CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: K2UA
Operator(s): K2UA
Station:
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: WNY
Operating Time (hrs): 38
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 8 5 5
80: 35 9 28
40: 587 25 79
20: 586 30 95
15: 662 29 87
10: 694 30 88
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Total: 2572 128 382 = 3,773,490
Club/Team: NCC
Comments:
Boy, this was painful.
Although I live at 42.5 degrees north latitude, I learned Friday that,
according to a page linked to spaceweather.com, my magnetic latitude is 53
degrees. This is one of the things I probably would have been better off not
knowing until after the contest was over!
After 15.5 hours of pounding my head against the proverbial wall, I checked
WWV. BIG mistake. When I heard the K index (7, and just down from a peak of
9--the top of the scale!), I simply pushed back from the radios and spent a few
hours doing other things with my wife and kids. I regret that immensely in
retrospect (bailing out, not spending time with the family!); I was just unable
to continue at that time.
When I got back to the radio a few hours later, things were improving
significantly. In WNY, I rely a lot on good hours to JA on Saturday evening; we
had none. That was disappointing, but Sunday evening made up for it somewhat. I
was also unhappy about the horrible conditions on 80 and 160. They were brutal.
The Saturday night EU sunrise opening was a non-starter on 20 meters, although
there were a few loud signals--but 40 was really good. Like the bottom of the
cycle, when this opening ended, all the bands were crappy until just before
local sunrise.
Sunday morning the SB-220 blew up after about 90 minutes of CQing on 20 meters.
It has always been a workhorse; now it needs HV work. Lost a few minutes just
before sunrise putting the single 3CX800 amplifier in its place, and it chugged
along great, but I felt like I was between the two engines of a fighter jet
(AL-1500 on one side, this amp on the other).
I was really glad for Sunday's conditions, because the contest ended on a high
note. If I can do Sunday numbers like this next year--after normal Saturday
hours--I'll be tickled pink!
Although the contest was relatively horrible, I am really glad to have had this
experience. I learned some things about the bands, about my own shortcomings
and how to deal with them to do better in the future; and about how much I take
normal conditions for granted. Brings to mind something our pastor said last
week: "The rain that soaks the laundry on the clothesline also waters the
flowers."
-------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y --------------
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
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0000 0 0 50 2 9 0 61 2.4
0100 0 0 53 18 0 0 71 2.7
0200 0 0 57 33 0 0 90 3.5
0300 0 7 67 3 0 0 77 3.0
0400 1 4 57 12 0 0 74 2.9
0500 2 6 33 2 0 0 43 1.7
0600 3 5 23 2 0 0 33 1.3
0700 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.1
0800 0 0 1 10 0 0 11 0.4
0900 0 0 9 41 0 0 50 1.9
1000 2 4 6 12 0 0 24 0.9
1100 0 0 1 21 4 0 26 1.0
1200 0 0 0 13 11 1 25 1.0
1300 0 0 0 1 11 2 14 0.5
1400 0 0 0 0 6 31 37 1.4
1500 0 0 0 6 6 11 23 0.9
1600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
1700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
1800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
1900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
2000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
2100 0 0 0 36 5 2 43 1.7
2200 0 0 0 51 4 12 67 2.6
2300 0 0 22 23 2 3 50 1.9
0000 0 0 36 12 0 0 48 1.9
0100 0 1 29 2 5 0 37 1.4
0200 0 2 39 9 0 0 50 1.9
0300 0 0 31 2 0 0 33 1.3
0400 0 6 0 0 0 0 6 0.2
0500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
0600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
0700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
0800 0 0 35 6 0 0 41 1.6
0900 0 0 36 5 0 0 41 1.6
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
1100 0 0 0 16 36 0 52 2.0
1200 0 0 0 0 23 142 165 6.4
1300 0 0 0 0 0 168 168 6.5
1400 0 0 0 0 2 134 136 5.3
1500 0 0 0 0 115 28 143 5.5
1600 0 0 0 0 127 8 135 5.2
1700 0 0 0 0 130 7 137 5.3
1800 0 0 0 0 62 39 101 3.9
1900 0 0 0 0 43 37 80 3.1
2000 0 0 0 55 47 9 111 4.3
2100 0 0 0 104 4 0 108 4.2
2200 0 0 0 77 2 14 93 3.6
2300 0 0 0 12 8 46 66 2.6
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Total 8 35 587 586 662 694 2572
Gross QSO's=2583 Dupes=11 Net QSO's=2572
Unique callsigns worked = 1826
The best 60 minute rate was 186/hour from 1217 to 1316
The best 30 minute rate was 188/hour from 1217 to 1246
The best 10 minute rate was 216/hour from 1224 to 1233
The best 1 minute rates were:
5 QSO's/minute 7 times.
4 QSO's/minute 58 times.
3 QSO's/minute 207 times.
2 QSO's/minute 476 times.
1 QSO's/minute 732 times.
There were 567 bandchanges and 271 probable 2nd radio QSO's.
------------ 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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14 0 5 212 197 251 227 892 34.5
15 0 8 197 201 222 232 860 33.3
16 0 1 58 50 81 80 270 10.5
25 0 0 2 28 8 44 82 3.2
08 1 11 16 13 21 15 77 3.0
20 0 0 13 13 20 17 63 2.4
04 3 3 27 9 6 9 57 2.2
05 2 3 25 3 3 6 42 1.6
33 0 1 6 7 6 7 27 1.0
03 0 0 5 11 8 3 27 1.0
17 0 0 3 9 7 6 25 1.0
13 0 0 1 5 3 10 19 0.7
11 0 0 3 6 2 6 17 0.7
09 0 1 2 5 3 2 13 0.5
10 1 2 2 2 1 3 11 0.4
31 0 0 2 2 2 2 8 0.3
01 0 0 0 2 2 3 7 0.3
38 0 0 3 0 0 3 6 0.2
35 0 0 1 1 2 2 6 0.2
06 0 0 2 2 1 1 6 0.2
19 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 0.2
39 0 0 1 0 3 1 5 0.2
18 0 0 1 3 0 1 5 0.2
21 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 0.2
07 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 0.2
32 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 0.2
30 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 0.2
28 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 0.2
12 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1
36 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1
02 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0.1
26 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0.1
37 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.1
27 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.1
23 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
40 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
22 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
29 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
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Total 8 35 587 586 662 694 2572
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