ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: K5TR
Operator(s): WM5R
Station: K5TR
Class: SOSB/15 HP
QTH: TX
Operating Time (hrs):
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160:
80:
40:
20:
15: 359 72
10:
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Total: 359 72 Total Score = 77,544
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Comments:
The station at K5TR
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15 meters:
- six element 36' boom Yagi at 70', rotatable
- six element 36' boom Yagi at 35', fixed NE
- four element Cushcraft Yagi at 50', fixed SE
- two element Force 12 2/2 WARC band antenna at 60', fixed SE
Radio 1: Kenwood TS-850SAT, Ameritron AL-1500
Radio 2: Kenwood TS-850SAT, Ameritron AL-1500
Headset: Heil Proset HC-4
DVK: W9XT Contest Card
Software: TR Log 6.78
Other: Ameritron RCS-8V antenna switches, ICE bandpass
filters, Top Ten Devices Band Decoders, homebrew
audio switchbox
Conditions seemed promising just before the start of the contest,
with loud JAs coming in. But, it was not to be. The opening to
Japan started to close right before the contest start and conditions
to the west and northwest were awful all weekend. I worked only
seven JAs all contest, and no other stations in east Asia.
Saturday's morning opening to Europe was much better than Sunday's,
but neither were very deep or lasted very long. Aside from two
very weak Hungarians, I worked nobody in eastern Europe, and made
only two QSOs to all of Scandinavia. Two Israelis and a station
on Crete were nice surprises, but I never heard a station in the
Balkans or north Africa.
George set me up with two radios, one of which used a WARC band
antenna designed for 17 meters and 12 meters on an 8' boom that
happened to have acceptable (2:1 or so) SWR over much of the band.
That became my S&P rig to South America. It worked surprisingly well
for what it was.
About one out of every six QSOs was a zero-pointer this year.
Continent List
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USA calls = 61
VE calls = 8
N.A. calls = 55
S.A. calls = 139
Euro calls = 105
Afrc calls = 7
Asia calls = 2
JA calls = 7
Ocen calls = 44
Total calls = 428
Rate Sheet
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HR 15 CUM TOTAL SCORE
-- -------- --------- -----
0 50/12 50/12 0.00M
1 8/0 58/12 0.00M
2 2/0 60/12 0.00M
3 1/1 61/13 0.00M
4 --- 61/13 0.00M
5 --- 61/13 0.00M
6 --- 61/13 0.00M
7 --- 61/13 0.00M
8 --- 61/13 0.00M
9 --- 61/13 0.00M
10 --- 61/13 0.00M
11 --- 61/13 0.00M
12 5/5 66/18 0.00M
13 26/8 92/26 0.01M
14 50/20 142/46 0.02M
15 17/5 159/51 0.02M
16 23/6 182/57 0.03M
17 14/2 196/59 0.03M
18 9/1 205/60 0.03M
19 9/0 214/60 0.03M
20 10/1 224/61 0.03M
21 14/1 238/62 0.04M
22 12/0 250/62 0.04M
23 14/2 264/64 0.04M
0 9/0 273/64 0.04M
1 6/0 279/64 0.05M
2 1/0 280/64 0.05M
3 --- 280/64 0.05M
4 --- 280/64 0.05M
5 --- 280/64 0.05M
6 --- 280/64 0.05M
7 --- 280/64 0.05M
8 --- 280/64 0.05M
9 --- 280/64 0.05M
10 --- 280/64 0.05M
11 --- 280/64 0.05M
12 --- 280/64 0.05M
13 6/0 286/64 0.05M
14 42/1 328/65 0.05M
15 36/4 364/69 0.06M
16 11/0 375/69 0.07M
17 3/0 378/69 0.07M
18 4/0 382/69 0.07M
19 11/0 393/69 0.07M
20 16/1 409/70 0.07M
21 11/2 420/72 0.08M
22 6/0 426/72 0.08M
23 2/0 428/72 0.08M
D1 264/64 264/64
D2 164/8 164/8
TO 428/72 428/72
Multipliers worked
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4X CM EI GI HP KL OZ TG VP8
6Y CT F GM HR KP2 P4 TI VP9
8P CT3 FG GW I KP4 PA V2 XE
9A CU FJ HA J7 LA PJ2 V3 YN
9J CX FM HB J8 LU PJ7 V4 YV
9M6 DL FP HC JA OA PY VK ZL
C6 EA G HI KH6 OE PY0F VP2E ZP
CE EA8 GD HK KH9 ON SV9 VP5 ZS
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