CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY
Call: P49X
Operator(s): W6OTC P49X
Station: P40L/P49Y
Class: M/2 HP
QTH: Aruba
Operating Time (hrs): 45:47
Summary:
Band QSOs Pts State/Prov DX Zones
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80: 223 666 14 36 48
40: 866 2583 23 72 53
20: 893 2663 31 77 55
15: 1943 5804 35 96 57
10: 1989 5930 31 82 57
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Total: 5914 17646 134 363 270 Total Score = 13,534,482
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
By mid-September it looked like there would be a one-week break in harvest
exactly centered on the WW RTTY weekend. I planned to do a single-op as P49X
when Glenn, W6OTC, became available and interested in joining me for a
multi-op. Moreover, his wife Joan hadnâ??t been to Aruba and asked to come
along. That was a no-brainer for me and it turned out far better than I even
imagined â?¦ Joan prepared and delivered three exquisite meals each day right
to our operating positions! In between, there was always a fresh supply of
healthy snacks and drinks. Such a luxury Iâ??ve never experienced during a
contest. Now I understand why some people advocate that such dietary support
puts single ops into the Assisted category. ;>)
With two operators, Multi-Single is the obvious choice over Multi-Two, but we
thought it would be more fun for each op to be able to run as much as possible.
I also reasoned that it was a simple extension to my original SO2R
planâ?"weâ??d just have one op on each radio and now have the opportunity to
fully exploit SO2V to keep the bandmap cleared out while running on the same
band. Finally, one op could take a break while the other ran SO2R, but now
unconstrained by the one-signal-at-a-time rule. The disadvantage, of course,
is that we were not capitalizing on the ability to use multiple operators for
stamina relief. And, my alertness was further compromised by Joan delivering
wine with some of the meals!
This variation of the Multi-Two category was a lot of fun and we are happy with
the results as compared to the 4-operator Multi-Two we did last year. Our
numbers were nearly identical except for a 500-QSO shortfall on 20 meters,
which we believe to be self-inflicted.
Like the 2011 CQ WW RTTY Contest, solar conditions peaked nicely again, though
at a lower level. 10 and 15 were open worldwide beyond daylight hours. 20 was
relegated to a nighttime-only band along with 40, while 80 meters was a struggle
for QSOs, let alone mults. However, we experienced hollow, watery signals for
much of Friday night and early Saturday. Signals on all bands were difficult
to decode despite having good signal strength.
We fell behind last yearâ??s QSO total by 350 on Friday night, then reduced the
deficit to 250 when 10 and 15 exploded to life Saturday morning. But, we lost
ground again Saturday night on 20 meters. Our run rates plummeted during the
last 4 hours when it appeared that participation decreased while signal
strengths held. On the other hand, there was no CME event that shut down all
bands for 90 minutes like it did on Sunday morning last year.
The second-harmonic from the low end of 40 inhibited copy of weaker 20 meter
signals, significantly lowering the rate on 20. In retrospect, we could have
operated higher on 40 and decreased the RFI. Also, we unfortunately determined
after the contest that the interference was less when we swapped the radio
assignments for the two bands. Inter-station RFI abatement remains a top
priority for this station. I installed high power bandpass filters on each
band but initial measurements donâ??t show the expected improvement. The long
term plan is to also add a high power combiner and three StackMatches so that
the C31 is available simultaneously on the three high bands with the
stationâ??s monobanders.
By running only one radio most of the weekend, I had the bandwidth to hone my
SO2V skills. It was relatively easy to keep the bandmap worked out at run
rates below 100/hour. The priority is to minimize delays on either the run
sequencing or in responding to the S&P QSO. And, it is easy to injure yourself
by transmitting the wrong message on the other VFO.
Another gratifying aspect of the weekend was the noticeably larger number of
quality tail-enders. Iâ??m not referring to endless callers while a QSO is in
progress, but rather the careful timing of a single instance of a callsign.
And, this worked nicely in both directions. That is, there were several
stations who picked up my tail-end and worked me next without the CQ/pileup
phase and without missing a beat. One that comes to mind is WA5ZUP. Those
were a lot of fun.
I hope more people are catching on that I try to work callers in the order that
they first appear. When I sense there may be more than one caller to my CQ, I
hesitate just a bit after getting the first callsign, in order to see if I can
get more callsigns. The record this weekend was a 6-deep stack. 1- and 2-deep
instances were common. Eliminating all those CQ/pileup cycles really speeds
things up.
The Elecraft PR10 10-meter preamps were invaluable. They enabled us to decode
extremely weak signals on a very quiet band.
Thanks again to all the participants, especially those who worked us and we
greatly appreciate the band-moves! Also to John, P40L (W6LD), and Andy, P49Y
(AE6Y,) for use of the cottage station. Special thanks to our live-in gourmet
chef, Joan Vinson. The pre-contest log of 1300 QSOs will be on LotW tomorrow
and the contest log on 16 October.
Ed â?" P49X (W0YK)
-------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y ---------------------
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------
0000 0 0 0 89 92 0 181 181 3.1
0100 0 0 0 97 78 0 175 356 6.0
0200 0 0 31 72 14 0 117 473 8.0
0300 0 5 90 36 0 0 131 604 10.2
0400 0 60 73 3 0 0 136 740 12.5
0500 0 19 70 16 0 0 105 845 14.3
0600 0 28 52 0 0 0 80 925 15.6
0700 0 35 34 0 0 0 69 994 16.8
0800 0 0 15 47 0 0 62 1056 17.9
0900 0 8 42 10 0 0 60 1116 18.9
1000 0 14 30 0 46 11 101 1217 20.6
1100 0 0 0 0 97 53 150 1367 23.1
1200 0 0 0 0 90 103 193 1560 26.4
1300 0 0 0 0 60 96 156 1716 29.0
1400 0 0 0 0 99 111 210 1926 32.6
1500 0 0 0 0 101 99 200 2126 35.9
1600 0 0 0 0 54 124 178 2304 39.0
1700 0 0 0 0 78 118 196 2500 42.3
1800 0 0 0 0 86 119 205 2705 45.7
1900 0 0 0 0 97 111 208 2913 49.3
2000 0 0 0 41 96 39 176 3089 52.2
2100 0 0 0 50 64 23 137 3226 54.5
2200 0 0 0 23 61 45 129 3355 56.7
2300 0 0 37 75 12 0 124 3479 58.8
0000 0 0 25 68 4 0 97 3576 60.5
0100 0 0 42 49 0 0 91 3667 62.0
0200 0 11 43 16 0 0 70 3737 63.2
0300 0 1 63 56 0 0 120 3857 65.2
0400 0 2 49 38 0 0 89 3946 66.7
0500 0 0 54 38 0 0 92 4038 68.3
0600 0 21 58 0 0 0 79 4117 69.6
0700 0 8 21 0 0 0 29 4146 70.1
0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4146 70.1
0900 0 5 2 0 0 0 7 4153 70.2
1000 0 6 35 19 6 0 66 4219 71.3
1100 0 0 0 0 59 96 155 4374 74.0
1200 0 0 0 0 57 84 141 4515 76.3
1300 0 0 0 0 39 86 125 4640 78.5
1400 0 0 0 0 48 79 127 4767 80.6
1500 0 0 0 0 56 70 126 4893 82.7
1600 0 0 0 0 63 86 149 5042 85.3
1700 0 0 0 0 79 87 166 5208 88.1
1800 0 0 0 0 67 93 160 5368 90.8
1900 0 0 0 0 77 64 141 5509 93.2
2000 0 0 0 0 71 67 138 5647 95.5
2100 0 0 0 8 18 48 74 5721 96.7
2200 0 0 0 0 42 53 95 5816 98.3
2300 0 0 0 42 32 24 98 5914 100.0
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Total 0 223 866 893 1943 1989 5914
Gross QSOs=6095 Dupes=181 Net QSOs=5914
Unique callsigns worked = 3463
The best 60 minute rate was 219/hour from 1412 to 1511
The best 30 minute rate was 234/hour from 1431 to 1500
The best 10 minute rate was 258/hour from 1617 to 1626
The best 1 minute rates were:
6 QSOs/minute 13 times.
5 QSOs/minute 89 times.
4 QSOs/minute 357 times.
3 QSOs/minute 586 times.
2 QSOs/minute 793 times.
1 QSOs/minute 619 times.
----------------- C o n t i n e n t S u m m a r y -----------------
160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
---------------------------------------------------------------------
North America 0 175 414 486 752 776 2603 44.0
South America 0 2 14 15 23 35 89 1.5
Europe 0 42 406 314 1002 1057 2821 47.7
Asia 0 0 19 61 138 98 316 5.3
Africa 0 3 6 4 13 16 42 0.7
Oceania 0 1 7 13 15 7 43 0.7
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Total 0 223 866 893 1943 1989 5914
Number of letters in callsigns
Letters # worked
-----------------
3 13
4 1724
5 2337
6 1787
7 15
8 21
9 14
10 3
------------------ C o u n t r y S u m m a r y ------------------
Country 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
-------------------------------------------------------------------
4X 0 0 1 1 2 2 6 0.1
5B 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0
6W 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
9A 0 0 2 1 11 12 26 0.4
9M2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.0
A6 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1
BY 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
CE 0 0 1 2 1 3 7 0.1
CM 0 1 8 4 10 2 25 0.4
CN 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
CT 0 1 1 2 4 5 13 0.2
CT3 0 2 2 1 3 2 10 0.2
CU 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0.1
CX 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0
D2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1
DL 0 6 77 42 201 227 553 9.4
DU 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
E7 0 0 1 0 2 1 4 0.1
EA 0 2 19 15 41 49 126 2.1
EA6 0 0 1 0 2 1 4 0.1
EA8 0 1 4 1 5 6 17 0.3
EA9 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
EI 0 2 4 4 4 6 20 0.3
ER 0 0 2 0 3 3 8 0.1
ES 0 1 2 2 3 3 11 0.2
EU 0 0 5 6 13 7 31 0.5
EX 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
EY 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
F 0 4 20 10 33 45 112 1.9
FG 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0
FK 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
FM 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0
G 0 1 9 14 52 47 123 2.1
GI 0 1 3 0 5 1 10 0.2
GJ 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
GM 0 1 2 3 12 10 28 0.5
GU 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0
GW 0 1 2 1 3 3 10 0.2
HA 0 1 9 7 14 20 51 0.9
HB 0 0 1 5 15 14 35 0.6
HC 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
HI 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0.1
HK 0 0 3 0 2 0 5 0.1
HL 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.0
HR 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0.1
HS 0 0 0 2 3 4 9 0.2
HZ 0 0 0 1 3 2 6 0.1
I 0 5 30 27 108 116 286 4.8
IS 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 0.1
*IT9 0 1 2 1 3 6 13 0.2
JA 0 0 14 20 74 57 165 2.8
K 0 154 353 420 662 704 2293 38.8
KH2 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1
KH6 0 1 1 2 1 1 6 0.1
KL 0 1 3 3 5 4 16 0.3
KP4 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 0.1
LA 0 2 7 4 14 11 38 0.6
LU 0 1 2 5 8 16 32 0.5
LX 0 1 2 1 2 1 7 0.1
LY 0 0 2 1 5 9 17 0.3
LZ 0 1 3 2 7 6 19 0.3
OA 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
OE 0 0 3 4 13 15 35 0.6
OH 0 1 10 11 25 25 72 1.2
OH0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0.1
OK 0 1 22 6 34 35 98 1.7
OM 0 0 9 8 20 12 49 0.8
ON 0 0 9 3 19 20 51 0.9
OY 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0
OZ 0 0 5 3 10 11 29 0.5
P4 0 1 1 1 2 2 7 0.1
PA 0 1 11 10 32 60 114 1.9
PJ2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
PY 0 0 5 4 6 11 26 0.4
S5 0 1 9 4 18 15 47 0.8
SM 0 1 3 4 18 12 38 0.6
SP 0 2 21 15 65 66 169 2.9
SV 0 1 3 2 6 8 20 0.3
SV9 0 0 1 0 2 2 5 0.1
TA 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0.1
*TA1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
TF 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.1
TG 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1
TK 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 0.1
TR 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.0
UA 0 1 40 55 91 79 266 4.5
UA2 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0.1
UA9 0 0 2 29 39 21 91 1.5
UN 0 0 0 5 5 7 17 0.3
UR 0 2 33 24 53 52 164 2.8
VE 0 17 35 49 64 54 219 3.7
VK 0 0 2 6 4 1 13 0.2
VP2V 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
VP9 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 0.1
VU 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0.1
XE 0 0 7 5 6 9 27 0.5
YB 0 0 3 2 6 1 12 0.2
YL 0 0 4 3 6 7 20 0.3
YO 0 0 8 4 14 20 46 0.8
YU 0 0 5 4 4 5 18 0.3
YV 0 0 2 1 2 0 5 0.1
Z3 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1
ZA 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0.1
ZC4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
ZL 0 0 0 1 2 3 6 0.1
ZP 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0
ZS 0 0 0 0 1 6 7 0.1
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 0 223 866 893 1943 1989 5914
------------ 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
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14 0 23 177 123 472 524 1319 22.3
05 0 76 153 204 323 318 1074 18.2
04 0 66 144 188 263 276 937 15.8
15 0 13 134 98 337 355 937 15.8
03 0 29 91 78 140 166 504 8.5
16 0 3 80 87 162 143 475 8.0
25 0 0 14 20 77 56 167 2.8
20 0 2 17 9 35 39 102 1.7
17 0 0 2 20 24 21 67 1.1
08 0 2 13 6 13 2 36 0.6
13 0 1 2 5 9 17 34 0.6
33 0 3 6 3 9 8 29 0.5
11 0 0 5 4 6 12 27 0.5
06 0 0 7 5 6 9 27 0.5
18 0 0 0 10 10 4 24 0.4
09 0 1 6 2 6 3 18 0.3
01 0 1 4 3 5 4 17 0.3
28 0 0 3 2 8 1 14 0.2
30 0 0 2 6 4 1 13 0.2
19 0 0 0 2 9 1 12 0.2
21 0 0 1 2 4 3 10 0.2
26 0 0 0 2 3 4 9 0.2
12 0 0 1 2 1 3 7 0.1
07 0 0 2 2 1 2 7 0.1
38 0 0 0 0 1 6 7 0.1
32 0 0 0 2 2 3 7 0.1
31 0 1 1 2 1 1 6 0.1
27 0 0 1 1 2 1 5 0.1
36 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 0.1
22 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 0.1
10 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0.1
40 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.1
24 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
23 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0.0
35 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
02 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
DX 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
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Total 0 223 866 893 1943 1989 5914
Multi-band QSOs
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1 bands 2014
2 bands 786
3 bands 393
4 bands 201
5 bands 69
6 bands 0
------- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O s ------
Band 160 80 40 20 15 10
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QSOs 0 38 221 250 708
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