ARRL DX Contest, CW
Call: N3BB
Operator(s): N3BB
Station: N3BB
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Austin
Operating Time (hrs): 42.5
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 33 22
80: 164 61
40: 794 91
20: 714 87
15: 151 53
10: 5 4
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Total: 1861 318 Total Score = 1,742,004
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Comments:
An amazing experience as always. We had a big WX front approaching, with all
sorts of dire forecasts ranging from Tornado possibilities to a 100%
probability of rain and winds on Saturday as a cold front swept through central
Texas. Friday night was not too noisy on the LF bands, although I could hear
the noise in the atmosphere from the west. The front crept in as the contest
started, but the really bad storms were forecasted to hit on Saturday afternoon
and evening. Fortunately the weather at my home was simply rain and noisy bands
plus some winds. The bad weather was to the east, and shut down K5NA for several
hours. We got very noisy LF bands, but I never got the rain static on any of the
antennas. The beverages helped a little.
The weather/noise was a shame as the MUF was quite low and we had â??longâ??
conditions on 80 and 160, thus we were able to compete a bit better with the
east coast into EU. But it was really hard to hear them.
I think there was a mini-solar flare around 14:45Z Saturday. My runs on 20
meters dried up, and the signals almost went away for twenty minutes.
As usual my formula for these is to CQ all the time and SO2R for the mults and
changing bands when conditions merit. Others get some great mult numbers. Mine
are low as usual. There is a significant room for improvement, but itâ??s
harder when one is CQing all the time and getting a reasonable rate.
I took two short sleep breaks and was off from 07:33 thru 09:14Z on Sat. AM
plus from 02:58 thru 05:33Z on Sunday AM. It was very hard to get going when I
wakened from the second and the sleep deprivation took fifteen minutes to wear
off to some extent as I had a hard time figuring how to operate the station. At
first I could only CQ. Then I relearned how to do the 2R for other stations to
call. It was not pretty. In addition I took two a half hour off in the 20Z hour
Saturday to take a shower and get cleaned up. So those are nearly five hours of
â??officialâ?? off times. In addition I took off two slots of twenty minutes on
Sunday to talk with my wife and eat a bit of food. Iâ??m calling it five and a
half hours of on-time.
Itâ??s too bad that the bands were so bad, especially on Sunday. We had a small
opening on 15 meters to EU on Saturday morning and to JA on Saturday afternoon.
It was almost a complete wash out on Sunday. Ten meters was really bad for me
as I had line noise and was able to hear only a handful of stations who were in
the ESP range to start with.
The VP6 operators were a model of very high operating capability. Kudos to
them.
On a minor but irritating matter, I had a problem with USA stations calling,
especially on 20 meters in the afternoon. Everyone was camped on 20, and EU was
weak but sort of workable. So many W4/W8/W9 stations called that I tried to
courteously tell them it was â??DX DXâ?? but they either didnâ??t understand or
didnâ??t care. Some called, overriding any DX, continuously and I had to work
them. One might say â??who cares-just work them and they will go away.â?? I
tried that at times, but if you start that they all think itâ??s great and lots
more call you, and the DX contest becomes the SS with zero points.
The station here is aging, and some creaks and problems were apparent. The
antennas need to be overhauled on 20-15-10, and the feedlines need to be
replaced. Hopefully Iâ??ll be able to take on that project this summer.
Overall, it was hard work, and a â??grit-festâ?? to see it through.
Congratulations to locals K5YA, K5NA and N5AW for tremendous results. N5AW has
never owned an amp, yet beats me on mults every contest. What a terrific
operator. K5NA is more of a DXer who also is an expert contester. I am more of
a contester who is a poor DXer. Our scores always are close. I â??crushedâ??
Richard by sixty points (yes, not sixty thousandâ?¦sixty) out of our 1.7+
million point totals. This one will be an accuracy contest. K5YA has a great
station, and ran assisted with very good results. In addition, a small but
excellent team operated from the W5KFT ranch station nearby. We have a vibrant
contesting group around Austin, and that makes it fun.
Congratulations on so many good scores. The CW skills of many people were in
full evidence this weekend. Thanks to the many DXpeditions, and to the ARRL for
supporting this contest.
73, Jim
Some numbers follow:
Rate 2008 ARRL CW DX
HOUR 160CW 80CW 40CW 20CW 15CW 10CW TOTAL ACCUM
---- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- -----
0 0 0 51 8 0 0 59 59
1 0 6 48 0 0 0 54 113
2 0 29 29 0 0 0 58 171
3 13 3 5 0 0 0 21 192
4 1 25 1 0 0 0 27 219
5 2 27 15 0 0 0 44 263
6 1 11 29 0 0 0 41 304
7 0 0 32 0 0 0 32 336
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 336
9 0 3 63 0 0 0 66 402
10 1 1 87 0 0 0 89 491
11 2 0 71 0 0 0 73 564
12 2 11 50 0 0 0 63 627
13 4 11 32 6 1 0 54 681
14 0 0 5 72 4 0 81 762
15 0 0 0 51 1 0 52 814
16 0 0 0 55 34 0 89 903
17 0 0 0 43 15 0 58 961
18 0 0 0 37 5 0 42 1003
19 0 0 0 14 9 0 23 1026
20 0 0 0 24 10 0 34 1060
21 0 0 0 31 17 0 48 1108
22 0 0 0 47 20 0 67 1175
23 0 0 4 46 0 0 50 1225
0 0 0 46 0 0 0 46 1271
1 0 6 23 0 0 0 29 1300
2 1 9 15 0 0 0 25 1325
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1325
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1325
5 0 4 8 0 0 0 12 1337
6 4 0 13 0 0 0 17 1354
7 0 1 33 0 0 0 34 1388
8 0 3 14 0 0 0 17 1405
9 0 1 23 0 0 0 24 1429
10 1 3 22 0 0 0 26 1455
11 1 6 25 0 0 0 32 1487
12 0 4 20 0 0 0 24 1511
13 0 0 0 63 0 0 63 1574
14 0 0 0 78 0 0 78 1652
15 0 0 0 47 0 0 47 1699
16 0 0 0 17 1 0 18 1717
17 0 0 0 10 9 0 19 1736
18 0 0 0 19 9 0 28 1764
19 0 0 0 17 4 3 24 1788
20 0 0 0 15 1 0 16 1804
21 0 0 1 12 1 0 14 1818
22 0 0 3 2 10 2 17 1835
23 0 0 26 0 0 0 26 1861
TOTAL 33 164 794 714 151 5
0802arrl cw dx n3bb
160CW
6Y CT G IS KL OM V2 VP9
9A EA6 HB0 JA KP2 PJ2 V3
C6 F I KH6 OK SP VP6
80CW
6Y CT3 F J7 LX PJ2 TI V6 YO
8P CX G JA LZ PY UA VK YU
9A DL GM KH6 OE PZ UA9 VP5 Z3
9V EA HA KL OK S5 UR VP6 ZF
C6 EA6 HB KP2 OM SP V2 VP9 ZL
CM EA8 HB0 KP4 P4 T32 V3 XE
CT ES I LU PA T9 V4 YN
40CW
4U1U CE EA8 HB0 KH6 OH SM UA9 VP9 ZS
6Y CM EA9 HK KL OK SP UR VR
9A CT EI HL KP2 OM SV V3 XE
9M2 CT3 EU HS LA ON T32 V4 YB
9M6 CX F I LU OZ T9 V6 YL
9V D2 G IS LX P4 TF V7 YO
BV DL GI J3 LY PA TI V8 YU
BY DU GM J7 LZ PJ2 TK VK YV
C3 EA HA JA OD PY UA VP5 ZL
C6 EA6 HB KH2 OE S5 UA2 VP6 ZP
20CW
4U1U CT3 F HC JA LY PA UA VK YV
5H CX FR/J HK JW LZ PJ2 UA2 VP2V Z2
6Y DL G HL KH6 OE PY UA9 VP5 Z3
7Q EA GM HP KL OH PZ UN VP6 ZL
9A EA6 GU I KP2 OK S5 UR VP9 ZP
9M6 EA8 GW IS KP4 OM SM V2 XE ZS
C6 EI HA J2 LA ON SP V3 YL
CM ER HB J3 LU OZ T7 V4 YO
CT EU HB0 J7 LX P4 T9 V6 YU
15CW
6Y CT EA8 HB0 KH2 OE PY V2 VP9
9A CT3 F HP KH6 OH PZ V3 YN
A3 CX FR/J I KP2 ON SP V4 YO
C6 D4 G J3 KP4 P4 T32 VK ZL
CE DL GW J7 LU PA T9 VP5 ZP
CM EA HA JA LX PJ2 TI VP6
10CW
6Y C6 J7 KH6
Continent List Continent Distribution
160 80 40 20 15 10 30 17 12 ALL
--- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---
USA calls = 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 7
VE calls = 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4
N.A. calls = 11 23 24 27 19 3 0 0 0 107
S.A. calls = 2 9 19 14 39 0 0 0 0 83
Euro calls = 13 88 319 535 38 0 0 0 0 993
Afrc calls = 0 4 10 14 5 0 0 0 0 33
Asia calls = 0 3 32 10 0 0 0 0 0 45
JA calls = 5 26 342 100 37 0 0 0 0 510
Ocen calls = 2 11 43 8 13 2 0 0 0 79
Unknowns = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total calls = 33 164 794 714 151 5 0 0 0 1861
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