ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: N5AW
Operator(s): N5AW
Station: N5AW
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: TX
Operating Time (hrs): 39
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 27 20
80: 78 44
40: 236 75
20: 195 74
15: 708 99
10: 344 77
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Total: 1588 389 Total Score = 1,853,196
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Comments:
I went into this one with rather low expectations �" not feeling great due
to a bad case of allergies, solar cycle on the decline and disturbed conditions
predicted. I got off to a poor start then some audio issues surfaced in the
second hour requiring reprogramming of my DVK. By the time I quit for a few
hours sleep at 0900 I was down 250 QSOs from my 2015 results. Back at it after
3 hours sleep and, although doing a little better, by 2100 UTC I was 380 behind
last year. Then things began to improve beginning with a great JA/Asia run on 15
meters. Later I worked three Europeans on 160 - difficult to do from Texas on
SSB with low power. Then I was amazed to get a great 30 minute run of Europeans
on 40 meters before I lost my run frequency. I was exhausted though after
struggling to pull those folks out of the noise and QRM so I packed it in for
another 3 hours of sleep. By now though had pulled to within 300 Q's of 2015.
When I got back on the radio at 1245 20 meters was wide open and 15 wasn't far
behind - should have gotten up a little earlier! By 1430, much to my surprise,
ten meters was showing signs of a decent opening to Europe. Finding a good run
frequency was difficult. The skip was so long I could not hear most US
stations. I was able to piece together several short runs though and ended up
with 182 Europeans on ten - more than I worked on 40 or 20 (but well below the
507 in 2015). The opening was widespread - SM, OH, DL, I, G, etc but activity
level seemed low. Highlight was working I5KAP who was running only 500 mw! By
mid-afternoon conditions seemed to deteriorate. Although EA and CT were still
coming through on 10, Europe was weak on 20 and many signals were watery. After
the European opening I was hoping ten would open to JA but no such luck and the
last three hours were a struggle as usually seems to be the case. I ended up
with 282 less contacts but 7 more multipliers than 2015. That was much better
than I thought I would do after the first evening but also feel I should have
done better. I did not spend enough time on 20 meters but that is a really
tough band on SSB and not much fun with low power from here. Putting in a few
less hours and getting a little more sleep made the contest enjoyable and
probably did not hurt the score very much. Some statistics below for anyone
interested. - Marv N5AW
The best 60 minute rate was 112/hour from 1423 to 1522
The best 30 minute rate was 152/hour from 1430 to 1459
The best 10 minute rate was 186/hour from 1439 to 1448
The following stations were worked on 6 bands:
KH6J YV1KK PJ2T 6Y1LZ TI5W NP2X
TM6M C6ANA TI5M P40L VP2MMF ED7P
CR2X PJ4G C6ANM WP2AA V26M
2016 ARRL DX Test N5AW
Continent List
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL
--- --- --- --- --- --- ---
NA calls = 18 23 26 31 41 42 181
SA calls = 5 9 23 30 38 93 198
Euro calls = 4 36 155 101 412 182 890
African calls = 0 2 4 5 4 9 24
Asian calls = 0 0 5 13 13 0 31
Japan calls = 0 5 13 8 183 2 211
Ocean calls = 1 3 13 7 18 16 58
Total calls = 28 78 239 195 709 344 1592
2016 ARRL DX Test N5AW
QSOs MADE IN EACH COUNTRY
Country Prefix 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total
Percent
------- ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -----
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1 Senegal 6W - 1 1 - - 1 3
0.19
2 Jamaica 6Y 2 2 3 1 2 2 12
0.75
3 Barbados 8P - - 1 1 - 1 3
0.19
4 Croatia 9A - 3 6 2 7 3 21
1.32
5 Zambia 9J - - - - - 1 1
0.06
6 Kuwait 9K - - 2 - 1 - 3
0.19
7 East Malaysia 9M6 - - - - 1 - 1
0.06
8 Singapore 9V - - 1 - - - 1
0.06
9 United Arab Emirates A6 - - - - 1 - 1
0.06
10 Qatar A7 - - - - 1 - 1
0.06
11 Bahrain A9 - - - - 1 - 1
0.06
12 Taiwan BV - - - - 1 - 1
0.06
13 China BY - - - - 2 - 2
0.13
14 Bahamas C6 3 2 2 2 3 3 15
0.94
15 Mozambique C9 - - - - 1 1 2
0.13
16 Chile CE - - 3 4 4 7 18
1.13
17 Cuba CM - 3 2 1 4 3 13
0.82
18 Morocco CN - 1 1 1 1 1 5
0.31
19 Portugal CT - 1 1 4 6 4 16
1.00
20 Azores CU 1 2 2 2 3 3 13
0.82
21 Uruguay CX - - - 1 1 7 9
0.56
22 Cape Verde D4 - - - 1 - - 1
0.06
23 Fed. Rep. of Germany DL - 4 15 7 52 24 102
6.40
24 Philippines DU - - 1 - 3 - 4
0.25
25 South Cook Islands E5/s - - - 1 - - 1
0.06
26 Bosnia-Herzegovina E7 - 1 2 1 1 2 7
0.44
27 Spain EA 1 5 13 13 14 16 62
3.89
28 Balearic Islands EA6 - 1 - 1 1 1 4
0.25
29 Canary Islands EA8 - - 2 2 2 2 8
0.50
30 Ireland EI 1 2 4 1 12 6 26
1.63
31 Estonia ES - - 1 1 1 1 4
0.25
32 Belarus EU - - 3 1 5 - 9
0.56
33 France F 1 2 10 4 26 27 70
4.39
34 Guadeloupe FG 1 1 1 2 2 2 9
0.56
35 Martinique FM - - 1 2 1 1 5
0.31
36 French Polynesia FO - - - - - 1 1
0.06
37 French Guiana FY - - - - 1 1 2
0.13
38 England G - 2 5 3 24 19 53
3.33
39 Northern Ireland GI - - - - 3 - 3
0.19
40 Scotland GM - 1 1 1 10 3 16
1.00
41 Wales GW - 1 1 - - 2 4
0.25
42 Hungary HA - 1 6 4 5 3 19
1.19
43 Switzerland HB - 1 4 2 9 5 21
1.32
44 Ecuador HC - 2 1 1 2 3 9
0.56
45 Dominican Republic HI 2 2 2 2 1 3 12
0.75
46 Colombia HK 1 - 2 3 1 4 11
0.69
47 San Andres & Providencia HK0/a - - - - 1 - 1
0.06
48 Republic of Korea HL - - - - 2 - 2
0.13
49 Panama HP - - - - 1 2 3
0.19
50 Italy I - 3 18 17 50 22 110
6.91
51 Grenada J3 - - - - 1 - 1
0.06
52 Japan JA - 5 13 8 183 2 211
13.25
53 Guam KH2 - - - - 1 1 2
0.13
54 Hawaii KH6 1 3 5 5 7 7 28
1.76
55 Alaska KL - - 1 4 4 - 9
0.56
56 US Virgin Islands KP2 3 3 4 4 5 6 25
1.57
57 Puerto Rico KP4 - 2 2 3 7 9 23
1.44
58 Norway LA - - - - - 1 1
0.06
59 Argentina LU - 1 1 2 3 20 27
1.69
60 Luxembourg LX - 1 1 1 1 - 4
0.25
61 Lithuania LY - - - 1 4 1 6
0.38
62 Bulgaria LZ - - 2 1 5 - 8
0.50
63 Peru OA - - - 1 2 2 5
0.31
64 Lebanon OD - - - - 1 - 1
0.06
65 Austria OE - 1 2 - 4 1 8
0.50
66 Finland OH - - 2 3 7 2 14
0.88
67 Aland Islands OH0 - - - - 2 - 2
0.13
68 Czech Republic OK - 1 4 3 14 2 24
1.51
69 Slovak Republic OM - - 1 2 3 2 8
0.50
70 Belgium ON - 1 6 1 11 6 25
1.57
71 Denmark OZ - - - - 7 2 9
0.56
72 Aruba P4 1 2 3 3 3 4 16
1.00
73 Netherlands PA - - 7 1 18 7 33
2.07
74 Curacao PJ2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
0.38
75 Bonaire PJ4 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
0.38
76 Sint Maarten PJ7 - - - 1 - 1 2
0.13
77 Brazil PY - 1 6 10 14 37 68
4.27
78 Suriname PZ - - 1 1 1 1 4
0.25
79 Slovenia S5 - 1 6 6 9 4 26
1.63
80 Sweden SM - - 3 3 14 4 24
1.51
81 Poland SP - - 9 6 25 6 46
2.89
82 Greece SV - - 2 1 6 - 9
0.56
83 Dodecanese SV5 - - - - 1 - 1
0.06
84 Crete SV9 - - 1 1 1 - 3
0.19
85 Eastern Kiribati T32 - - - - 1 2 3
0.19
86 Asiatic Turkey TA - - 1 - 1 - 2
0.13
87 Iceland TF - - - - 1 - 1
0.06
88 Guatemala TG - - 1 2 1 - 4
0.25
89 Costa Rica TI 2 2 2 2 2 3 13
0.82
90 Corsica TK - - - - 1 1 2
0.13
91 European Russia UA - - 4 1 22 - 27
1.69
92 Kaliningrad UA2 - - 2 1 2 1 6
0.38
93 Asiatic Russia UA9 - - 1 13 2 - 16
1.00
94 Ukraine UR - - 5 2 9 - 16
1.00
95 Antigua & Barbuda V2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
0.38
96 Namibia V5 - - - - - 1 1
0.06
97 Australia VK - - 2 - 1 2 5
0.31
98 Montserrat VP2M 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
0.38
99 British Virgin Islands VP2V - - - - - 1 1
0.06
100 Turks & Caicos Islands VP5 - - - - 1 1 2
0.13
101 Bermuda VP9 1 - 1 - 1 1 4
0.25
102 Mexico XE 2 3 1 1 - - 7
0.44
103 Indonesia YB - - 4 - 2 - 6
0.38
104 Latvia YL - - 1 1 2 1 5
0.31
105 Nicaragua YN - 1 - 1 1 1 4
0.25
106 Romania YO - - 4 1 6 - 11
0.69
107 Serbia YU - 1 1 1 7 - 10
0.63
108 Venezuela YV 1 1 3 1 3 4 13
0.82
109 Macedonia Z3 - - - - 1 - 1
0.06
110 Cayman Islands ZF - - - - 1 - 1
0.06
111 New Zealand ZL - - 1 1 2 3 7
0.44
112 Paraguay ZP - - 1 1 1 1 4
0.25
113 South Africa ZS - - - 1 - 2 3 0.19
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