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To: 3830@contesting.com, geoiii@kkn.net
Subject: [3830] SS SSB K5TR Single Op HP
From: webform@b41h.net
Reply-to: geoiii@kkn.net
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:04:18 -0800
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                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB

Call: K5TR
Operator(s): K5TR
Station: K5TR

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: South Texas
Operating Time (hrs): ~15

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
------------
  160:    0
   80:    0
   40:  413
   20:  894
   15:   93
   10:   85
------------
Total: 1485  Sections = 80  Total Score = 237,600

Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club

Comments:

As always I really look forward to the ARRL SS SSB contest each year.
This is my 33rd time to operate the fone SS.

http://www.k5tr.net/ssb-ss.html

But this year I was a bit worried in the days before the contest as my 
voice was not doing so well - and I was not sure that I would be able
to make it work for the entire contest. 

On the Friday before the contest the decision was made to put up some new
antennas
that I have been working on and it just happened that everything fell into
place and so I ended up spending all day working on the antenna install.  I
don't think yelling
from the top of the tower not to mention spending the day in a cool wind
helped my throat.  But I now have a full sized 4 ele 40 meter OWA yagi up 
in the air - so I hope in the longer term it will have been worth it.

As it turned out my voice was in very bad shape before the contest started.
Because my voice was not very strong I was not very aggressive and ended up 
starting on 20 meters when I should have been on 15 but I had this great 
frequency on 20 and it never got bad so I just stayed.  At one point I did 
go looking for a 15 meter frequency but then the rate would sort of pick up 
and I was not finding much room on 15.  As a result my first two hours
were not as good as they should have been.  My second hour was really poor.
 
So I sounded bad from the start and while it did have it's ups and downs
I finally could no longer work people at about 04z.  Form that point on
I just kind of worked what I could when I could start talking at midday 
Sunday and I did some things that I would not have done if I were trying
for a bigger score.  I ran some folks on 40 meters (new antenna) in the middle
of the day.  I went to 40 way too early and stuck it out to the end on 40
meters
because after the months of building this beast I wanted to use it. 

You can see it here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4c_Eb43CIYbe5IqS8Yneww?feat=directlink
I will be adding more photos as soon as I can get to it so check back in a week
or so.

Congrats to all the great scores.

Nice to see N9RV doing the fone SS and doing well.

Despite the disappointment of not being able to put in a full effort I still
had fun when I could talk and run folks.  It was also fun to listen around 
to others when I was not able to run - this is something that I usually do not

get a chance to do except for the second radio - so it was different. 

If all goes well the 40 meter yagi will get a workout in the CQ WW CW contest.


There is also a new 6 ele 10 meter yagi above the new 40.  Still need to get
it hooked up but maybe it will get some use in the ARRL 10 meter contest. 

Station:
http://www.k5tr.net/

2x Elecraft K3 radios (tnx k5ot)
2x AL-1500 amps

160     - 1/4 wave sloping verticals sloped east and west
        - NE, NW, SE, SW beverages ~500' long

80      - Half wave sloping dipoles - sloped NE, NW from 120'.
        - NE, NW, SE, SW beverages ~500' long

40      - 4 element yagi at 120'
        - Cushcraft 40-2CD at 87'
        - NE, NW, SE, SW beverages ~500' long

20      - 6 element yagi at 80' fixed NE
        - 6 element yagi at 80'
        - 6 element yagi 40' fixed NW
        - 4 element yagi 60' fixed SE

15      - 6 element yagi at 70'
        - 6 element yagi at 35' fixed NE
        - 4 element yagi at 50' fixed SE

10      - 6 element yagi at 60'
        - 6 element yagi at 30' fixed NE
        - 4 element yagi at 40' fixed SE


Cabrillo Statistics           (Version 10g)         
http://bit.ly/cabstat

CALLSIGN: K5TR
CONTEST: ARRL-SS-SSB
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH SSB
OPERATORS: K5TR

-------------- Q S O   R a t e   S u m m a r y ---------------------
Hour     160     80     40     20     15     10    Rate Total    Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------
2100       0      0      0    128      2      0    130    130    8.8
2200       0      0      0    106      1      0    107    237   16.0
2300       0      0      0    146      0      0    146    383   25.8
0000       0      0      0    155      0      0    155    538   36.2
0100       0      0      0    145      0      0    145    683   46.0
0200       0      0      1    106      0      0    107    790   53.2
0300       0      0      0     79      0      0     79    869   58.5
0400       0      0     10      0      0      0     10    879   59.2
0500       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    879   59.2
0600       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    879   59.2
0700       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    879   59.2
0800       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    879   59.2
0900       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    879   59.2
1000       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    879   59.2
1100       0      0      2      0      0      0      2    881   59.3
1200       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    881   59.3
1300       0      0      0      0      1      0      1    882   59.4
1400       0      0      0      8      0      0      8    890   59.9
1500       0      0      0     10      0      0     10    900   60.6
1600       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    900   60.6
1700       0      0      0      0      0      0      0    900   60.6
1800       0      0      0      0      0      9      9    909   61.2
1900       0      0      0      2      8      9     19    928   62.5
2000       0      0     16      0      0     53     69    997   67.1
2100       0      0      0      9     40     14     63   1060   71.4
2200       0      0     31      0     41      0     72   1132   76.2
2300       0      0     93      0      0      0     93   1225   82.5
0000       0      0     73      0      0      0     73   1298   87.4
0100       0      0    101      0      0      0    101   1399   94.2
0200       0      0     86      0      0      0     86   1485  100.0
------------------------------------------------------
Total      0      0    413    894     93     85   1485

Gross QSOs=1492        Dupes=7        Net QSOs=1485

Unique callsigns worked = 1485

The best 60 minute rate was 161/hour from 0009 to 0108
The best 30 minute rate was 168/hour from 0005 to 0034
The best 10 minute rate was 186/hour from 0011 to 0020

The best 1 minute rates were:
 4 QSOs/minute   32 times.
 3 QSOs/minute  179 times.
 2 QSOs/minute  272 times.
 1 QSOs/minute  276 times.

There were 21 bandchanges and 0 (0.0%) probable 2nd radio QSOs.

Number of letters in callsigns
Letters  # worked
-----------------
   3         3
   4       686
   5       576
   6       217
   8         1
   9         2

------------ M u l t i p l i e r   S u m m a r y ------------
Mult     160     80     40     20     15     10  Total    Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------
Il        0      0     22     49      3      0     74    5.0
Va        0      0     18     39      2      6     65    4.4
Mdc       0      0     11     43      3      4     61    4.1
Mi        0      0     13     35      3      4     55    3.7
Oh        0      0     25     19      4      5     53    3.6
Mn        0      0     18     27      4      0     49    3.3
Az        0      0      7     28      3      0     38    2.6
Co        0      0      6     32      0      0     38    2.6
Nc        0      0      9     25      3      0     37    2.5
Wi        0      0      9     21      3      2     35    2.4
Scv       0      0      4     19      1      9     33    2.2
Tn        0      0     13     16      3      0     32    2.2
WWa       0      0      8     22      1      1     32    2.2
Mo        0      0      6     23      1      1     31    2.1
Or        0      0      8     17      3      0     28    1.9
EMa       0      0      8     14      1      4     27    1.8
EPa       0      0     11     11      1      3     26    1.8
ENy       0      0      8     10      2      5     25    1.7
Ga        0      0     11     10      2      0     23    1.5
Eb        0      0      5     18      0      0     23    1.5
In        0      0      7     13      2      1     23    1.5
On        0      0      4     16      1      1     22    1.5
Nh        0      0      6     13      2      1     22    1.5
Sv        0      0      6     14      0      2     22    1.5
STx       0      0     12      6      0      4     22    1.5
Ks        0      0      7     13      0      0     20    1.3
WPa       0      0      6      9      4      0     19    1.3
WNy       0      0      4     13      1      1     19    1.3
NTx       0      0     15      3      0      1     19    1.3
Ky        0      0      5     12      2      0     19    1.3
Ct        0      0      4     13      1      1     19    1.3
Lax       0      0      5      9      5      0     19    1.3
Nm        0      0      1     17      0      0     18    1.2
SNj       0      0      5     11      1      0     17    1.1
Org       0      0      5     12      0      0     17    1.1
SFl       0      0      9      4      2      0     15    1.0
Ia        0      0      2     10      1      2     15    1.0
NLi       0      0      5      8      1      1     15    1.0
Al        0      0      6      9      0      0     15    1.0
Me        0      0      3      7      2      2     14    0.9
NNj       0      0      3      9      0      2     14    0.9
WcF       0      0      6      3      4      1     14    0.9
Wy        0      0      3      9      1      1     14    0.9
Sc        0      0      4      6      3      0     13    0.9
WMa       0      0      2      8      3      0     13    0.9
Ut        0      0      1     10      2      0     13    0.9
Sf        0      0      0     13      0      0     13    0.9
Sdg       0      0      2     10      1      0     13    0.9
Bc        0      0      3      6      1      2     12    0.8
NFl       0      0      7      2      2      1     12    0.8
Nv        0      0      0      8      0      3     11    0.7
Ok        0      0      3      6      0      1     10    0.7
EWa       0      0      0      8      1      1     10    0.7
Sjv       0      0      2      6      1      1     10    0.7
Ak        0      0      0      8      1      1     10    0.7
Ar        0      0      3      6      1      0     10    0.7
Ms        0      0      1      8      0      0      9    0.6
Sd        0      0      3      5      1      0      9    0.6
Ab        0      0      4      4      0      1      9    0.6
Wv        0      0      5      4      0      0      9    0.6
Pac       0      0      0      7      1      1      9    0.6
La        0      0      3      5      0      0      8    0.5
Id        0      0      1      6      0      1      8    0.5
Qc        0      0      2      5      0      0      7    0.5
NNy       0      0      0      6      0      1      7    0.5
Ne        0      0      3      4      0      0      7    0.5
Vt        0      0      0      6      0      0      6    0.4
Mar       0      0      2      4      0      0      6    0.4
De        0      0      1      4      0      0      5    0.3
Sb        0      0      1      2      1      1      5    0.3
Mb        0      0      2      2      0      1      5    0.3
Mt        0      0      2      3      0      0      5    0.3
Sk        0      0      2      1      0      2      5    0.3
WTx       0      0      2      2      0      0      4    0.3
Nt        0      0      0      3      0      0      3    0.2
Nd        0      0      1      2      0      0      3    0.2
Pr        0      0      0      1      0      1      2    0.1
Nl        0      0      0      1      0      1      2    0.1
Ri        0      0      2      0      0      0      2    0.1
WWa       0      0      0      1      0      0      1    0.1
Vi        0      0      0      0      1      0      1    0.1
------------------------------------------------------
Total      0      0    413    894     93     85   1485

Sweepstakes Checks
Check  QSOs    Pct
----------------------
  00    20     1.3
  01    12     0.8
  02    14     0.9
  03    20     1.3
  04    11     0.7
  05    19     1.3
  06    23     1.5
  07    28     1.9
  08    26     1.8
  09    32     2.2
  10    28     1.9
  11    11     0.7
  12     2     0.1
  13     1     0.1
  14     0     0.0
  15     0     0.0
  16     2     0.1
  17     0     0.0
  18     0     0.0
  19     0     0.0
  20     0     0.0
  21     0     0.0
  22     2     0.1
  23     0     0.0
  24     1     0.1
  25     0     0.0
  26     0     0.0
  27     1     0.1
  28     0     0.0
  29     0     0.0
  30     0     0.0
  31     1     0.1
  32     1     0.1
  33     1     0.1
  34     0     0.0
  35     1     0.1
  36     0     0.0
  37     0     0.0
  38     0     0.0
  39     1     0.1
  40     0     0.0
  41     0     0.0
  42     0     0.0
  43     0     0.0
  44     0     0.0
  45     1     0.1
  46     1     0.1
  47     5     0.3
  48     1     0.1
  49     6     0.4
  50     1     0.1
  51     4     0.3
  52     9     0.6
  53    15     1.0
  54    23     1.5
  55    28     1.9
  56    18     1.2
  57    28     1.9
  58    32     2.2
  59    47     3.2
  60    32     2.2
  61    29     2.0
  62    30     2.0
  63    39     2.6
  64    25     1.7
  65    28     1.9
  66    20     1.3
  67    37     2.5
  68    27     1.8
  69    36     2.4
  70    26     1.8
  71    30     2.0
  72    30     2.0
  73    25     1.7
  74    19     1.3
  75    30     2.0
  76    55     3.7
  77    55     3.7
  78    33     2.2
  79    31     2.1
  80    20     1.3
  81    16     1.1
  82    14     0.9
  83    15     1.0
  84    14     0.9
  85    11     0.7
  86    22     1.5
  87    15     1.0
  88    12     0.8
  89    26     1.8
  90    21     1.4
  91    27     1.8
  92    26     1.8
  93    32     2.2
  94    27     1.8
  95    16     1.1
  96    17     1.1
  97    13     0.9
  98    14     0.9
  99    13     0.9

U.S. Call Areas Worked
Area    QSOs     Pct
--------------------
   0     174    11.7
   1     120     8.1
   2     129     8.7
   3     118     7.9
   4     197    13.3
   5      95     6.4
   6     164    11.0
   7     152    10.2
   8     129     8.7
   9     136     9.2
--------------------
Total   1414    95.2

Sweepstakes Precedents
Precedent  QSOs    Pct
----------------------
    A      767    51.6
    B      269    18.1
    Q       50     3.4
    M      105     7.1
    U      285    19.2
    S        9     0.6


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