ARRL RTTY Roundup - 2020
Call: P49X
Operator(s): W0YK
Station: P40L/P49Y
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: FK52al
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band RTTY Qs Dig Qs
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80: 372 0
40: 852 0
20: 1096 0
15: 509 0
10: 0 0
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Total: 2829 0 State/Prov = 56 Countries = 61 Total Score = 330,993
Club:
Comments:
Great fun, although Saturday and Sunday couldn’t have been more different.
Saturday was surprisingly good, especially for this portion of the solar cycle.
Sunday was classic Sweepstakes “Sunday doldrums”.
One of my all-time highest hourly rates was the first clock hour of this
contest. That’s never happened before because it usually takes a bit of
operating to find my rhythm. It was nice to hit it immediately. There wasn’t
as much incoming rate as in the peak years, so that limited the service rate and
it rolled off faster too. I’ve done this contest 16 years in a row now, so I
watched my hourly results vs. the past 15 years and an average of those years.
Throughout Saturday I stayed above the average but behind my best years. When I
took my main mid-contest break after 13.5 hours, I was slightly ahead of the
15-year average. It’s interesting that a third of the total QSOs were made in
the first 5 hours and two thirds are made by the half-way mark. That’s just
the reality of our limited participation number.
Sunday was a rude awakening. I only had 20m to work with, without a much of a
second band, for an excruciatingly long time. 40 was open to NA but there were
few stations on and even fewer that I hadn’t already worked. I wondered if 15
would ever open. I kept checking and trying to stir up action, but no dice.
Finally, at 10:21am local time I got my first answer to a 15m CQ: TG9ANF. A
while later, the States started trickling in, then a bit of EU. But even when
the band opened it wasn’t as good as Saturday. I’m not sure how much was
due to conditions vs. activity level. The rate sheet below tells the dismal
story. In fact there was a period where it seemed we were headed for an radio
blackout with signals all but disappearing in strength.
I also tried 10m but could never get a Q. Not a big loss for this contest
unless the band is wide open where additional QSOs are available from the fixed
participant number. Otherwise, 15/20 are sufficient for the SO2R operator
during the day. Around 3pm local, I couldn’t take it any longer and grabbed a
30-minute break just to get away from the slow agony. Coming back, somewhat
refreshed, I ditched 15 for 40 but there really wasn’t much improvement in
rate. There was a short burst of rate in the late afternoon, but Sunday was
definitely not as fun as Saturday.
Last year I addressed the Sunday Doldrums in RU by switching (unplanned) to FT8
and felt it increased the rate and total QSO count plus a few mults. It was a
fun experiment and I’m glad I did it once. I resisted that urge this year
because it moves the entry into the Unlimited (Assisted) category without the
benefit of using Packet for RTTY. And, I prefer to push myself to find mults
and wanted to operate that way. Also, I’m on the fence about a multi-mode
digital contest. I suppose it is analogous to the ARRL 10-Meter Contest with CW
and SSB but that contest provides single mode entries so there’s not the
incentive to optimize mode strategy. OTOH, maybe that’s a nice format to have
for a few contests where the operator has to use mode choices judiciously.
This is the first contest using the all new towers and antennas at the cottage
here. We took the old stuff down in late October/early November and got a lot
of the new replacements up. The week before RU, I did some more tasks and
we’ll be back in February to get it all wrapped up. Well, it’s never
“wrapped up” because there’s always maintenance and improvements, but the
bulk of the rebuild should soon be complete. So far everything has worked fine,
but it’s never as straightforward as the plan.
Thanks to all for the QSOs, including the multi-banders (136 on all four bands).
Thanks to John W6LD/P40L and Andy AE6Y/P49Y for sharing their cottage station.
Look forward to doing this again with you all next month for WPX RTTY.
Ed
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Rohn 45 tower (66’): Single boom 2-element shortened 40m interlaced with
4-element 20m (67’); 80m Inverted-V (65’); 160m Double-L (65’)
North Rohn 25 tower (50’): Single boom 5-element 15 interlaced with 6-element
10 (52’)
South Rohn 25 tower (43’): Tri-bander
Beverages: 4 controlled by K9AY switchbox: JA/West-US, East US, EU and East-West
(AF and OC)
K3S/P3/K-pod x 2
Alpha amps: 86 and 91B
WriteLog 12.46D, TinyFSK keyer, networked ThinkPads (one per radio plus a main
spare)
Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) by K5KA & N6TV
http://bit.ly/cabstat
CALLSIGN: P49X
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
CONTEST: ARRL-RTTY
OPERATORS: W0YK
-------------- 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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1800 0 0 0 106 114 0 220 220 7.8
1900 0 0 0 109 74 0 183 403 14.2
2000 0 0 0 98 85 0 183 586 20.7
2100 0 0 82 110 10 0 202 788 27.9
2200 0 0 76 79 0 0 155 943 33.3
2300 0 3 74 42 0 0 119 1062 37.5
0000 0 45 93 0 0 0 138 1200 42.4
0100 0 39 84 0 0 0 123 1323 46.8
0200 0 41 65 0 0 0 106 1429 50.5
0300 0 57 63 0 0 0 120 1549 54.8
0400 0 46 56 0 0 0 102 1651 58.4
0500 0 53 48 0 0 0 101 1752 61.9
0600 0 62 39 0 0 0 101 1853 65.5
0700 0 26 24 0 0 0 50 1903 67.3
0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1903 67.3
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1903 67.3
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1903 67.3
1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1903 67.3
1200 0 0 11 20 0 0 31 1934 68.4
1300 0 0 19 58 0 0 77 2011 71.1
1400 0 0 1 63 12 0 76 2087 73.8
1500 0 0 0 73 35 0 108 2195 77.6
1600 0 0 0 57 45 0 102 2297 81.2
1700 0 0 0 47 52 0 99 2396 84.7
1800 0 0 0 48 56 0 104 2500 88.4
1900 0 0 0 24 26 0 50 2550 90.1
2000 0 0 21 34 0 0 55 2605 92.1
2100 0 0 32 43 0 0 75 2680 94.7
2200 0 0 35 46 0 0 81 2761 97.6
2300 0 0 29 39 0 0 68 2829 100.0
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Total 0 372 852 1096 509 0 2829
Gross QSOs=2869 Dupes=40 Net QSOs=2829
Unique callsigns worked = 1533
The best 60 minute rate was 220/hour from 1800 to 1859
The best 30 minute rate was 238/hour from 2132 to 2201
The best 10 minute rate was 258/hour from 2144 to 2153
The best 1 minute rates were:
6 QSOs/minute 8 times.
5 QSOs/minute 43 times.
4 QSOs/minute 142 times.
3 QSOs/minute 263 times.
2 QSOs/minute 398 times.
1 QSOs/minute 413 times.
There were 1644 bandchanges and 1055 (37.3%) 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 0 295 663 867 488 0 2313 81.8
South America 0 1 1 4 13 0 19 0.7
Europe 0 76 176 185 6 0 443 15.7
Asia 0 0 7 35 0 0 42 1.5
Africa 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0.1
Oceania 0 0 3 4 2 0 9 0.3
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Total 0 372 852 1096 509 0 2829
Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
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3 5
4 1209
5 1056
6 553
7 5
8 1
------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------
Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
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4X 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
8P 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.1
9A 0 2 2 0 1 0 5 0.2
CE 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1
CM 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 0.1
CT 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0.1
CX 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
DL 0 9 22 27 0 0 58 2.1
EA 0 2 3 3 0 0 8 0.3
EA8 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0.1
EI 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1
ER 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.1
EU 0 1 4 3 0 0 8 0.3
F 0 3 10 10 1 0 24 0.8
G 0 3 5 8 0 0 16 0.6
GI 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
GM 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
GU 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
GW 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.1
HA 0 1 4 3 0 0 8 0.3
HB 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
HC 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1
HI 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.1
I 0 7 30 32 0 0 69 2.4
*IT9 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.1
JA 0 0 2 35 0 0 37 1.3
K 0 275 615 801 457 0 2148 75.9
KG4 0 1 2 1 2 0 6 0.2
KH6 0 0 2 3 2 0 7 0.2
LA 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 0.1
LU 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 0.1
LX 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.1
LY 0 2 2 2 0 0 6 0.2
LZ 0 2 2 1 0 0 5 0.2
OE 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0.1
OH 0 0 1 4 0 0 5 0.2
OH0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
OK 0 6 9 7 2 0 24 0.8
OM 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.1
ON 0 4 4 5 0 0 13 0.5
OZ 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 0.1
PA 0 4 5 21 0 0 30 1.1
PY 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 0.2
S5 0 4 3 4 0 0 11 0.4
SM 0 2 1 6 0 0 9 0.3
SP 0 3 9 13 1 0 26 0.9
SV 0 1 6 2 0 0 9 0.3
TA 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.1
TF 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
TG 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0.1
TK 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
UA 0 2 12 6 0 0 20 0.7
UA2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
UA9 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.1
UR 0 5 18 6 0 0 29 1.0
VE 0 16 38 61 27 0 142 5.0
VK 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
XE 0 0 2 3 0 0 5 0.2
YB 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
YL 0 3 1 3 0 0 7 0.2
YO 0 2 4 1 0 0 7 0.2
YU 0 2 4 2 0 0 8 0.3
YV 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.1
Z3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
ZF 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
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Total 0 372 852 1096 509 0 2829
------------ 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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-DX- 0 80 197 233 23 0 533 18.8
CA 0 26 55 64 40 0 185 6.5
PA 0 22 37 50 28 0 137 4.8
VA 0 20 39 38 20 0 117 4.1
NY 0 15 32 40 26 0 113 4.0
TX 0 10 32 39 32 0 113 4.0
MN 0 13 30 36 28 0 107 3.8
IL 0 7 28 42 21 0 98 3.5
OH 0 11 30 31 18 0 90 3.2
ON 0 10 18 32 17 0 77 2.7
FL 0 9 23 39 5 0 76 2.7
NC 0 8 21 30 14 0 73 2.6
TN 0 5 16 21 16 0 58 2.1
MI 0 9 18 19 11 0 57 2.0
MD 0 10 15 16 12 0 53 1.9
IN 0 8 13 18 13 0 52 1.8
WI 0 6 14 21 10 0 51 1.8
AZ 0 7 14 23 5 0 49 1.7
MA 0 7 17 14 11 0 49 1.7
NJ 0 8 13 13 14 0 48 1.7
WA 0 4 14 25 5 0 48 1.7
AL 0 8 11 15 12 0 46 1.6
MO 0 5 13 17 11 0 46 1.6
SC 0 5 13 16 8 0 42 1.5
OR 0 6 9 17 7 0 39 1.4
CO 0 3 11 16 8 0 38 1.3
CT 0 3 7 11 10 0 31 1.1
KY 0 5 10 8 7 0 30 1.1
IA 0 3 8 9 9 0 29 1.0
ID 0 1 8 11 6 0 26 0.9
KS 0 4 6 10 4 0 24 0.8
AR 0 5 4 9 5 0 23 0.8
NH 0 3 5 8 7 0 23 0.8
MS 0 2 5 9 5 0 21 0.7
GA 0 0 8 8 5 0 21 0.7
QC 0 2 8 7 2 0 19 0.7
BC 0 3 4 8 2 0 17 0.6
ME 0 3 4 6 3 0 16 0.6
NV 0 1 4 6 2 0 13 0.5
LA 0 3 4 4 2 0 13 0.5
SD 0 2 4 4 3 0 13 0.5
MT 0 2 3 6 1 0 12 0.4
VT 0 2 2 3 3 0 10 0.4
UT 0 1 3 4 2 0 10 0.4
WV 0 0 2 5 3 0 10 0.4
NM 0 3 2 5 0 0 10 0.4
AB 0 1 2 5 2 0 10 0.4
RI 0 0 2 4 2 0 8 0.3
OK 0 0 4 2 2 0 8 0.3
DE 0 1 1 3 2 0 7 0.2
SK 0 0 3 3 1 0 7 0.2
NS 0 0 2 3 2 0 7 0.2
NE 0 0 2 3 1 0 6 0.2
WY 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 0.1
MB 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1
NF 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.1
DC 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
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Total 0 372 852 1096 509 0 2829
U.S. Call Areas Worked
Area QSOs Pct
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0 247 8.7
1 161 5.7
2 194 6.9
3 238 8.4
4 328 11.6
5 189 6.7
6 215 7.6
7 180 6.4
8 194 6.9
9 202 7.1
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Total 2148 75.9
Multi-band QSOs
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1 bands 752
2 bands 402
3 bands 243
4 bands 136
5 bands 0
6 bands 0
------- 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 0 42 224 407 79 0
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