ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: K5ZD
Operator(s): KM3T
Station: K5ZD
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: MA
Operating Time (hrs): 45.5
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 69 51
80: 301 71
40: 565 78
20: 1801 118
15: 135 57
10: 5 2
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Total: 2876 377 Total Score = 3,252,756
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
That was fun, for some value of fun. (If you don't get that, ask someone who
knows some higher level math). ;-)
I don't do any preparation for these single op events. For me, at least, it's
a lot of wasted energy. I kind of believe you have these innate and learned
skills and you sit down on Friday night, you are dealt some cards, and you play
the game. (Easy to say for a guest op - all the thanks go to Randy for having
a well-built and simple to operate SO2R station.) But I did sleep a little bit
Friday afternoon - that helped.
I tried to balance things out - 20m never really stopped producing *something*
but I got real tired of the band. For much of both days *everyone* was there -
that wears you out. I know I could have broken 2,000 Q's there but the band
broke me before I broke the 2,000.
Got a teaser opening on 15m Sunday morning and probably spent a little more
time than I should have over there calling CQ. But it seemed to produce mults
every time there was a tiny opening so I tried to give it a little time, but it
really broke the 20m rhythm up since it really took CQing to milk things out of
the band. If everyone is tuning the band, how do you know its open? I think
with sunspot numbers this low there is a lot of that going on. And missed
openings as a result. Good thing we have our M/M's beaconing on those bands!
80 and 40 were pretty good. Conditions on 160 were good both nights, could
have spent a little more time there, too. 40m simplex is GREAT. Can't wait
for the whole world to be broken out of the 7.000-7.100 prison. Probably
weighted 80 a little too much this time...not sure the MUF dropped quite enough
to get serious suck-out on 40. Live and learn.
All in all, good fun. For a phone contest. :-) Thanks to all the DX stations
who come out and work these contests year after year! And congrats to all the
ops who sat in chairs all weekend and cheated death for 48 more hours while
contributing to their fame, fortune, and contest club scores - now let's all
spend at least 2 hours next weekend exercising instead so we can increase our
chances of living for the next one. :-)
Many thanks to Randy (and his wife Connie) for letting me invade his station,
even while he was away on a business trip.
73,
Dave KM3T
Continent breakdown and rate sheet:
160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total %
NA 21 24 33 48 31 0 157 5.5
SA 6 10 24 41 56 5 142 4.9
EU 39 257 468 1530 39 0 2333 81.1
OC 1 6 26 18 1 0 52 1.8
AF 2 3 9 18 7 0 39 1.4
AS 0 1 5 146 1 0 153 5.3
Hour 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total Cumm
OffTime
D1-0000Z --+-- --+-- 58/29 23/14 --+-- --+-- 81/43 81/43
D1-0100Z - 36/20 47/11 - - - 83/31 164/74
D1-0200Z 9/8 27/9 13/1 - - - 49/18 213/92
D1-0300Z 7/6 21/5 10/3 - - - 38/14 251/106
D1-0400Z 7/7 22/2 9/2 - - - 38/11 289/117
D1-0500Z 10/8 31/4 14/5 - - - 55/17 344/134
D1-0600Z 1/0 18/7 30/6 - - - 49/13 393/147
D1-0700Z - 5/4 80/3 - - - 85/7 478/154
D1-0800Z 1/1 7/5 47/1 --+-- --+-- --+-- 55/7 533/161
D1-0900Z 2/1 4/1 23/2 - - - 29/4 562/165
D1-1000Z - 1/0 2/1 103/33 - - 106/34 668/199
D1-1100Z - - - 193/14 - - 193/14 861/213
D1-1200Z - - - 108/8 13/6 - 121/14 982/227
D1-1300Z - - - 102/5 7/3 - 109/8 1091/235
D1-1400Z - - - 88/3 27/19 - 115/22 1206/257
D1-1500Z - - - 84/2 8/3 - 92/5 1298/262
D1-1600Z --+-- --+-- --+-- 118/5 --+-- --+-- 118/5 1416/267
D1-1700Z - - - 70/1 - - 70/1 1486/268
1
D1-1800Z - - - - - - 0/0 1486/268
60
D1-1900Z - - - 23/4 4/3 4/2 31/9 1517/277
8
D1-2000Z - - - 35/2 2/0 1/0 38/2 1555/279
D1-2100Z - - - 54/1 1/1 - 55/2 1610/281
D1-2200Z - 7/0 - 37/11 - - 44/11 1654/292
D1-2300Z - 37/3 12/1 2/0 - - 51/4 1705/296
D2-0000Z --+-- --+-- 29/2 8/3 --+-- --+-- 37/5 1742/301
D2-0100Z 2/1 1/1 30/1 3/1 - - 36/4 1778/305
D2-0200Z 9/6 3/0 5/2 - - - 17/8 1795/313
D2-0300Z 1/1 - 2/0 - - - 3/1 1798/314
47
D2-0400Z 2/2 1/1 - - - - 3/3 1801/317
49
D2-0500Z 9/5 25/2 1/0 - - - 35/7 1836/324
D2-0600Z 4/2 33/2 3/1 - - - 40/5 1876/329
D2-0700Z - 1/0 68/4 - - - 69/4 1945/333
D2-0800Z 2/1 2/2 46/0 --+-- --+-- --+-- 50/3 1995/336
D2-0900Z 1/1 4/3 7/1 - - - 12/5 2007/341
D2-1000Z - - 1/0 54/0 - - 55/0 2062/341
D2-1100Z - - - 108/1 - - 108/1 2170/342
D2-1200Z - - - 100/2 - - 100/2 2270/344
D2-1300Z - - - 71/0 13/11 - 84/11 2354/355
D2-1400Z - - - 29/0 16/0 - 45/0 2399/355
D2-1500Z - - - 39/0 22/7 - 61/7 2460/362
D2-1600Z --+-- --+-- --+-- 54/1 2/0 --+-- 56/1 2516/363
D2-1700Z - - - 64/0 4/1 - 68/1 2584/364
D2-1800Z - - - 26/0 15/2 - 41/2 2625/366
D2-1900Z - - - 58/2 - - 58/2 2683/368
D2-2000Z - - 1/0 58/1 - - 59/1 2742/369
D2-2100Z - - - 60/3 1/1 - 61/4 2803/373
D2-2200Z - - 27/2 15/0 - - 42/2 2845/375
D2-2300Z 2/1 15/0 - 14/1 - - 31/2 2876/377
Total: 69/51 301/71 565/78 1801/118 135/57 5/2
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