3.6
DU 0 0 4 2 3 0 9 0.3
E7 0 0 4 2 1 0 7 0.2
EA 0 1 5 25 2 0 33 1.1
EA6 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 0.1
EA8 0 1 1 2 1 0 5 0.2
EA9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
EI 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0.1
ES 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.1
EU 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 0.1
F 0 1 5 27 1 0 34 1.1
FG 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
FK 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1
FM 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1
FY 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0.1
G 0 1 0 26 1 1 29 0.9
GI 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.1
GM 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 0.1
GU 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1
GW 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
HA 0 2 10 5 2 0 19 0.6
HB 0 0 2 5 1 0 8 0.3
HB0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
HC 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.2
HI 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 0.1
HK 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.1
HL 0 4 19 10 7 0 40 1.3
HP 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1
HS 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.1
I 0 1 9 52 1 0 63 2.0
IS 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
*IT9 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 0.1
J3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
JA 7 260 590 372 324 9 1562 49.9
JT 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
JW 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
K 2 49 34 88 24 35 232 7.4
KG4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
KH2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
KH6 1 5 10 6 9 1 32 1.0
KL 2 2 5 5 4 0 18 0.6
KP2 1 1 1 1 0 1 5 0.2
KP4 1 2 1 1 3 1 9 0.3
LA 0 1 2 4 1 0 8 0.3
LU 0 0 1 2 4 8 15 0.5
LX 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
LY 0 2 3 1 0 0 6 0.2
LZ 0 1 3 3 1 0 8 0.3
OA 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
OE 0 0 2 3 0 0 5 0.2
OH 0 1 3 17 0 0 21 0.7
OH0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1
OK 0 1 6 13 1 0 21 0.7
OM 0 1 4 1 0 0 6 0.2
ON 0 0 2 11 1 0 14 0.4
OZ 0 1 2 3 0 0 6 0.2
P4 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 0.1
PA 0 0 1 14 1 0 16 0.5
PJ4 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0.1
PY 0 1 5 10 17 13 46 1.5
PZ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
S5 0 1 14 10 2 0 27 0.9
SM 0 1 2 8 0 0 11 0.4
SP 0 2 2 5 0 0 9 0.3
SV 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1
SV9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
TF 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1
TG 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1
TI 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2
UA 0 2 13 1 0 0 16 0.5
UA2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
UA9 1 9 18 15 8 0 51 1.6
UN 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
UR 0 0 10 1 0 0 11 0.4
V3 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0.1
V7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
VE 14 44 39 65 19 12 193 6.2
VK 0 5 24 2 7 1 39 1.2
VP5 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.1
VP9 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 0.2
VR 0 0 1 3 3 0 7 0.2
XE 0 2 1 1 2 0 6 0.2
YB 0 1 24 11 18 0 54 1.7
YL 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 0.1
YO 0 2 6 4 0 0 12 0.4
YU 0 0 9 4 1 0 14 0.4
YV 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.1
Z3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
ZD7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
ZF 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0.2
ZL 0 3 3 3 1 0 10 0.3
ZS 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0.1
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Total 35 439 1011 1019 531 96 3131
------------ 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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25 7 264 609 382 331 9 1602 51.2
14 0 13 49 222 13 1 298 9.5
15 0 14 76 127 11 0 228 7.3
04 8 43 32 69 18 22 192 6.1
05 4 31 23 56 8 20 142 4.5
03 4 19 18 28 18 5 92 2.9
24 0 3 39 30 15 0 87 2.8
28 0 1 30 15 20 0 66 2.1
11 0 1 5 10 17 13 46 1.5
08 6 6 8 10 12 4 46 1.5
19 1 8 13 7 8 0 37 1.2
31 1 5 10 7 9 1 33 1.1
30 0 4 20 1 5 1 31 1.0
16 0 3 25 3 0 0 31 1.0
20 0 3 12 9 1 0 25 0.8
13 0 1 2 2 6 10 21 0.7
01 2 2 5 5 4 0 18 0.6
09 0 3 1 2 8 4 18 0.6
07 1 2 2 4 4 2 15 0.5
32 0 3 5 3 3 0 14 0.4
33 0 2 3 6 3 0 14 0.4
18 0 1 4 7 0 0 12 0.4
27 0 0 4 2 3 1 10 0.3
29 0 1 4 1 2 0 8 0.3
06 0 2 1 1 2 0 6 0.2
10 0 1 1 1 2 1 6 0.2
12 0 0 1 0 3 2 6 0.2
02 1 1 1 2 0 0 5 0.2
35 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 0.1
40 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.1
26 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0.1
38 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0.1
17 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0.1
37 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.1
23 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.1
36 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
21 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
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Total 35 439 1011 1019 531 96 3131
Multi-band QSOs
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1 bands 1564
2 bands 318
3 bands 186
4 bands 84
5 bands 5
6 bands 2
The following stations were worked on 6 bands:
ZF1A TI7W
------- 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 13 170 508 611 202 60
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