ARRL DX Contest, CW - 2019
Call: K1WHS
Operator(s): K1WHS
Station: K1WHS
Class: SOSB/160 HP
QTH: FN43mj
Operating Time (hrs): 22
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 389 75
80:
40:
20:
15:
10:
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Total: 389 75 Total Score = 87,525
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
The ARRL CW contest was a good chance for me to sharpen my CW skills and play
with the “newish” phased beverage aimed at Europe. The weeks before the
test indicated that the beverage was not working well. Both wires terminated in
an NCC-1 phasing box, but I noticed that I had no phasing action and that my #1
beverage was supplying background noise, but no signals! Testing 1000 ft of
RG-6 and 1100 ft of wire running thru the woods is not easy in winter.
Everything is frozen solid in ice. Friday before the contest began, the coax and
ferrite chokes were hidden under ice and not accessible. To test the 1000 ft
feedline, I poked a -73 dBm signal on 1825kHz in at the shack and listened at
the far end with a battery powered FT-817. It read S9 in the shack, and S8 out
in the woods, so I knew the feedline was OK. I went out in the woods and removed
the transformer and termination boxes and tested them back in my warm shop. I
cleaned all the terminals and checked everything with the old network analyzer.
I think I had a corroded connection on the transformer. Everything was back to
normal when it was all put back together. The contest began and I was heartened
to see that signals from Europe were loud and QRN was low. I used a K3 with dual
receivers, but had a problem with using RX #2 to hunt for mults. Being un
assisted, means that you can sure miss a bunch of mults by not paying attention.
I gave up using two receivers, as multi tasking at age 74 was not as much fun as
digging in the noise with both ears for those weak ones! (Lazy?) Friday night
seemed great at first. Things faded a bit as the night wore on, but I had a good
EU sunrise period. As the Sun moved across Europe, I quit CQing and tuned
around. I found a big pile of stateside callers and could not figure out who
they were calling as the callers never stopped to listen. I heard an “ITU”
and figured out that it might be 4U1ITU as they peaked up to the NE. I called
and managed to get through about 30 minutes after their sunrise. They quickly
faded and sent “SRI no copy” after that to all the callers, then went QRT. I
think I was the last to get through, and I only found them by dumb luck. If I
had been a smart and “with it” guy, I would have found them with the 2nd
receiver long before I did. I missed so much by not tuning around the band more
often, but it was hard to find a good run frequency and I hated to lose it!!
Sunday night. I heard an OE3 call N9NC in NH and typing it in found that it
would be a new country for me!! What? I missed Austria? I never did get a call
from the OE3 after that, so missed an easy mult. Going down the list of DX
worked by K3LR, I see that I missed 10 easy mults like XE, OE, EA8 etc. K3LR
also worked VK & ZL, but those are hard for me. Ten more easy mults would
have added up to 85! Wow. My skill set needs much work. Still I had a blast just
playing radio and having way too much fun for a human. The verdict is that my
best move was to fix the phased beverage before the contest. Many low power
stations went in the log. One chap from England sent 14, so I wrote it down, but
I am afraid that he was sending a serial number, and his next contact was 15.
There were two stations that called that I never could pick out. I am awfully
sorry. I really tried! That means I need a better receiving antenna.
Saturday morning I was up just before sunrise here, but heard nothing from
the Pacific. I was hoping for a ZL or maybe a VK. No luck there. A few KH6s were
on but signals were not so hot. I called many CQs and only had one station call
me. I almost fell over as it was KL7RA from the Kenai Peninsula. I felt good
about making the effort to get up after a cat nap after European sunrise!
Normally, the XYL and I go out Sunday night for live Bluegrass music, but I
passed on the tunes this time and tried to make a few more QSOs on a worked out
160M band. I heard G3ROO calling CQ fully one hour before my sunset. I called
him and he managed to copy me weakly. He asked if I was running QRP because I
was really weak, and he sent me a 339. I told him I was in the contest. ROO was
running 600 watts. I put another 25 new stations in the log between about 2200
and 2400 UT. I even got a new country, GW! I think it was a good move to skip
the bluegrass this time. Signals were great Sunday night, but the band was
pretty worked out for me.
I am happy with my results. My best 160 effort in the ARRL DX Contest so
far: 389 Qs and 75 countries. Rig is a K3 and KW amp with a single 1/4 wave TX
vertical. I have seven beverages in the woods. They range from single 800 ft
wires to a pair of 1100 ft wires aimed at 45 degrees. Miraculously, they were
all working this weekend. Not easy with all the storms that pass thru!
CALLSIGN: K1WHS
CONTEST: ARRL-DX-CW
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
OPERATORS: K1WHS (old fart)
-------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y ---------------------
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------
0000 49 0 0 0 0 0 49 49 12.6
0100 25 0 0 0 0 0 25 74 19.0
0200 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 89 22.9
0300 33 0 0 0 0 0 33 122 31.4
0400 17 0 0 0 0 0 17 139 35.7
0500 25 0 0 0 0 0 25 164 42.2
0600 39 0 0 0 0 0 39 203 52.2
0700 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 210 54.0
0800 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 212 54.5
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 212 54.5
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 212 54.5
1100 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 213 54.8
1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 213 54.8
1300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 213 54.8
1400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 213 54.8
1500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 213 54.8
1600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 213 54.8
1700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 213 54.8
1800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 213 54.8
1900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 213 54.8
2000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 213 54.8
2100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 213 54.8
2200 17 0 0 0 0 0 17 230 59.1
2300 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 243 62.5
0000 21 0 0 0 0 0 21 264 67.9
0100 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 277 71.2
0200 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 290 74.6
0300 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 305 78.4
0400 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 319 82.0
0500 22 0 0 0 0 0 22 341 87.7
0600 17 0 0 0 0 0 17 358 92.0
0700 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 359 92.3
0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 359 92.3
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 359 92.3
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 359 92.3
1100 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 361 92.8
1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 361 92.8
1300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 361 92.8
1400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 361 92.8
1500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 361 92.8
1600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 361 92.8
1700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 361 92.8
1800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 361 92.8
1900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 361 92.8
2000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 361 92.8
2100 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 363 93.3
2200 17 0 0 0 0 0 17 380 97.7
2300 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 389 100.0
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Total 389 0 0 0 0 0 389
Gross QSOs=393 Dupes=4 Net QSOs=389
Unique callsigns worked = 389
The best 60 minute rate was 49/hour from 0000 to 0059
The best 30 minute rate was 66/hour from 0549 to 0618
The best 10 minute rate was 78/hour from 0001 to 0010
The best 1 minute rates were:
3 QSOs/minute 1 times.
2 QSOs/minute 49 times.
1 QSOs/minute 288 times.
There were 0 bandchanges and 0 (0.0%) 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
---------------------------------------------------------------------
North America 33 0 0 0 0 0 33 8.5
South America 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 2.8
Europe 334 0 0 0 0 0 334 85.9
Asia 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.8
Africa 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.8
Oceania 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.0
??? 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
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Total 389 0 0 0 0 0 389
------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------
Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------------
4U1I 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
6Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
8P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
9A 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.8
C6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
CM 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.5
CT 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
CT3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.5
CU 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
DL 42 0 0 0 0 0 42 10.8
E7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
EA 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.5
EA6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
EI 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.5
EL 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
ER 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.5
ES 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.5
EU 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.0
F 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 3.3
FY 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
G 30 0 0 0 0 0 30 7.7
GM 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.0
GW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
HA 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 3.1
HB 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.5
HB0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
HH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
HI 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.5
HP 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
HR 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
I 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 3.9
*IT9 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.5
K 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.1
KH6 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.0
KL 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
KP2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
KP4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.5
LA 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.3
LX 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
LY 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.5
LZ 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.8
OH 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 3.6
OH0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
OK 22 0 0 0 0 0 22 5.7
OM 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.0
ON 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 2.8
OZ 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.1
P4 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.0
PA 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 2.3
PJ2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
PJ4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
PJ5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
PY 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.5
PY0F 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
S5 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 2.3
SM 22 0 0 0 0 0 22 5.7
SP 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 3.1
SV 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
TF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
UA 23 0 0 0 0 0 23 5.9
UA2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
UA9 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.8
UR 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 3.9
V2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
V3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.5
V4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
VP2M 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
VP5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
VP9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
YL 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.5
YO 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.5
YS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
YU 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.8
YV 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
Z3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
ZF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.5
??? 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
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Total 389 0 0 0 0 0 389
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