ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: K5ZD
Operator(s): K5ZD
Station: K5ZD
Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: W1
Operating Time (hrs): 17
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 17 14
80: 79 45
40: 234 65
20: 900 99
15: 358 91
10: 34 17
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Total: 1622 331 Total Score = 1,610,646
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
Did not really engage with the contest Friday evening. Wind was howling and
conditions were not the best. Gave up when the rain static made hearing
difficult.
This was an SO1R effort. Didn't want to deal with 2 amps running all weekend so
just used one rig. Figured I was mostly going to chase spots anyway. Only a
few times I wished I had the second rig to grab a mult without giving up the run
frequency.
Up early Sat morning and had a great run going on 20 meters. At least I did
until my wife came in and informed me she had backed the car into the partially
open garage door.
This was a contest of haves and have nots. If you had a run frequency, you made
rate. If not, you tuned or clicked on spots.
A lot of my operation on Sunday was to come in, click on spots, then leave. So
actual operating time was less than reported by the software. Called it quits
with about two hours to go. Was nice to watch the golf tournament and see people
in warm weather and short sleeves.
Conditions on 80 seemed good, but couldn't get any answers to CQs. Was lucky to
find a 40m CQ frequency early on Sat evening that provided a burst of QSOs and
mults. 20m was a zoo.
15m was marginal on Sat morning, but actually opened on Sunday morning for a few
hours. Worked a few UA3's which was a surprise. Even so, it didn't seem like
there were many people on the band. But, it sure was nice to have a run
frequency without splatter from both sides.
10m was frustrating. Stuff would be spotted and couldn't be heard. E.g., PJ4G
was loud while P40L was inaudible.
I got to listen to the FRC club roster for almost every spot on 10m and 20m on
Sunday afternoon. Those guys know how to use the cluster.
There are nuggets of fun and goodness in every contest. But, SSB surely tests
that. I kept "quitting" the contest and then would come back again for
more. Will be back for WPX SSB in a few weeks.
Rates
QSO/DX by hour and band
Hour 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total Cumm Off
0000Z 3/2 --+-- 17/11 4/3 --+-- --+-- 24/16 24/16 30
0100Z - 24/23 26/14 - - - 50/37 74/53 9
0200Z - - - - - - 0/0 74/53 60
0300Z - - - - - - 0/0 74/53 60
0400Z - - - - - - 0/0 74/53 60
0500Z - - - - - - 0/0 74/53 60
0600Z - - - - - - 0/0 74/53 60
0700Z - - - - - - 0/0 74/53 60
0800Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 0/0 74/53 60
0900Z - - - - - - 0/0 74/53 60
1000Z - - - - - - 0/0 74/53 60
1100Z - - - - - - 0/0 74/53 60
1200Z - 1/1 9/7 139/30 - - 149/38 223/91 16
1300Z - - - 162/21 10/8 - 172/29 395/120
1400Z - - - 25/5 25/21 - 50/26 445/146
1500Z - - - 15/4 15/5 - 30/9 475/155 30
1600Z --+-- --+-- --+-- 29/4 22/13 --+-- 51/17 526/172 6
1700Z - - - - - - 0/0 526/172 60
1800Z - - - 56/1 20/5 8/8 84/14 610/186 7
1900Z - - - 1/1 3/3 1/1 5/5 615/191 60
2000Z - - - - - - 0/0 615/191 60
2100Z - - 71/12 29/10 1/0 - 101/22 716/213 4
2200Z - 11/3 45/5 15/3 - - 71/11 787/224 5
2300Z - - - - - - 0/0 787/224 60
0000Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 0/0 787/224 60
0100Z - - - - - - 0/0 787/224 60
0200Z - - - - - - 0/0 787/224 60
0300Z 2/2 14/8 4/4 - - - 20/14 807/238 39
0400Z 8/6 19/8 14/3 - - - 41/17 848/255
0500Z 1/1 2/1 - - - - 3/2 851/257 60
0600Z 3/3 7/0 10/3 - - - 20/6 871/263 33
0700Z - 1/1 - - - - 1/1 872/264 59
0800Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 0/0 872/264 60
0900Z - - - - - - 0/0 872/264 60
1000Z - - - - - - 0/0 872/264 60
1100Z - - 6/4 28/0 - - 34/4 906/268 42
1200Z - - - 129/2 - - 129/2 1035/270
1300Z - - - 118/3 34/8 - 152/11 1187/281
1400Z - - - 1/1 151/15 - 152/16 1339/297
1500Z - - - 19/0 47/4 - 66/4 1405/301 8
1600Z --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- 0/0 1405/301 60
1700Z - - - 7/1 6/3 - 13/4 1418/305 50
1800Z - - - 14/0 - - 14/0 1432/305 52
1900Z - - - 53/3 12/1 24/8 89/12 1521/317
2000Z - - - 30/3 4/4 1/0 35/7 1556/324 25
2100Z - - 30/2 16/2 8/1 - 54/5 1610/329
2200Z - - 2/0 10/2 - - 12/2 1622/331 40
2300Z - - - - - - 0/0 1622/331 60
Total: 17/14 79/45 234/65 900/99 358/91 34/17
Best 60 minutes: 216 on Sat morning on 20m
Six banders:
8P5A P40L PJ4G
Five banders:
C6ANM EA2RY EA6FO H72DX PZ5K TO3Z V26K ZF2MJ ZF9CW
(most of the misses were on 10m)
Most worked countries:
160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total
I 8 27 84 48 167
DL 1 1 20 105 30 157
G 4 11 51 36 102
F 4 16 47 27 94
EA 1 5 16 41 20 83
UA 2 4 62 3 71
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