ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: W4ZV
Operator(s): W4ZV
Station: W4ZV
Class: SOSB/10 HP
QTH: North Am
Operating Time (hrs): 31
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160:
80:
40:
20:
15:
10: 2212 135
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Total: 2212 135 Total Score = 895,860
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
Very strange contest for me! I was debating whether to do it at all since my
XYL had an out-of-town guest. The weather forecast looked rainy for the weekend
and then they decided they would rather use our season symphony tickets for a
"girls night out" so I decided to go for it and not feel guilty.
I had my rate sheet from my 2000 record in front of me and Friday night
started out poorly with 190/19 compared to 251/29 in 2000. Saturday morning
started with a bang and I had my best SSB hour ever with a 217 hour at 1241Z!
Then things quickly slowed down and I became sandwiched between two loud EU
stations. I tried moving much higher in the band but that didn't help much.
The bottom line is that I only had 3 hours above 100 compared to 7 hours in
2000! Saturday night was also poor and I was now 1471/114 versus 1818/116 in
2000 by the time I QRT. Sunday morning started slowly and Bernie W3UR at W3LPL
stopped by and asked how I was doing before the band opened to EU. I was
SHOCKED when he said they had about 1900 and I was still just under 1500!
Sunday was slow even though I moved high in the band and I never had ONE hour
above 100 compared to 2 in 2000. I ground out the rest of the day and
maintained my 400 QSO deficit compared to W3LPL and about the same compared to
my 2000 record (2577/127).
The only bright spot was all the truly exotic DX that called and I had 8
more mults than in 2000. If I could have made about 200 more Q's, I might have
broken my record, but I honestly still do not understand what I would do
differently. I finished down 12% in Q's compared to the average of W3LPL
(2634), K9NS (2559) and KC1XX (2345) and I'm normally much closer. Anyway it
was a fun way to spend a rainy weekend and thanks to everyone for the QSO's!
73, Bill W4ZV
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL percent
North America SSB 0 0 0 0 0 53 53 2.3
South America SSB 0 0 0 0 0 99 99 4.3
Europe SSB 0 0 0 0 0 1583 1583 69.0
Asia SSB 0 0 0 0 0 494 494 21.5
Africa SSB 0 0 0 0 0 24 24 1.0
Oceania SSB 0 0 0 0 0 40 40 1.7
BREAKDOWN QSO/mults W4ZV ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST Single Operator
HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT
0 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 95/13 95/13 95/13
1 . . . . . 71/4 71/4 166/17
2 . . . . . 17/0 17/0 183/17
3 . . . . . 7/2 7/2 190/19
4 . . . . . . . 190/19
5 . . . . . . . 190/19
6 . . . . . . . 190/19
7 . . . . . . . 190/19
8 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 190/19
9 . . . . . . . 190/19
10 . . . . . . . 190/19
11 . . . . . 90/28 90/28 280/47
12 . . . . . 209/23 209/23 489/70
13 . . . . . 143/4 143/4 632/74
14 . . . . . 124/4 124/4 756/78
15 . . . . . 77/3 77/3 833/81
16 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 72/0 72/0 905/81
17 . . . . . 88/2 88/2 993/83
18 . . . . . 76/5 76/5 1069/88
19 . . . . . 70/8 70/8 1139/96
20 . . . . . 62/10 62/10 1201/106
21 . . . . . 50/0 50/0 1251/106
22 . . . . . 86/2 86/2 1337/108
23 . . . . . 65/2 65/2 1402/110
0 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 34/2 34/2 1436/112
1 . . . . . 24/0 24/0 1460/112
2 . . . . . 11/2 11/2 1471/114
3 . . . . . . . 1471/114
4 . . . . . . . 1471/114
5 . . . . . . . 1471/114
6 . . . . . . . 1471/114
7 . . . . . . . 1471/114
8 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 1471/114
9 . . . . . . . 1471/114
10 . . . . . . . 1471/114
11 . . . . . 34/1 34/1 1505/115
12 . . . . . 87/3 87/3 1592/118
13 . . . . . 78/2 78/2 1670/120
14 . . . . . 90/3 90/3 1760/123
15 . . . . . 59/0 59/0 1819/123
16 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 51/4 51/4 1870/127
17 . . . . . 83/1 83/1 1953/128
18 . . . . . 55/0 55/0 2008/128
19 . . . . . 86/0 86/0 2094/128
20 . . . . . 37/1 37/1 2131/129
21 . . . . . 19/2 19/2 2150/131
22 . . . . . 34/2 34/2 2184/133
23 . . . . . 28/2 28/2 2212/135
DAY1 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 1402/110 ..... 1402/110
DAY2 . . . . . 810/25 . 810/25
TOT . . . . . 2212/135 . 2212/135
By comparison, here are the same numbers for my 2000 record:
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL percent
North America SSB 0 0 0 0 0 51 51 1.9
South America SSB 0 0 0 0 0 108 108 4.0
Europe SSB 0 0 0 0 0 1836 1836 67.2
Asia SSB 0 0 0 0 0 661 661 24.2
Africa SSB 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 0.6
Oceania SSB 0 0 0 0 0 60 60 2.2
BREAKDOWN QSO/mults W4ZV ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST Single Operator
HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOT
0 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 85/18 85/18 85/18
1 . . . . . 100/5 100/5 185/23
2 . . . . . 49/3 49/3 234/26
3 . . . . . 17/3 17/3 251/29
4 . . . . . . . 251/29
5 . . . . . . . 251/29
6 . . . . . . . 251/29
7 . . . . . . . 251/29
8 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 251/29
9 . . . . . . . 251/29
10 . . . . . 7/7 7/7 258/36
11 . . . . . 129/26 129/26 387/62
12 . . . . . 176/14 176/14 563/76
13 . . . . . 177/8 177/8 740/84
14 . . . . . 126/7 126/7 866/91
15 . . . . . 132/4 132/4 998/95
16 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 117/3 117/3 1115/98
17 . . . . . 106/2 106/2 1221/100
18 . . . . . 96/1 96/1 1317/101
19 . . . . . 78/5 78/5 1395/106
20 . . . . . 44/1 44/1 1439/107
21 . . . . . 33/4 33/4 1472/111
22 . . . . . 67/2 67/2 1539/113
23 . . . . . 68/2 68/2 1607/115
0 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 79/1 79/1 1686/116
1 . . . . . 76/0 76/0 1762/116
2 . . . . . 53/0 53/0 1815/116
3 . . . . . 3/0 3/0 1818/116
4 . . . . . . . 1818/116
5 . . . . . . . 1818/116
6 . . . . . . . 1818/116
7 . . . . . . . 1818/116
8 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 1818/116
9 . . . . . . . 1818/116
10 . . . . . 1/0 1/0 1819/116
11 . . . . . 67/1 67/1 1886/117
12 . . . . . 106/0 106/0 1992/117
13 . . . . . 115/2 115/2 2107/119
14 . . . . . 74/0 74/0 2181/119
15 . . . . . 37/0 37/0 2218/119
16 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 72/0 72/0 2290/119
17 . . . . . 61/0 61/0 2351/119
18 . . . . . 58/0 58/0 2409/119
19 . . . . . 57/0 57/0 2466/119
20 . . . . . 40/1 40/1 2506/120
21 . . . . . 22/3 22/3 2528/123
22 . . . . . 31/4 31/4 2559/127
23 . . . . . 30/0 30/0 2589/127
DAY1 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 1607/115 ..... 1607/115
DAY2 . . . . . 982/12 . 982/12
TOT . . . . . 2589/127 . 2589/127
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