ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: K5NA
Operator(s): WM5R
Station: K5NA
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: STX
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 79
40: 512
20: 805
15: 386
10: 19
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Total: 1801 Sections = 83 Total Score = 298,966
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Comments:
The Station at K5NA:
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10 Meters
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 152', rotatable
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 115', fixed NE
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 78', fixed NE
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 100', fixed NW
15 Meters
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 170', rotatable
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 128' fixed NE
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 86' fixed NE
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 44', rotatable from 315 to 140 degrees
20 Meters
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 190', rotatable
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 128' fixed NE
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 70' fixed NE
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 45' fixed SE
5 element Cushcraft monobander @ 104' fixed NW
9 element Cushcraft X9 tribander @ 82', rotatable
40 Meters
2 element Cushcraft XM240 @ 200', rotatable
2 element Cushcraft XM240 @ 128' fixed NE
2 element Cushcraft XM240 @ 70' fixed NW
Inverted Vee @ 35'.
80 Meters
NE - Two element phased vertical array
NW - Two element phased vertical array
SW - Sloping dipole @ 170'
160 Meters
Full sized Rohn 25G vertical with insulator at 30' and raised radials
Receiving Antennas
Nine Beverages: SW, W, NW, NNW, N, NNE, E, SE
Radios:
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Radio 1: Elecraft K3, Elecraft P3, Acom 2000A
Radio 2: Elecraft K3, Elecraft P3, Acom 2000A
SO2R Controller: microHAM MK2R+
Headset: Yamaha CM-500
Software: WriteLog V10.84D
I really appreciate Richard K5NA and Susan K5DU being such fantastic hosts.
The last time I guest operated from their farm, there was an emergency trip
to the hospital before the weekend was over. This weekend was thankfully less
eventful. Even the traffic on the highways was not bad considering that the
Formula One United States Grand Prix was being held just about 20 miles away.
With a toddler at home, I haven't had much time for amateur radio lately.
This was my first time on the radio since CQ WPX Phone eight months ago, so I
wondered how well I would do. I got off to a slow first hour, and I don't
know if it was because I was rusty, or because I started on the wrong band.
I guess 15 meters was a bit long at the time, so maybe I shoulod have started
on 20 meters. I wasn't really worried about working all the new Ontario
multipliers, and as it turns out I was called by at least one of each in just
the first two hours of the contest. I did manage five hours in a row of over
100 contacts, and I felt like my transition to 40 meters on Saturday night
went
much better than it has in recent years. Still, my weak starting hour meant
that I was playing catch-up with last year's running QSO total all night. I
ended up just a few QSOs short when I decided it was time to sleep. By that
point, all but two of the multipliers (PR and NT) had called in. AR was my
final close-in multiplier on Saturday night.
Sunday went much the same as it always does. Despite not doing as much on 10
meters this year, I ended up just passing my QSO total from last year at the
very end of the contest. Every multiplier called me at least once, with NT
being the final one to enter my log. One of my more interesting QSOs was with
a
VO2 station - you just do not work very many stations from Labrador. I
continue
to be surprised at how few contacts I make with Alberta - I made 80% more
contacts
with Montana this year than I did with Alberta. There are supposedly 4X as
many
amateur radio operators in VE6 as there are in VE4 and VE5, but I always work
at
least as many stations from Saskatchewan and Manitoba as I do from Alberta.
I think there was significantly more activity from Ontario this year. By the
end, I had worked at least eight stations in each of the new Ontario
multipliers.
ONS was the most common (19), followed by GTA (14), ONE (11), and ONN (8).
52 contacts is close to double the number of VE3 stations I worked last year.
Had
Ontario been a single multiplier this year, it would have been the 10th most
worked multiplier in my log (compared to 23rd last year).
I had fun.
-------------- 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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2100 0 0 0 29 85 0 114 114 6.3
2200 0 0 0 119 0 0 119 233 6.6
2300 0 0 0 136 0 0 136 369 7.5
0000 0 0 0 114 0 0 114 483 6.3
0100 0 0 0 101 0 0 101 584 5.6
0200 0 0 88 0 0 0 88 672 4.9
0300 0 0 96 0 0 0 96 768 5.3
0400 0 0 89 0 0 0 89 857 4.9
0500 0 0 82 0 0 0 82 939 4.5
0600 0 4 54 0 0 0 58 997 3.2
0700 0 50 5 0 0 0 55 1052 3.0
0800 0 25 18 0 0 0 43 1095 2.4
0900 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1097 0.1
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1097 0.0
1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1097 0.0
1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1097 0.0
1300 0 0 6 52 0 0 58 1155 3.2
1400 0 0 0 53 3 0 56 1211 3.1
1500 0 0 0 51 8 0 59 1270 3.3
1600 0 0 0 22 15 0 37 1307 2.0
1700 0 0 0 1 64 2 67 1374 3.7
1800 0 0 0 0 29 17 46 1420 2.5
1900 0 0 0 0 63 0 63 1483 3.5
2000 0 0 0 0 56 0 56 1539 3.1
2100 0 0 0 1 57 0 58 1597 3.2
2200 0 0 0 35 6 0 41 1638 2.3
2300 0 0 0 49 0 0 49 1687 2.7
0000 0 0 0 40 0 0 40 1727 2.2
0100 0 0 46 2 0 0 48 1775 2.6
0200 0 0 26 0 0 0 26 1801 1.4
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Total 0 79 512 805 386 19 1801
Gross QSOs=1812 Dupes=11 Net QSOs=1801
Unique callsigns worked = 1801
The best 60 minute rate was 140/hour from 2323 to 0022
The best 30 minute rate was 158/hour from 2329 to 2358
The best 10 minute rate was 174/hour from 2126 to 2135
The best 1 minute rates were:
4 QSOs/minute 15 times.
3 QSOs/minute 118 times.
2 QSOs/minute 395 times.
1 QSOs/minute 597 times.
There were 60 bandchanges and 26 (1.4%) probable 2nd radio QSO's.
Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
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3 3
4 700
5 737
6 361
------------ 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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OH 0 2 32 39 23 0 96 5.3
VA 0 3 28 44 16 0 91 5.0
MI 0 0 21 42 14 0 77 4.2
IL 0 3 21 32 15 0 71 3.9
MDC 0 5 20 21 17 1 64 3.5
MN 0 4 22 21 11 1 59 3.3
WWA 0 0 21 21 15 1 58 3.2
NC 0 1 18 17 20 0 56 3.1
AZ 0 5 11 31 6 0 53 2.9
WNY 0 1 12 21 10 2 46 2.5
IN 0 0 18 13 8 0 39 2.2
WI 0 0 12 17 10 0 39 2.2
EPA 0 0 8 15 13 0 36 2.0
EMA 0 0 5 18 11 1 35 1.9
SCV 0 3 12 13 4 2 34 1.9
NH 0 0 6 23 4 1 34 1.9
TN 0 0 14 15 5 0 34 1.9
SV 0 2 5 18 6 1 32 1.8
GA 0 0 19 9 3 0 31 1.7
NFL 0 2 11 12 5 0 30 1.7
CO 0 1 10 18 0 0 29 1.6
CT 0 0 2 13 10 1 26 1.4
SDG 0 2 6 13 5 0 26 1.4
OR 0 0 7 10 7 1 25 1.4
WPA 0 0 9 8 8 0 25 1.4
NNJ 0 0 8 11 6 0 25 1.4
ENY 0 0 7 9 9 0 25 1.4
LAX 0 0 6 10 7 0 23 1.3
ORG 0 0 11 4 8 0 23 1.3
MO 0 4 3 15 0 0 22 1.2
EB 0 0 7 10 4 0 21 1.2
EWA 0 0 5 13 2 0 20 1.1
ME 0 0 1 15 4 0 20 1.1
ONS 0 0 8 9 2 0 19 1.0
KY 0 0 4 9 4 0 17 0.9
IA 0 2 5 6 4 0 17 0.9
UT 0 3 4 9 0 0 16 0.9
SB 0 1 3 9 3 0 16 0.9
SFL 0 1 5 5 4 0 15 0.8
SJV 0 1 4 6 4 0 15 0.8
SC 0 0 5 4 5 0 14 0.8
GTA 0 0 4 6 4 0 14 0.8
SNJ 0 0 6 3 5 0 14 0.8
NLI 0 1 2 5 4 1 13 0.7
WMA 0 1 2 8 2 0 13 0.7
WCF 0 0 6 4 3 0 13 0.7
NV 0 1 3 5 4 0 13 0.7
ID 0 1 3 7 1 0 12 0.7
AL 0 1 4 7 0 0 12 0.7
NTX 0 0 0 5 5 1 11 0.6
ONE 0 0 1 8 1 1 11 0.6
BC 0 1 2 6 2 0 11 0.6
NM 0 0 3 8 0 0 11 0.6
SD 0 3 1 5 2 0 11 0.6
SF 0 1 0 5 3 1 10 0.6
STX 0 1 1 5 3 0 10 0.6
MT 0 0 3 7 0 0 10 0.6
KS 0 1 3 5 1 0 10 0.6
WV 0 1 3 2 4 0 10 0.6
QC 0 1 1 3 4 0 9 0.5
DE 0 1 0 3 2 2 8 0.4
ONN 0 0 1 6 1 0 8 0.4
NNY 0 1 4 2 1 0 8 0.4
MB 0 0 2 4 2 0 8 0.4
RI 0 0 5 0 3 0 8 0.4
OK 0 4 3 1 0 0 8 0.4
MAR 0 1 1 4 1 0 7 0.4
VT 0 0 1 3 2 1 7 0.4
AK 0 0 2 3 2 0 7 0.4
WY 0 1 0 2 3 0 6 0.3
AB 0 0 1 2 3 0 6 0.3
NE 0 3 1 2 0 0 6 0.3
MS 0 1 1 3 0 0 5 0.3
SK 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 0.3
PAC 0 1 0 3 1 0 5 0.3
AR 0 1 0 4 0 0 5 0.3
ND 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 0.2
NL 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0.2
LA 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 0.2
WTX 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 0.2
VI 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0.2
NT 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1
PR 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.1
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Total 0 79 512 805 386 19 1801
Sweepstakes Checks
Check QSOs Pct
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00 16 0.9
01 16 0.9
02 21 1.2
03 26 1.4
04 13 0.7
05 19 1.1
06 21 1.2
07 22 1.2
08 27 1.5
09 37 2.1
10 31 1.7
11 55 3.1
12 28 1.6
13 1 0.1
14 0 0.0
15 0 0.0
16 3 0.2
17 0 0.0
18 0 0.0
19 1 0.1
20 0 0.0
21 0 0.0
22 1 0.1
23 0 0.0
24 1 0.1
25 0 0.0
26 1 0.1
27 0 0.0
28 0 0.0
29 0 0.0
30 1 0.1
31 1 0.1
32 2 0.1
33 0 0.0
34 0 0.0
35 2 0.1
36 1 0.1
37 2 0.1
38 0 0.0
39 1 0.1
40 0 0.0
41 1 0.1
42 0 0.0
43 0 0.0
44 1 0.1
45 2 0.1
46 0 0.0
47 3 0.2
48 2 0.1
49 2 0.1
50 3 0.2
51 7 0.4
52 14 0.8
53 10 0.6
54 27 1.5
55 21 1.2
56 24 1.3
57 39 2.2
58 37 2.1
59 59 3.3
60 28 1.6
61 37 2.1
62 53 2.9
63 47 2.6
64 34 1.9
65 33 1.8
66 30 1.7
67 29 1.6
68 37 2.1
69 42 2.3
70 40 2.2
71 37 2.1
72 30 1.7
73 32 1.8
74 35 1.9
75 27 1.5
76 53 2.9
77 66 3.7
78 30 1.7
79 20 1.1
80 25 1.4
81 18 1.0
82 19 1.1
83 17 0.9
84 16 0.9
85 11 0.6
86 19 1.1
87 26 1.4
88 15 0.8
89 28 1.6
90 25 1.4
91 35 1.9
92 39 2.2
93 37 2.1
94 33 1.8
95 17 0.9
96 26 1.4
97 16 0.9
98 25 1.4
99 12 0.7
Callareas Worked
Area QSOs Pct
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0 170 9.4
1 168 9.3
2 184 10.2
3 195 10.8
4 248 13.8
5 63 3.5
6 220 12.2
7 193 10.7
8 198 11.0
9 162 9.0
Sweepstakes Precedents
Precedent QSOs Pct
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A 969 53.8
B 329 18.3
Q 79 4.4
M 122 6.8
U 282 15.7
S 20 1.1
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