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Subject: [3830] CQWW SSB W4ZV SOSB/10 HP
From: btippett@alum.mit.edu (btippett@alum.mit.edu)
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 04:05:48 -0800
                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB

Call: W4ZV
Operator(s): W4ZV
Station: W4ZV

Class: SOSB/10 HP
QTH: New London, NC
Operating Time (hrs): 26

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:                    
   80:                    
   40:                    
   20:                    
   15:                    
   10: 2022    34      157
------------------------------
Total: 2022    34      157  Total Score = 1,106,463

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Thurs AM   Discover a problem programming my voice keyer.
Thurs PM   Buy a fresh bottle of Chloraseptic Throat Spray.
Fri AM     Conditions sound terrible...no records likely this year.
Fri PM     Hear a few weak and very fluttery JA signals.
0000-0126  S&P for only 39 Q's, only 3 JA's and even VE's are weak!
1112-1236  S&P, EU backscatter via SA, major struggle for UA9 & EX9.
1236-1800  Run, best rate 206/hr at 1244 but very few Asia.
1802-2221  S&P AF/SA/Caribbean, JA at 2123 but still weak & fluttery.
2222-2248  Run a few JA's but decide I'm better off doing S&P.
2255-0106  S&P, manage to work a few Zone 27/28/24 but no Zone 01/19 yet!
1059-1146  S&P, band sounds much better, can even hear KH0AA running EU!
1148-1905  Run, still not great to Asia but deeper EU today (UA, UR, etc).
1910-2055  Mostly S&P, attempt a few short unsuccessful runs.
2107-2308  Run (walk?), practice Spanish, finally Zone 1!...KL7RA at 2126.
2311-2359  Mostly S&P until the end.  

(Missed zones 18/19/22/23/26/34)...conditions from about 330-030 degrees 
were virtually nonexistent.

        Thanks to all for a very fun weekend in spite of the conditions!  
CQWW is truly the best contest on the planet and all of you make it so.
Let's hope the better conditions of Sunday and Monday repeat 27 days later
for the CW weekend...see you then!

                                                73,  Bill  W4ZV

P.S.  I've added a new page showing my terrain and takeoff-angle profile here:

                http://users.vnet.net/btippett/terrain_&_toa's.htm


                              Continent Statistics
   
                     10  ALL   percent

North America       177  177     8.4   49 K, 49 VE
South America       178  178     8.4   69 LU, 49 PY
Europe             1548 1548    73.3   328 DL, 154 I, 125 G, 101 UA
Asia                123  123     5.8   98 JA, 1 UA9(!)
Africa               45   45     2.1   14 ZS
Oceania              41   41     1.9   10 VK, 4 ZL


-------------- Q S O   R a t e   S u m m a r y ---(After Dupes)
Hour     160     80     40     20     15     10  Total    Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------
0000       0      0      0      0      0     36     36    1.7
0100       0      0      0      0      0      3      3    0.1
1100       0      0      0      0      0     33     33    1.6
1200       0      0      0      0      0    100    100    4.7
1300       0      0      0      0      0    205    205    9.7
1400       0      0      0      0      0    144    144    6.8
1500       0      0      0      0      0    132    132    6.2
1600       0      0      0      0      0    146    146    6.9
1700       0      0      0      0      0    103    103    4.9
1800       0      0      0      0      0     64     64    3.0
1900       0      0      0      0      0     45     45    2.1
2000       0      0      0      0      0     34     34    1.6
2100       0      0      0      0      0     17     17    0.8
2200       0      0      0      0      0     55     55    2.6
2300       0      0      0      0      0     27     27    1.3
0000       0      0      0      0      0     21     21    1.0
0100       0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
1000       0      0      0      0      0      1      1    0.0
1100       0      0      0      0      0     48     48    2.3
1200       0      0      0      0      0    150    150    7.1
1300       0      0      0      0      0    144    144    6.8
1400       0      0      0      0      0    109    109    5.2
1500       0      0      0      0      0     92     92    4.4
1600       0      0      0      0      0     73     73    3.5
1700       0      0      0      0      0     59     59    2.8
1800       0      0      0      0      0     37     37    1.8
1900       0      0      0      0      0     28     28    1.3
2000       0      0      0      0      0     19     19    0.9
2100       0      0      0      0      0     33     33    1.6
2200       0      0      0      0      0     36     36    1.7
2300       0      0      0      0      0     27     27    1.3
------------------------------------------------------
Total      0      0      0      0      0   2022   2022

The best 60 minute rate was 206/hour from 1244 to 1343
The best 30 minute rate was 222/hour from 1314 to 1343
The best 10 minute rate was 240/hour from 1317 to 1326

The best 1 minute rates were:
 6 QSO's/minute    1 times.


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