CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
Call: NJ4M
Operator(s): K1TO
Station: K1TO
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: FL
Operating Time (hrs): 36
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 21
80: 231
40: 854
20: 1853
15: 119
10: 11
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Total: 3089 Prefixes = 990 Total Score = 6,601,320
Club: Florida Contest Group
Comments:
I have actually never operated a serious DX SSB contest as a single op prior to
this!
EXPECTATIONS:
1) Leading up to the contest, all predictions were for quiet atmospheric
conditions.
2) 15M was fun from Florida during the two ARRL DX weekends, so there was no
reason to expect otherwise this weekend.
3) Get the SO2R set-up working on SSB for the first time ever.
4) Based on a good weather report, a static-free weekend.
5) Lots of 6-pointers on 40 with low sunspots and a decent antenna that finally
rotates again.
6) A bunch of Japanese QSOs on 20 to increase the prefix count.
7) FUN!
REALITY:
1) Other than the very beginning and very end, conditions were unexpectedly
bad. After staying at 0 or 1 for many days, the K-index rose on Friday and was
often 3 or 4 during the contest.
2) Checked 15 several times on Saturday and heard nothing to the east at all.
Finally on Sunday near 17Z, a few EAs and Fs answered, but the band never
really opened.
3) Many thanks to Gary, W9XT for getting a custom cable to arrive on Friday.
It worked fine, but it turned out that I had two other issues preventing SO2R
on SSB.
4) Static Friday night was steady and annoying, but not crippling.
5) Very disappointing DX results on 40, with many DX stations not listening up
at all.
6) 3 total JAs all weekend. When JI2ZEY called at 2215 on Sunday, I was
energized with hope for a nice JA run to finish the contest, but I never heard
another JA at all.
7) FrUstratioN.
There is a deeper pool of prefixes to work than ever before, especially in
Western EU, and thanks go out to all of those that made the effort to operate
despite the less-than-perfect condx.
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL percent
North America SSB 14 101 745 1035 30 1 1926 62.0
South America SSB 1 1 12 43 44 10 111 3.6
Europe SSB 5 124 88 745 28 0 990 31.9
Asia SSB 0 2 4 15 3 0 24 0.8
Africa SSB 1 3 4 14 13 0 35 1.1
Oceania SSB 0 0 4 14 1 0 19 0.6
HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT
OFF
0 ..... ..... 158/102 ..... ..... ..... 158/102 158/102
1 . 4/2 73/28 . . . 77/30 235/132
2 . 67/48 . . . . 67/48 302/180
3 . 35/27 21/10 . . . 56/37 358/217
4 . . 107/55 . . . 107/55 465/272
5 . . 105/44 . . . 105/44 570/316
6 . . 15/5 . . . 15/5 585/321
50
off . . . . . . . 585/321
4H
11 . . . 40/27 . . 40/27 625/348
16
12 . . . 63/33 . . 63/33 688/381
13 . . . 84/32 . . 84/32 772/413
14 . . . 146/35 . . 146/35 918/448
15 . . . 123/28 . . 123/28 1041/476
16 ..... ..... ..... 123/32 ..... ..... 123/32 1164/508
17 . . . 121/33 . . 121/33 1285/541
18 . . . 119/29 . . 119/29 1404/570
19 . . . 112/31 . . 112/31 1516/601
20 . . . 96/30 . . 96/30 1612/631
21 . . . 119/35 . . 119/35 1731/666
22 . . . 48/17 35/23 11/8 94/48 1825/714
23 . . 80/10 1/0 . . 81/10 1906/724
0 ..... ..... 119/13 ..... ..... ..... 119/13 2025/737
1 . . . 10/7 . . 10/7 2035/744
47
2 6/1 13/4 . 5/0 . . 24/5 2059/749
40
3 . 58/9 . . . . 58/9 2117/758
4 . 32/6 51/14 . . . 83/20 2200/778
5 15/2 19/1 28/3 . . . 62/6 2262/784
6 . . 13/2 . . . 13/2 2275/786
48
off . . . . . . . 2275/786
4H
11 . . . 16/9 . . 16/9 2291/795
42
12 . . . 62/22 . . 62/22 2353/817
13 . . . 68/26 . . 68/26 2421/843
14 . . . 49/10 . . 49/10 2470/853
15 . . . 50/11 16/4 . 66/15 2536/868
16 ..... ..... ..... 12/3 32/7 ..... 44/10 2580/878
17 . . . 12/5 33/8 . 45/13 2625/891
18 . . . 62/14 . . 62/14 2687/905
19 . . . 78/23 . . 78/23 2765/928
20 . . . 85/20 . . 85/20 2850/948
21 . . . 71/18 . . 71/18 2921/966
22 . . . 78/13 . . 78/13 2999/979
23 . 3/0 84/9 . 3/3 . 90/12 3089/991
DAY1 ..... 106/77 559/254 1195/362 35/23 11/8 ..... 1906/724
5:06
DAY2 21/3 125/20 295/41 658/181 84/22 . . 1183/267
6:57
TOT 21/3 231/97 854/295 1853/543 119/45 11/8 . 3089/991
12:03
Next contest for me is the Florida QSO Party on April 28-29 when K8NZ and I
will again use N4M/m and activate a bunch of counties. www.FloridaQSOParty.org
is the place for more info and incidentally the 2006 FQP results are posted
there now as well.
RIP, Phil, N6ZZ.
73, Dan, K1TO
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